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But the cupboard was empty. For the sternest of reasons the Commandant had, for two or three years past, denied himself the taste of strong waters. Mrs. Treacher passed the back of her hand across the bridge of her nose. "I'll step over to the Castle," she announced, "for a drop of gin I keep against Treacher's attacks." Treacher's idiom frighten the reader.
It certainly seemed for a moment But really, you know, there is no one in the Islands " "My dear Charlotte, didn't we see her with our own eyes?" Mrs. Pope sighed. "It seems to me I have seen such a number of things of incredible things to-night." "You are sure it wasn't Mrs. Treacher?" suggested the Commandant, wickedly. "Mrs. Treacher! Mrs. Trea Does Mrs.
Nevertheless, when the Commandant turned to accept the assurance, half eagerly and yet less than half convinced, she would not meet his eye; but picked up the basket and staggered along with it to the Barrack door. "There's a saying," said Mrs. Treacher, eagerly, halting there, "that sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. I've found it comforting before now.
"No, I don't," answered Mrs. Treacher, shortly, lifting her lantern. "Churchyard? What churchyard?" "We thought.... We were under the impression...." Miss Gabriel's voice rocked a little before she recovered her self-command. "Would you mind telling us where we are, and what railings are these?" "You're on Garrison Hill," said Mrs. Treacher, who disliked Miss Gabriel.
He snatched at the candle from the candlestick in Sergeant Archelaus' hand and rammed it into the socket of a horn lantern he had unhooked from the cupboard. "Come along, men! Keep sounding, Treacher keep sounding!" Even so he had called once a many years ago in the trenches under the Redan.
"A far better plan. I suggest that you offer me a room to-night at the garrison." "My dear madam!" the Commandant gasped. "It will be far better in every way," she went on composedly; that is, if you are willing. To begin with, you have rooms and to spare. Next, there will be no bother in introducing me, except to Mrs. Treacher." "Ah, to be sure, there is Mrs. Treacher!" the Commandant murmured.
Treacher's manner had been brusque the night before last; but Miss Gabriel's own manner was brusque, whether to friend or to foe, and nice shades of address escaped her. Mrs. Treacher was certainly poor, and with a poverty to which a shilling meant a great deal. And Miss Gabriel had a shilling ready in her pocket, as well as half-a-crown as a heroic resource in case of unlooked-for obstinacy.
Hallowes, midshipman; 14 seamen, and 5 marines. In the first cutter was Mr. D'Aeth, Mr. Douglas, from Sarawak, and Mr. Collins, the boatswain; in the second cutter, Mr. Elliott, the master, and Mr. Jenkins, midshipman. The Jolly Bachelor was commanded by Lieutenant Tottenham, and Mr. Comber, midshipman, with Mr. Brooke's medical friend, Dr. Treacher, and an amateur gentleman, Mr.
"Why" Miss Gabriel plucked up her courage "there was so much that afterwards, when we came to compare notes, neither of us could explain as, for instance, who was the strange lady that walked into the room and was evidently surprised to see us, as we were naturally surprised to see her " Mrs. Treacher turned slowly again to Mr.
"I acquit you, of course, of any active share in the incident, and I am assured that Archelaus and Treacher were no worse than accomplices. It appears that the real culprit was a totally different person, and," he went on, after a glance at the Commandant's face, which betrayed nothing, "it may save time if I tell you that she has confessed to me."
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