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Ask the eyes and the maidens that make 'em. The doctor, who had risen and picked up his hat when Mrs Puckey linked his name with the widow Tresize's, came back and re-seated himself by the bedside. The old woman enjoyed her chat it did her more good than medicine, she said and so long as she steered it clear of himself and his private affairs he was willing enough to indulge her.
Admiral Tresize's motor-car was driving up, containing not only the Admiral himself, but Captain Trevanion and Nancy. No sooner did the people see them, than there was a wild shout. Evidently the Captain, since the meeting, had become a kind of hero, and the fact that he was starting for the front added fresh lustre to his name. "We'll see you back again by Christmas," some one shouted.
He wants half a million men. It's said he'll need a million before long. You can't stand out. No decent fellow can. You don't mean it!" "Yes, I mean it." "But why?" "I'm afraid I couldn't make you understand." "No, I don't think you could," and there was a sneer in George Tresize's voice.
There was something ominous in Dick Tresize's voice. "I am not going to enlist." "I say, you fellows," said Dick, looking towards the others, "the climate's not healthy here. What do you say to a stroll?" Without a word each one walked away, leaving Bob alone.
"The Boer War nearly broke his heart, while this business threatens to be so ghastly, that it would have driven him mad. It is simply hellish." After this we almost feared to open our newspapers, and events followed so rapidly that we were unable to keep count of them. Never shall I forget the look on Admiral Tresize's face when he read Sir Edward Grey's momentous speech.
This was a nervous moment, for now the doctor could not rid himself of the apprehension that eyes might be watching him from behind the hedge. He remembered, too, that the widow Tresize kept a couple of sheep dogs, notoriously savage ones. It was strange that they did not awake and give tongue. Idle precaution! The widow Tresize's dogs were peradventure caught napping.
You know he is engaged?" "Engaged? To whom?" "You know her old Tresize's daughter; Nancy, I think her name is. Of course you know her: Penwennack, her father's place, is close by St. Ia." "And and is he engaged to her?" "Yes," replied Pickford. "Did he tell you so himself?" "No, not in so many words; but he spoke of her to one of the other men as his fiancée."
He supposed every government had its secret information service, but the fact that this man calling himself Count von Weimer had by lies and fraud found his way into Admiral Tresize's house, and thereby obtained valuable information about our Navy, staggered him.
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