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She did not abate that look of quizzical appraisal. And again Gavin Brice began to feel uncomfortable under her scrutiny. "You have an orange grove, back yonder, haven't you?" he asked, abruptly, nodding toward a landward stretch of ground shut off from the lawn by a thickset hedge of oleander. "How did you know?" she demanded in suspicion. "By this light you couldn't possibly see "
Then Gavin Brice knew what had happened, and that his own life was not worth a chipped plate. Claire Standish had followed Brice to the curtained doorway of the library. She, too, had heard the light step in the hall. Its sound, and the galvanizing effect it had had on Gavin, aroused her sharp interest.
They visited us once in Beacon Street, afterwards. And I have heard that there are a great many good Southern families here in St. Louis." "You did not glean that from Judge Whipple's letter, mother," said Stephen, mischievously. "He was very frank in his letter," sighed Mrs. Brice. "I imagine he is always frank, to put it delicately."
"Very well," he said at last, "only remember this, my boy there must be no more risks. You've been sailing quite close enough to the wind." "Did you call at the War Office?" Granet asked quickly. His uncle assented. "I did and I saw General Brice. He admitted in confidence that they weren't very keen about your rejoining. Nothing personal," he went on quickly, "nothing serious, that is to say.
So, too, was the gaudy little motorboat wherein Rodney Hade had come to the key. Two battered and paintless motor-scows remained, and one or two disreputable rowboats. It was the work of only a few seconds for Brice to cut loose the moorings of all these craft and to thrust them far out into the blue water, where wind and tide could be trusted to bear them steadily farther and farther from shore.
But she said: "So you have come at last to try again, Mr. Brice?" And Mr. Brice said: "If you will do me the honor, Miss Carvel." She did not reply at once. Clarence Colfax got to his feet. Then she looked up at the two men as they stood side by side, and perhaps swept them both in an instant's comparison. The New Englander's face must have reminded her more of her own father, Colonel Carvel.
I watched her get out of the boat, while her husband steadied it." "If you knew this, why did you not come forward sooner?" "I have been out of the city." "But you knew the prisoner had been arrested, and that this testimony of yours would be invaluable to him." "Yes. But I thought it necessary to produce Jennie Brice herself. My unsupported word " "You have been searching for Jennie Brice?"
Gavin sat back on the couch and once more gave himself over to the mystic enthrallment of the music. The Serenade wailed itself into silence with one last hushedly exquisite tone. Brice drew a long breath, as of a man coming out of a trance. Simon Cameron had jumped into Claire's lap.
At Havana there were on the rolls of the Consulate over 600 Americans, of whom perhaps 200 elected to take passage on the ships sent by the United States. At Matanzas, Consul Brice had about 400 Americans. Consul Barker, at Sagua, had about the same number, while Consul Hance, at Cardenas, had about 100. Very few of these wanted to leave their interests and relatives.
"What you have done may seem a light thing to you, Captain Brice," she said. "That is apt to be the way with those who have big hearts. You have put upon Colonel Colfax, and upon me, a life's obligation." When she began to speak, Clarence raised his head.
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