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"What a horrid old man!" "Yes, that's what he said." "And do you bear it in mind?" "Money I don't worry about. I've more than I know what to do with. As to women, I'm jolly well on my guard." "You're as bad as old Perigal, every bit." "But one has to be. Have some of these strawberries?" "No, thank you." "You ate 'em fast enough at Mrs What's-her-name's." "It was different then." "Yes, wasn't it?
She believed that the beneficent influence she exercised justified the hours she permitted him of her society. The other reason was that she deluded herself into believing that her sighs and Shelley-inspired imaginings were all because of Windebank's imminent return. She thought of him every day, more especially since she had met Perigal.
"I hope the captain won't be angry." "There's no saying. However, we'll see," he answered with a smile. We now made more sail, and ran in close under the lee of the frigate. Perigal was sent on board the schooner to take charge of her, and the prisoners were transferred to the deck of the frigate, where the captain and most of the officers were assembled. Mr Johnson met me.
No one knows better than I what a snob I am at heart. When you were poor, I did not value you. Now " "Now?" "Can you ask?" A joy possessed Mavis's heart; she felt that her moment of triumph was near. Perigal went on: "Still, I deserve all I get, and that's so rare in life that it's something in the nature of an experience." Mavis did not speak. She was hoping no one would come to interrupt them.
Times without number, she had been on the point of writing to Perigal to tell him of all she had suffered and to ask for help, but pride had held her back. Now, the declension in her boy's health urged her to throw this pride to the winds, to do what common sense had been suggesting for so long.
For her part, if he came to her one-armed and blind, it would make no difference to her; indeed, she would love him the more. Perigal stepped from the door of a first class compartment, seemingly having been aroused from sleep by a porter; he carried a bag.
She had for so long associated Windebank with any sentimental leanings in which she had indulged, that she was convinced that her fidelity to his memory was sufficient safeguard against her becoming infatuated with Perigal. Thus she travelled along a road, blinding herself the while to the direction in which she was going.
There was at length no doubt about it, but McAllister still shook his head, muttering "A phantom a phantom but very like the craft there's na doubt about that." I do not know what he might have thought when the schooner shortened sail, and glided up slowly alongside our boat. There were Perigal, and Grey, and Macquoid, and Bobus, and others, looking at us over the bulwarks.
She followed behind; she did not move with her customary swinging stride, Jill's extremity having sapped her strength. Directly Perigal was out of sight, she caught Jill in her arms, to smother her wet head and body with kisses. "Oh, my darling! my darling!" she murmured. "To think how nearly we were parted forever!" It was with something of an effort that she pursued her way to Broughton.
"Thank you, but I don't know what I shall be doing," said Mavis wearily. A few moments later, Major Perigal took his leave, but without recovering from his unaffected surprise at Mavis's honesty. He looked at her many times, to say, as he went out of the door of the parlour: "I always believed Charles to have brains: now I know him to be a cursed fool."
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