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Here am I without a penny of ready cash in the world, and although Gambart knows this as well as I do myself, he writes me, first, that he has sold Loch Dhu to that fellow Redding, and now that he has bought Barker's Mill for me without my sanction!" "But you gave him leave to sell Loch Dhu," suggested Flora.
On the morning of the day in question an Indian had arrived with a letter from Mr Gambart of Partridge Bay, which had not tended to soothe the luckless father. "It seems very unfortunate," said Flora, in a sympathetic tone. "Seems unfortunate?" exclaimed McLeod, with some asperity, "it is unfortunate. Why, what could be more so? Just think of it, Flo!
"Now," said Gambart, "isn't this vexing? I thought it would please him so much, for of course he knows that I would never press him for the money." "Did you tell him," asked Mrs Gambart, "that in the event of his not wanting the mill you would gladly take it yourself?" "No, I didn't think that necessary."
"Ah, Flo," said her father, when he had finished, "no one has such good cause to regret the loss of our old home as yourself, for I don't think Mr Gambart could have planned it without your aid." "What!" exclaimed Redding, with a look of sudden surprise, "what was the name of your place in Partridge Bay?"
"Look here, my love," said plump little Mr Gambart to his plump little wife, bustling into the parlour with an open letter in his hand, "isn't this vexatious! Just listen it's from McLeod: "`My dear Gambart, I take the opportunity of Jonas Bellew leaving me to write a line in reply to your last, which was brought on to me by the Indian.
"Oh, yes, yes, of course, and I told him to let it go at a low sum, for I needed cash very much at the beginning of this venture at Jenkins Creek. But I find that our expenses are so small that I could afford to hold on for some time on the funds I have. To be sure Gambart could not know that, but but why did the fellow go and buy that mill for me?
No doubt Gambart meant to do us a service, and fancied that he knew this coast well, but it is quite plain that he was mistaken, for I have no doubt now, from the situation of the place, that there will be little or no traffic here for a long time to come." "So, then, we might as well have thrown the remnant of our wrecked fortunes into the sea," said Kenneth gravely.
The rough hilly district about midway between Copernicus and Gambart is remarkable for its peculiar dusky tone and for certain small dark spots, first seen by Schmidt, and subsequently carefully observed by Dr. Klein.
"It does, unquestionably," replied McLeod, "especially when coupled with the letter from Gambart, which has so strangely reached us at the same time with that of Redding. Well well, after all, things looked bad to me at first. I'm sorry, however, that I gave way to temper when we met, for the explanation might have come at that time; but the hot-headed young fellow gave way to temper too!"
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