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Crofton's experience with admirers in the past, each man tried to sit the other out. At last the hostess had to say playfully: "I'm afraid I must turn you out now, for I'm expecting my sister-in-law, Miss Crofton."
"Ham saw you didn't you, Ham?" replied the captain, appealing to his son. "Yes, I did. After I came home from Crofton's, I put on my old rubbers, and went out to the barn after the lantern. I found Buck on the hay-loft, counting a roll of bank bills," answered Ham, glibly. "How much was there?" asked the postmaster. "I asked him how much he had, but he wouldn't tell me," replied Ham.
That's all I've got to say." "You've said enough, and you had better go along with the mail," growled he. I turned Darky again, very much to that knowing animal's dissatisfaction apparently, for my singular proceedings had doubtless impressed him with the idea that he was to escape his regular trip to Riverport. "Aren't you going along to Crofton's?" I called to Ham, as I got into the wagon.
He read through the coroner's charge, which was given fully, very attentively. It was quite clear that the coroner was strongly biased, if one could put it that way, in Mrs. Crofton's favour. He had spoken touchingly of the difficult time the poor young lady had had with her husband.
We all respect him now that he's dead and gone even the Conservatives," he added, turning to Mr. Crofton. Pok! The tardy cork flew out of Mr. Crofton's bottle. Mr. Crofton got up from his box and went to the fire. As he returned with his capture he said in a deep voice: "Our side of the house respects him, because he was a gentleman." "Right you are, Crofton!" said Mr. Henchy fiercely.
Ham was pleasantly inclined towards some of the young ladies, and some of the young ladies were pleasantly inclined towards him. Ham liked to take them out to ride, especially Squire Crofton's youngest daughter, in the stable-keeper's new buggy; but his father thought the light wagon, used as a pleasure vehicle by the family, was good enough even for Elsie Crofton.
Coke, who was still on the S.W. spur, and therefore not in direct touch with Thorneycroft, informed Warren that the enemy was being gradually cleared from the summit, and that he had been reinforced with the Scottish Rifles from Potgieter's Drift by Lyttelton, whom Warren, after receiving Crofton's mis-transmitted message, had ordered to co-operate.
He's quite quiet now." As the boy came forward, into the room, he looked straight up into Mrs. Crofton's face, and as she met the enquiring, alien look, she told herself, for the second time that evening, what a pity it was that these nice people should have such an unpleasant child. Tom came in to say that the pony cart was at the door, and that Jack was waiting there for Mrs. Crofton.
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