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But Rachel Trant never dreamed of receiving confidence, nor, after once having strung herself up to tell her sad story, did she allude to her bitter past, save by an occasional word expressing her profound sense of the new life she owed to Katherine; nor did the latter, when talking with her face to face, ever realize that there was any social difference between them.
In the first place, what has been done with my regiment?" "It is with Hill's division, which is at Abrantes and Portalegre." "Who is in command?" "Your friend Herrara. No British officer has been appointed in your place. There was some talk of handing it over to Trant in the spring but, as nothing can be done before that, no one has yet been nominated." "I am glad, indeed, to hear it.
Trant now inquired in what direction the Scourge had gone down, and, as soon as I had told him, in the best manner I could, he called out to Jack Mallet "Oh-ho, Mallet take four hands, and go in the boat and see what you can do take a lantern, and I will show a light on the water's edge, so you may know me." Mallet did as ordered, and was off in less than three minutes after we got alongside. Mr.
"If you pull another stroke, I'll fire into you" came back "what boat's that? Lay on your oars, or I'll fire into you." It was clear we were mistaken ourselves for an enemy, and I called out to know what schooner it was. No answer was given, though the threat to fire was repeated, if we pulled another stroke. I now turned to Tom and said, "I know that voice that is old Trant."
"A woman like his wife couldn't have asked a better foil; yet I'm sure she never consciously used his dullness to relieve her brilliancy. She may have felt that the case spoke for itself. She knew Trant could no more help being Trant than she could help being herself and there was an end of it. I've never known a woman who 'made up' so little mentally....
About twelve o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 29th day of July, he was apprised of the approach of a body of police, under command of Captain Trant. Simultaneously with the appearance of the police, an indiscriminate crowd, composed for the most part of women and boys with a few armed men, ranged themselves around him.
"I am listening," said Rachel, gently, to recall her visitor, whose thoughts were evidently far away. "Yes; I had forgotten." And Katherine began her story. Rachel Trant listened with rapt, intense attention, nor did she interrupt the narrative by a single question.
Does he still stop short and speechless, and then laugh as if it were a good joke, when he is puzzled or frightened?" "Very rarely, I believe. I will write to you the day after I leave the boys at Wandsworth. They don't like going at all, poor dears. "Well, we shall not be much longer in town, I am sorry to say, and I want a few things from Miss Trant before I go.
Lady Trant commended his spirit, and urged him to put his resolution into execution English Clay, however, balked a little at this: women now-a-days, he said, were so cursed expensive, that scarce any fortune could suffice for a wife, and horses, and all in style; and as to taking a wife, who would not be of a piece with the rest of his establishment, that was what he was not the man to do.
Trant ordering it done, as he said it must have been Lieutenant Winter's. We did not succeed, however; nor was any article taken on board. A good look-out was kept for men, from aloft, but none were seen from any of the vessels. The lake had swallowed up the rest of the two crews; and the Scourge, as had been often predicted, had literally become a coffin to a large portion of her people.
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