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"It was nothing," she said simply; "I loved to do it; he was your friend. It seemed to bring me closer to you." Then she told him of the foundering of the ship, of the frightful voyage in the boat, and rang the changes upon Desborough's name, his cheerfulness, his unfailing zeal and energy, until Seymour's heart filled with jealous pain.
He only sought to please the creature to whom he was slave, and the recognition which the girl now gave him made his happiness too deep for words. But all the time Miss Blanchflower was weary. She cared for gaiety, and Desborough's mind was of a sombre cast; her artistic temperament made her sensuous, and Desborough's reserve was almost forbidding.
The Injuns are outlyin' every where to cut off our mails, and the ready is too much wanted to be thrown away. No, no: the river work's the safest I take it, for there they little expect it to come. "The voice of the last speaker, excited in me a strong desire to see the face of Desborough's visiter.
The owner, instead of going to law, found his remedy "in things beyond the course of nature," and he and his friends with "nimble hands" pelted Desborough's house, and himself when abroad, with stones, turves, and corncobs, and finally some of his property was burned by a fire "in an unknown way kindled."
"'How is this, Sambo? I asked in a low tone, as our canoe grated on the sand within a few paces of several others that lay where I expected to find but one 'are all these Desborough's?" "'No, Massa Geral 'less him teal him toders, Desborough only got one dis a public landin' place. "'Can you tell which is his? I inquired.
Hungry, cold, desperate, unarmed; he saw that he was undone, and that hope was dead. The Captain had an easier prey than he had anticipated. Hawker threw up his arms, and ere he could fully appreciate his situation, he was chained fast to Desborough's saddle, only to be loosed, he knew, by the gallows. Without a word on either side they began their terrible journey.
He saw a horseman within ten yards of him Captain Desborough, holding a pistol to his head! Hungry, cold, desperate, unarmed his pistols had gone with his horse over a precipice he threw up his arms, and was instantly chained fast to Desborough's saddle, only to be loosed, he knew, by the gallows. Without a word on either side they began their terrible journey.
"And if you are Master Desborough's secretary, I presume you know me and my condition well enough," said Everard, addressing the Independent, "not to hesitate to admit me and my attendant to a night's quarters in the Lodge?"
"Rhoda means to ask Miss Desborough's advice, James," said Mrs. M'Alister, putting down her sewing. "She knows a great many girls who get their living in London and board out somewhere. I shan't feel happy till I see Rhoda comfortably settled." "Oh, we'll manage that for her," returned the farmer briskly. "And now this Miss Merivale has taken her up she'll get plenty of work, never fear."
"Remember to look out for me at York," said Miss Desborough, extending her gloved hand. "Good-by till then." The young girl respectfully touched the ends of Miss Desborough's fingers, dropped a curtsy, and Miss Desborough rejoined the consul. "You have barely time to return to the Priory and see to your luggage," said the consul, "if you must go. But let me hope that you have changed your mind."
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