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She was in the midst, when Mr. Blunt's gig was seen at the gate. His having thus hastened his coming was more than they had dared to hope; and while Mrs. King felt grateful for the kindness, Ellen feared that it shewed that he thought very badly of the case. Mr. Cope was much hurried, but he could not bear to go till he had heard Mr.
'Ain't I to have no supper? said Harold in a sullen voice, with a great mind to sit down in the chimney-corner in defiance. 'I shall give you something hot when you are in bed. If I treated you as you deserve, I should send you to Mr. Blunt's this moment; but I can't afford to have you ill too, so go to bed this moment.
He hailed him, and the little man promptly hurried up to his horse's side. Jim knew that Smallbones disliked him. But just now he was only seeking ordinary information. "Where'll I find Restless?" he inquired. "Where's he working?" "Guess I see him over by Peter Blunt's shack. Him an' Peter wus gassin' together, while you wus up ther' seein' Eve Marsham," Smallbones replied meaningly.
Bill Blunt's ears twitched with anxiety until the mate replied: "Good man, sir! Darn glad to have him. Coolest hand I ever saw and a sailor." "Good. Stay here. I'll bring up the Articles and sign him on here. Then he can stand gangway watch with you. I don't want to leave the gangway without a white man on it so long as that craft lies ahead of us."
"Now, sir!" he said. His lordship wilted before the gaze. "The fact is, uncle " "Never mind the facts. I know them! What I require is an explanation." He spread his feet further apart. The years had rolled back, and he was plain Thomas Blunt again, of Blunt's Stores, dealing with an erring employee. "You know what I mean," he went on. "I am not referring to the breaking-off of the engagement.
Sir Thomas was on the point of suggesting that the recommendations might be forged, but his courage failed him. Julia was sometimes so abrupt in these little discussions! She did not enter into his point of view. He was always a trifle inclined to treat the castle as a branch of Blunt's Stores.
Forrest, it was considered nothing short of an intentional slight on the young lady's part that she should send for Weeks. It was Mrs. Post who came over to Blunt's door when she knew the junior doctor was there, and asked him to come with her and see Miss Forrest. For two days the latter had been confined to her room refusing to see any physician, and declaring that in Mrs.
The notes are as like their own as they can possibly be, Jerry says so. He is going to show us the one he has got of his own. Old Frenchy, who taught him how to train, gave him one for himself. 'What's Jerry Blunt's object in training the birds? How can it be a living for him? asked Theo wonderingly.
He watches the capricious maiden with a quizzical light in his eye, which shows that he has not yet lost confidence in the kindness of fate, or his own charms as a beau. Lionel Blunt's success in life has come from the fact that he has ever been ready to watch his chance and take advantage of every possible opportunity.
Come to my quarters then, and, if a lot of women are there, you you say you want to see me about something, anything, and I'll come out. I don't want them to dream I'm investigating anything." And here the major stopped uneasily and glanced up-stairs; then looked inquiringly at Hatton. "Who's up there?" he asked. "No one, sir, to my knowledge. Blunt's door is closed and he is sleeping.
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