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His efforts to carry on the Chronique had been in vain, and he had been obliged to abandon it, toward the middle of 1837, with a fresh accumulation of debts. One of his creditors, William Duckett, pressed him so vigorously for a sum of ten thousand francs that Balzac was forced to go into hiding, and the process-servers were unable to discover him.
The mansion contains a wide hall and is a typical Southern home. Baruch Duckett married Kitty Bean, a granddaughter of John Bowie, Sr., the first of his name to come to Prince Georges County. They had but one daughter, whose name was Kitty Bean Duckett, and she married in 1800 William Bowie of Walter. Baruch Duckett outlived his wife and died in 1810.
Chalk, contesting this hotly, convinced him at last that he was in error, and then found that, bewildered by the argument, the captain had consented to be informed of a secret which he had not intended to impart. "But, mind," said Brisket, holding up a warning finger, "I'm not going to tell Peter Duckett. There's no need for him to know." Mr.
Threatening to report the affair to Duckett, the novelist withdrew, pursued by the mocking laughter of the chief editor and the sub; but, on second thoughts, he deemed it more prudent to let the matter drop.
It is still often written that the "open bay" was so named after a seaman by the name of Jackson on board the ship; but Sir George Jackson, who afterwards changed his name to Duckett, was at this time, with Mr. Philip Stephens, joint secretary to the Admiralty. Cook named Port Jackson and Port Stephens after these two officials, and there was no seaman named Jackson on board the Endeavour.
"But it's pointing towards me," said the mate, "and you've got your finger on the trigger." Mr. Chalk apologized. "What did Tredgold and Stobell run away for?" he demanded. Mr. Duckett said that perhaps they were like himself nervous of firearms.
"I know," said Tredgold, starting up and taking his hand, "and we're delighted to see you are safe. And Mr. Duckett? He found Mr. Duckett's hand after a little trouble the owner seeming to think that he wanted it for some unlawful purpose and shook that. Captain Brisket, considerably taken aback by this performance, gazed at him with suspicion.
Captain Brisket, looking suddenly very solemn, shook his head and said that it was impossible. He spoke in moving terms of the danger to discipline, and called upon Mr. Duckett to confirm his fears. Meantime, Mr. Stobell, opening his right eye slowly, winked with the left. "You go on with them alterations," he repeated. Captain Brisket started and reflected. A nod from Mr.
As he weathered it, with his finger on the trigger, Stobell and the others stole round the other side and, making a mad break aft, stumbled down the companion-ladder and secured themselves below. "Has everybody gone mad?" inquired Mr. Chalk, approaching the mate again. "Everybody except you, sir," said Mr. Duckett, with great politeness. Mr.
Balzac opened the first day of the year 1836 by becoming proprietor of the Chronique de Paris, an obscure Legitimist publication, which had been founded in 1834 by M. William Duckett.
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