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"Out with it, sir," said the Major hastily, filling up the pause in De Guerre's sentence. "Out with it! I am accustomed to hear him abused." "A most desperate villain; still there is a boldness a native majesty a Dalton has so often praised his bravery." "Dalton! Did Dalton speak well of Cromwell?" interrupted Wellmore. "Yes, well, greatly of him, as an intrepid soldier, as a being to wonder at.
I shall not debase myself by condescending to assert, what Sir Willmott Burrell ought, and does believe that I came not here to meet you by any appointment. I say his heart tells him, at this moment, that such a proceeding would be one of which he knows I am incapable." "If any reflection has been made upon Mistress Cecil," observed Major Wellmore, "I will be the first to draw steel in her cause.
"Have you so soon forgotten Major Wellmore, young man?" replied the stranger in his harshest voice: "I little thought that he of the English graft upon a French stock would have carried such brawling into the house of my ancient friend.
While the headstrong Cavalier was confined in "the strong room" of Cecil Place, he had ample leisure to reflect upon the consequences of his rashness, and to remember the caution he had received from Major Wellmore on the night of their first meeting to be guarded in his expressions, where danger might arise from a single thoughtless word.
Such as I wish to introduce to you will join us soon, and to those who will not I have allotted chambers. Our mutual friend, Major Wellmore," he added, smiling, "has instructed me so perfectly in the bearings of this fine house, that I do not at all feel as a stranger within its walls." Constantia bowed, and from her heart thanked the Protector for the kindness and delicacy of his thoughts.
"It would be certainly unsafe, were there a possibility of his suspecting you, for his " Again Constantia interrupted herself; she had been on the point of betraying her knowledge of Sir Willmott's jealous and impatient temper; and, after a pause, she added, "but there is little danger of that: as a boy, he never saw you; and he must respect the friend of Major Wellmore."
We must leave Cecil Place for a while suffer Manasseh Ben Israel to pursue his journey to Hampton Court offer no intrusion upon the solitude of the preacher Fleetword take no note of aught concerning Walter De Guerre or Major Wellmore nor heed, for a time, whether the Buccaneer steered his course by land or water: attend to nothing, in fact, for the present, except the motives and actions of Zillah Ben Israel.
He had slept but for a short time, when he was suddenly awakened by the pressure of a hand upon his shoulder; he looked up, and by the dim light of the fading lamp saw it was Major Wellmore who disturbed his repose.
"Shall be cared for it pleased the Almighty that Major Wellmore encountered more than one brave heart and trusty hand in this same Isle of Shepey.
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