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Tremlett had "made so bold" as to have some snapshots done by a friend, and he ventured to send one to his master. The "very pictur'" of the dog, he said, and it was true. Ah! this touched him, this little photograph of Pike. "Dear little chap," he said to himself as he looked. "My dear little chap."
This parent hoped he was not wasting his time d d short in life! and that he was cured of his folly for the parson's girl, and found other eyes shone bright. If he wanted more money he was to say so. Several were from his friends, banal and everyday. And one was from Tremlett, his own groom, and this was full of Moonlighter and Pike! That gave him just a moment's feeling Pike!
My lady gave her the key and said to me, "You can go to bed, Tremlett, you must be dead tired." I was glad to go, for I could hardly stand up I was so tired. I said "Good night!" to my lady and also to Miss Crawford, who was busy putting the jewels away. As I was going out of the room I heard Lady Donaldson saying: "Have you managed it, my dear?"
'It is my belief that the point they will choose for making the shore is just over there, and he nodded with indifference towards a section of the coast at a hideous nearness to the house in which they were assembled, whereupon Fencible Tremlett, and Cripplestraw of the Locals, tried to show no signs of trepidation. 'When d'ye think 'twill be? said Volunteer Comfort, the blacksmith.
'Please, sir, 'tis Anthony Cripplestraw, wanting to know how he's to bite off his katridge, when he haven't a tooth left in 's head? 'Man! Why, what's your genius for war? Hold it up to your right-hand man's mouth, to be sure, and let him nip it off for ye. Well, what have you to say, Private Tremlett? Don't ye understand English?
Edith Crawford, who wanted to steal the jewels, took them then and there, when she had the opportunity. Why in the world should she have waited? Lady Donaldson was in bed, and Tremlett, the maid, had gone. "The next day namely, the 25th she tries to dispose of a pair of earrings to Mr. Campbell; she fails, and decides to go to London, where she has a better chance.
Sir James Fenwick shook hands with her very warmly, and I could almost hear him instilling words of comfort into her. "The trial lasted six clear days, during which time more than forty persons were examined for the prosecution, and as many for the defence. But the most interesting witnesses were certainly the two doctors, the maid Tremlett, Campbell, the High Street jeweller, and David Graham.
"Yes, I had my name of Magdalen from my great aunt Tremlett; but she had never really forgiven my mother's marriage, though she consented to be my godmother. She offered to adopt me on my mother's death, and once when my father married again, and when we lost him, she wrote to propose my coming to live with her; but there would have been no payment, and so "
Miss Crawford said: "I have put everything away very nicely." "In answer to Sir James Fenwick, Tremlett said that Lady Donaldson always carried the key of her jewel safe on a ribbon round her neck, and had done so the whole day preceding her death.
"David Graham, in answer to Crown Counsel, gave an account of his last interview with Lady Donaldson. "'Tremlett had told me that she seemed anxious and upset, and I went to have a chat with her; she soon cheered up and.... "There the unfortunate young man hesitated visibly, but after a while resumed with an obvious effort.
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