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He rose again to his feet. There was a dull sort of patience in his words. "Mr. Watson is one, you know the Watsons, father has always been so good to them, and our clergyman, Mr. Jellet, is the other. Yes, I must go and speak to them; but what am I to say?" "You must not betray me," said George. "If you mention that I want the money, all will be up with me. In any case, there may be suspicion.
The Watsons arrived shortly after, and every one was busy, though, as Mrs. Lee often said laughingly, no one did anything but Aunt Abby, and she was indefatigable. Soon after dinner the neighbors began to assemble, and when the minister from Painted Posts arrived, the ceremony which united the young couple was performed in the neat little parlor of the farm-house.
The Watsons were doubtless rich people, for they had the confidence of conscious wealth in their bearing; the women youthful both of them, and one perfectly handsome, as far as physical beauty went were dressed richly, gaily, and absurdly out of character for the circumstances.
Mr. Birdsall was made to feel that it was his duty to accede, but he already felt sorry for Aun' Sheba and the Watsons, and had misgivings as to the result. "Well," said he at last, "I'll agree to a prelim'nary conf'rence to-morrow evenin' at Mr. Buggone's house. Brud-'ren, we must proceed in de spirit ob lub an' charity, an' do our best to pluck a bran' from de burnin'."
For the Doctor Watsons of this world, as opposed to the Sherlock Holmeses, success in the province of detective work must be, to a very large extent, the result of luck. Sherlock Holmes can extract a clue from a wisp of straw or a flake of cigar ash. But Doctor Watson has got to have it taken out for him, and dusted, and exhibited clearly, with a label attached.
One of these, Lady Susan, does not, so far as it extends, promise much, though it is such a fragment and such an evident first draft even of this, that judgment of it is equally unfair and futile. The other, The Watsons, has some very striking touches, but is also a mere beginning.
I am not one of those who take a morbid pleasure in that kind of thing. Nothing would induce me to go." "Very sensible of you," Quarles said. We were then taken to the Watsons' sitting-room, and I explained the reason of our call, speaking of Quarles as a brother detective. He did not at once act up to his part. Mr. and Mrs.
Hooper, who states Preston to be the instigator and great mechanist of the conspiracy, has declared that the two Watsons, himself, and Preston, were in concert together in Spa-fields on the morning of Monday. Now, I dare say, that it will finally turn out, that Hooper has said no such thing as is here stated.
But when your Rylands, and Balguys and Beatties, and Watsons and Halls make a merit of abusing those who cannot believe as they believe, what can be hoped or expected from the tribe of illiterate canters, who 'go about Mawworming? It is nevertheless true, that Atheists have been helped to some of their best arguments by adversaries.
"He asked about teachers, and about how far it was to Watsons." Mr. Driggs and Mr. Steadman's eyes met. "If he's any place," said Bertie cheerfully, "he'll be there." To the Watson's Mr. Steadman and Mr. Driggs determined to go, although, by this time the evening was well advanced.
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