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It was then proposed by Villeroy and Sully, and agreed to by the commissioners, that M. de Bethune, a relative of the great financier, should be sent forthwith to the Hague, to confer privately with Prince Maurice and Barneveld especially, as to military details of the coming campaign. It was also arranged that the envoys should delay their departure until de Bethune's return.
The mounted men, who were commanded by Lord Dundonald, included the 13th Hussars, the 1st Royals, Bethune's Mounted Infantry, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, three squadrons of South African Horse, with a composite regiment formed from the mounted infantry of the Rifles and of the Dublin Fusiliers with squadrons of the Natal Carabineers and the Imperial Light Horse.
Chichester, who has a great deal of good in her, mixed up with a terrible amount of frivolity, comes forward so quietly that Tita's sudden whiteness is hardly seen, except by one. "Fancy being afraid of Sir Maurice," says she. "Sir Maurice," casting a laughing glance at him, "I shouldn't be afraid of you." Sir Maurice laughs back, and everyone laughs with him, and Mrs. Bethune's barb is blunted.
M. Bethune's document suffers infernally from the fault of being too curt. He might at least have indicated the fair recluse."
"Of course, if you think you can persuade him," says Mrs. Bethune presently. "I know I shall. One can always persuade a man where his interests lie. Besides, I have great weight with him. I tell you I shall manage him. I could always manage his father." A curious expression crosses Mrs. Bethune's face. The present Baronet may not prove so easy of management as his father!
"Don't look out of the window; look at me. Why should we not ask her?" "My dear girl, there is no answer to such a question as that." "No!" She scribbles Mrs. Bethune's name on her list, and then, "You particularly wish her to be asked?" "Not particularly. Certainly not at all if you object to it." "Object! Why should I object?
Would a thief who stole your property or mine go to a place where he was known, that is if he stole them with the intention of keeping them? There was no larceny here, no dishonest motive about the transaction. Would he go to the pawnbroker to whom he was known and say, "Here is some property; it is not mine, it is Mrs. Bethune's?"
Gower calmly; "I'm a perfect mass of it myself. Have you noticed Miss Bolton's laugh, Rylton?" to Sir Maurice, who had come up a moment ago, and had been listening to Mrs. Bethune's last remark. "It seems to run all through her. Not an inch that doesn't seem to enjoy it." "Well, there aren't many inches," says Sir Maurice, with am amused air. "And the laugh itself so gay."
"That won't matter; stay as long as it's necessary," Stuyvesant said, for he had noticed a slackness in Dick's movements and his tired look. "Things are going pretty well just now, and you have stuck close to your work. The change will brace you up. Anyhow, I want fresh boys and Bethune's needed here, but you can take Jake along if you want company."
The wife of the great minister, who did not comprehend the whole amount of the insult, presented Robin to her husband. She was enlightened, however, as to the barefaced iniquity of the offer, when she heard De Bethune's indignant. reply, and saw the jobber limp away, crest-fallen and amazed.
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