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Did you see how they made way for us, and touched their caps, some of them? What a capital place to fish, off those rocks! I'm glad I brought hooks and lines, and What's that light ahead? A lighthouse?" "No, only Hagar's kitchen window," said Noll; "Hagar's our black cook, and there's only three of us in that great house, Ned!" "I should think you'd lose each other!
I explained that she was a great lady and was to marry a marquess, that is a much more important person than an earl. He knew what an earl was, for of course he had heard of the 'Yurl, meaning that old rascal Ridgeley. A marquess, however, was outside his ken, and the information was wasted. "Why didna y' marry 'er y'rsel', Master Noll, and bring 'er back 'ere, then Jin wud 'a' bin all rate?"
"It be a shame," Dirk said to his wife, after Noll had gone, one day, "that the lad hev ter stan' up, an' ben't able ter find a seat, nohow. I tell ye it be a shame, woman!" "Ye might mend the chairs a bit, man!" retorted Mrs. Sharp. "I'll warrant the lad be able ter find a seat then."
"The poor fellow was chilled through. I got chummy with him, talking sign language, and then volunteered to stand duty for him. The Moro has gone off to take a sleep where it's drier." "Bully, old Noll!" "The troops are behind you, Hal?" "Yes." "Then march them ahead straight on for a hundred yards due west. You won't run into any of the enemy there. I've made it my business to know."
Noll had never seen anything so unutterably dreary, and when all was over, and the mourners had disappeared over the other side of the Rock, he went home, thinking more deeply than ever of the work to be done, and wondering who was to do it.
Somehow, this morning's sight had made another impression upon his mind beside that of sadness and disappointment. He felt and saw that there was a great work to do. Who was to do it? Hagar met him at the door, rejoicing that he had returned in safety, but, stopping only to tell her that the child was dead, Noll went on to the library.
This is what Noll's wondering eyes found: "HASTINGS, May 20th. "DEAR NOLL, I can imagine just how your eyes are staring by this time; but you needn't be alarmed, for I came by the money honestly.
It was always, "And how do you get on with your plan? and are the houses 'most finished?" or, "Have you got those Culm savages almost civilized, you dear old Noll? and does Uncle Richard know anything about it yet? Won't he stare! and what do you suppose he'll say?" or, "Oh, now I think of it, how many scholars in Latin have you got down there? and how do they manage with their Greek?
Then he ran along the hard, sandy beach as fast as the wind and his burden would let him. The Culm huts came in sight at last, cheerless and desolate, and with no sign of life or occupancy about them, save the faint smoke which the wind whirled down from the chimneys. Noll began to regard Dirk's habitation with anxious eyes long before he drew near.
Hurriedly resuming his walk, Oliver passed Loman with averted eyes, and went on his way. "Well?" said Stephen, in the midst of undressing, as his brother entered the dormitory. "He wasn't there. I'll see him in the morning," said Oliver. "Good-night, Stee." "Good-night, Noll, old man!
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