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'Mademoiselle, said Vandeloup, eagerly, as she turned to go, 'I see there are a few blossoms of hemlock left in your flower there, touching it with his finger; 'will you give them to me? Martha Twexby stared; surely this was the long-expected come at last she had secured a lover; and such a lover handsome, young, and gallant, the very hero of her dreams.
'Not I, retorted Miss Twexby, tossing her curl-papers; 'I've been attending to par's business; but, oh, gracious! with a sudden recollection of her head-gear, 'you've seen me in undress. 'And you look more charming than ever, finished Vandeloup, as he took his bedroom candle from her. 'I will see you in the morning. My friend still asleep, I suppose? 'I'm sure I don't know.
To a casual spectator it would seem that a tavern so difficult of access would not be very good for business, but Simon Twexby, the landlord, knew better. It had its regular customers, who came there day after day, and sat in the little back parlour and talked and chatted over their drinks.
'That dumb man is one of our miners from the Pactolus, he said, lighting another cigarette; 'I wish to speak to him has he gone out also? 'No, he ain't, returned Miss Twexby, decisively; 'he's gone to lie down; d'ye want to see him; I'll send for him with her hand on the bell-rope. 'No, thank you, said Vandeloup, stopping her, 'I'll go up to his room if you will show me the way.
There you are, said Miss Twexby, pointing to a corner of the garden near the fence where the plant was growing; 'par brought a lot of seeds from home, and that beastly thing got mixed up with them. Par keeps it growing, though, 'cause no one else has got it. It's quite a curiosity.
He gave the knife to Miss Twexby, with injunctions to her to keep it safe, then sallied forth to buy his shipwrecked friend a box and some clothes. He spent about ten pounds in buying an outfit for the dumb man, hired a cab to call at the 'Wattle Tree' Hotel at seven o'clock to take the box and its owner to the station.
Vandeloup hardly thought Miss Twexby a mistress of Queen's English, but he did not attempt to contradict her. 'I must get you to give me a few lessons, he replied, gallantly, setting down the empty glass; 'and what has Mr Villiers gone out into the heat for?
Indeed, the number of women who were ironing that afternoon, and wanted to quench their thirst, was something wonderful; but Miss Twexby seemed to know all about it as she put a frothy head on each jug, and received the silver in exchange.
He was one of the sailors in the ship when I was wrecked, as you have no doubt heard, and looks upon me as a sort of fetish. Miss Twexby knew all about the wreck, and thought it was beautiful that he should condescend to be so friendly with a common sailor. Vandeloup received all her speeches with a polite smile, then set down his empty glass and prepared to leave.
'What for no? asked McIntosh, sharply. 'He's drunk, replied Vandeloup, curtly, 'and he's likely to keep the game up for a week. 'We'll see about that, said Mr McIntosh, wrathfully; 'I tauld yon gowk o' a Twexby to give the mon food and drink, but I didna tell him to mack the deil fu'.
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