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Our fleetes, he tells me, have been is sight one of another, and most unhappily by fowle weather were parted, to our great loss, as in reason they do conclude; the Dutch being come out only to make a shew, and please their people; but in very bad condition as to stores, victuals, and men. They are at Boulogne, and our fleet come to St. Ellen's.
I sent them with what fowle they had kill'd to the fort of the Island, where they might bee servisable unto the rest in carrying down the shipp & in bringing her to an anker right against Mr. Bridgar's house, to take on board his goods, which was accordingly don.
As the stranger did not speak, Ted broke the spell by saying, in a sarcastic tone: "Well?" "Oh, I beg your pardon," said the stranger hastily, "but isn't Mr. Fowle in? I expected him to come to the door, and was surprised to see you, don't you know." "I don't know any Mr. Fowle," said Ted, with a smile that must have told the stranger that he was not taken in by the question.
"I couldn't help overhearing this fellow insulting a lady, so put him where he belongs in the gutter." "Mr. Clancy," interrupted the sergeant, "you're wanted on the phone." The detective was detained a good five minutes. When he returned he walked straight up to Fowle. "Quit!" he said, with a scornful and sidelong jerk of the head. "You got what you wanted.
Turner come to us, by agreement, and she and I staid talking below, while my wife dressed herself, which vexed me that she was so long about it keeping us till past five o'clock before she was ready. She ready; and, taking some bottles of wine, and beer, and some cold fowle with us into the coach, we took coach and four horses, which I had provided last night, and so away.
That is why he was "out" when Senator Meiklejohn inquired for him. "H'lo!" he cried when he set eyes on Fowle. "My foreman bookbinder! Your folio looks somewhat battered!" "Glad it's you, Mr. Clancy," snuffled Fowle. "You can tell these cops " "Suppose you tell me," broke in the detective, with a glance at Carshaw. "Yes, Fowle, speak up," said Carshaw. "You've a ready tongue.
The park was at this time stored with numerous flocks of severall sorts of ordinary and extraordinary wild fowle breeding about the decoy, which, looking neere so greate a citty, and among such a concourse of souldiers and people, is a singular and diverting thing.
Ralph Hamor at this time described them as "goodly seats and much corne ground about them, abounding with the commodities of fish, fowle, deere and fruits, whereby the men live there, with halfe that maintenaunce out of the store, which in other places was allowed."
Christmas found them weather-bound at Kecoughtan. "Wherever an Englishman may be, and in whatever part of the world, he must keep Christmas with feasting and merriment! And, indeed, we were never more merrie, nor fedde on more plentie of good oysters, fish, flesh, wild fowle and good bread; nor never had better fires in England than in the drie, smokie houses of Kecoughtan!"
Also the sacred Ape, worshipped by the heathen of the Indies, the Dancing Serpent which weareth Spectacles, and whose Bite is instantly mortal, with other rare Fish, Fowle, Idols and the like. All to be seene at the Charge of one Groat per head." Mrs.
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