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'How did these things come in my room? he said, flinging the objectionable articles to the floor. Martha said that Mrs. Newberry had given them to her to brush, and that she had brought them up there thinking they must be Mr. Stockdale's, as there was no other gentleman a-lodging there. 'Of course you did, said Stockdale.
He eyed them uneasily, and looked round for Lizzy. Owlett stood here, holding the top of the ladder. 'What, be you really one of us? said the miller. 'It seems so, said Stockdale sadly. 'He's not, said Lizzy, who overheard. 'He's neither for nor against us. He'll do us no harm.
All this was highly interesting; but unfortunately it was all untrue; it was discovered to be fiction. Our newspaper had been misinformed, and candidly told us so. The De Beers directors, looking a little emaciated from anxiety rather than want of nourishment, assembled in Stockdale Street to hold their adjourned meeting. But the Column had not yet come in, the Chairman announced.
The others are more church-inclined, because they supply the pa'son with all the spirits he requires, and they don't wish to show unfriendliness to a customer. 'How do you choose 'em? said Stockdale. 'We choose 'em for their closeness, and because they are strong and surefooted, and able to carry a heavy load a long way without being tired.
They went on, and the two inside the window could hear them passing leisurely through the whole village, the street of which curved round at the bottom and entered the turnpike road at another junction. This way the excisemen followed, and the amble of their horses died quite away. 'What will you do? said Stockdale, withdrawing from his position.
"Chick or child," says he, "she's all I have a wee Frenchified, Laird, but she'll learn the wie o' the Scots yet." And as Margaret entered, a little startled, and us at her heels, "Come ben, my dear," he cries, "I've a new friend for ye," and beside the mistress I saw Helen Stockdale.
"She is beautiful," she would tell me, "and merry and a great lady, and I think any man will be loving her," but there were many nights when Margaret lay wide-eyed, for all that she drove Bryde from her with jest and laughter. But I think it was well that she never kent of the meeting of Bryde and Helen Stockdale at the ford in the burn yonder at the foot of the Urie.
On reaching the house he found his surmise to be correct, for the gate was on the latch, and the door unfastened, just as he had left them. Stockdale closed the door behind him, and waited silently in the passage.
But before they had got much further the noise of the cartwheels began again; and Stockdale soon found that they were coming towards him. In another minute the three carts came up, and Stockdale and Lizzy stood in the ditch to let them pass.
What will you have for supper? there's cold rabbit, and there's a ham uncut. Stockdale said he could get on nicely with those viands, and supper was laid. He had no more than cut a slice when tap-tap came to the door again.
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