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But the strength he felt in his muscles was only the trick of his imagination; he could barely lift his head. But that was sufficient to show him that he was in the waggonette alone. The seat where Mrs. Burke had been when his eyes closed was unoccupied. He turned sufficiently to look at the box-seat. A figure loomed through the dusk, but it seemed more sturdy than the withered frame of old Patsy.
It had been arranged at Folking, before Hester had started, that Caldigate himself should drive the waggonette into Cambridge to take her back on the Wednesday, but that he would bring a servant with him who should drive the carriage up to the Grange, so that he, personally, should not have to appear at the door of the house. He would remain at Mr.
A drive from thence of about four miles brings a visitor to Marionhill. The monks, as is well known, are under a vow of strict silence. I was met by one of them at the station, who drove me in a waggonette to the Trappist farm. Here I was met by, and presented to, the Abbot. He is the real leader and director of this remarkable establishment.
The repose of it for her. 'Ah, here you are! The robustious voice of Captain Le Mesurier sounded from the hall. 'Look here, to Fielding, 'we are going to take you back with us. Drake won't come. He's tired so we don't miss him. Fielding protested vainly that he would crowd the waggonette. Besides, he had business matters to discuss with Drake before he left for London.
Then there were excursions to the Humber woods in search of wild flowers, all new, rare, and delicate, too much so to bear the pressure of eager hands, for they seldom survived the transit home. Often Cecil, Bluebell, Miss Prosody, and the children drove there in a waggonette, with a luncheon-basket, and spent the whole day in the golden woods, or rowing on the Humber river.
For Esther had deposited her infant on his knee, and leapt out of the waggonette and up the veranda steps. There was a tiny old lady there, with a great housekeeping apron on. Esther gathered her right up in her arms, and they kissed and clung to each other till they were both crying. "My little girl!" sobbed the little old lady, stroking, with eager hands, Esther's wet hair and wetter cheeks.
At Underwood, which is a very small village, there is no station; so that Dick had to be driven to the railway in the waggonette, the rector making this an occasion to give the children and the governess a drive, so that the two gentlemen could not say much to each other. They had a moment for a last word solely at the door of the railway carriage, in which Warrender had already taken his place.
Do understand, you unreasonable old man!" The examining magistrate frowned and irresolutely put out his hand towards his hat. "Well, the devil take you!" he said, "let us go." It was already dark when the examining magistrate's waggonette rolled up to the police superintendent's door. "What brutes we are!" said Tchubikov, as he reached for the bell. "We are disturbing people."
The grocer was dimly visible within, with an ancient fowling-piece in hand, watching its endeavours. The driver of the waggonette pulled up outside the Jolly Drovers and informed Redwood that his part of the bargain was done. In this contention he was presently joined by the drivers of the waggon and the trolley. Not only did they maintain this, but they refused to let the horses be taken further.
All these things he had sent on in a coal trolley and a hay waggon in the most business-like way, except the guns and ammunition, which were stuck under the seat of the Red Lion waggonette appointed to bring on Redwood and the five picked men who had come up from Ealing at Cossar's summons.
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