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Gabriel Parsons, as they drove to Norwood together—‘you shall have an opportunity to make the disclosure to-night, and mind you speak out, Tottle.’ ‘I will—I will!’ replied Watkins, valorously. ‘How I should like to see you together,’ ejaculated Mr. Gabriel Parsons.—‘What fun!’ and he laughed so long and so loudly, that he disconcerted Mr. Watkins Tottle, and frightened the horse.
He was a desperado with a dozen lives upon his head, but men like Norwood Benedet and his set would have been sure to make a pet of him. One could see how it all had come about, and what a terrible publicity such a name associated with hers would give a girl for the rest of her life. "But money can do a great deal. Society was out of town; the newspapers that society reads were silent.
The two had now been staying for a week at the Metropole, and Major Norwood had telegraphed to the India Office in London for instructions. The night before, he had been dragged by his charge to three dances at open-all-night restaurants, where professionals entertained the audience.
"I was afraid you would be knocked off the bowsprit, which is a bad place to be, when two vessels put their noses together. It was a close shave, but we are all right now," replied the skipper. "The Sea Foam takes the lead," added Mr. Norwood. "She had the head end of the line. The Skylark made a good start." "First rate," said Kennedy. "She couldn't be handled any better than she is."
"Have you discovered no trace, my Lord? Speak, speak!" "Speak! certainly. I am too happy to relieve your mind, Mr. Leslie. What fools we were! Ha, ha!" "Fools how?" faltered Randal. "Of course; the young lady was at her father's house all the time." "Eh? what?" "And is there now." "It is not possible!" said Randal, in the hollow, dreamy tone of a somnambulist. "At her father's house, at Norwood!
"You mean to Norwood," said Lestrade. "Oh, yes, no doubt that is what I must have meant," said Holmes, with his enigmatical smile. Lestrade had learned by more experiences than he would care to acknowledge that that brain could cut through that which was impenetrable to him. I saw him look curiously at my companion. "I think I should like to have a word with you presently, Mr.
Novel-writing was something he had never even thought of; but after some hesitation he accepted the offer. Soon after this, the publication of "Norwood" was begun in the columns of the "Ledger." The story was longer than was at first agreed upon, and Mr. Bonner paid its author a handsome sum in addition to the amount originally offered.
Good-by; and and pray believe that, in whatever you do with Levy, I have no hand in it." Towards the evening, Randal was riding fast on the road to Norwood. The arrival of Harley, and the conversation that had passed between that nobleman and Randal, made the latter anxious to ascertain how far Riccabocca was likely to learn L'Estrange's return to England, and to meet with him.
It was only known she had come to Norwood Street when Nelly was a baby, and that very shortly Judkins, a young omnibus conductor, had fallen in love with her; and they had married, and taken rooms, and lived very comfortably till Jim was three or four years old.
Repeating over the same arguments which had gone on in the local between Norwood, the lawyer, and Schneider, the brewer; only this time Jimmie was taking the side of Norwood! Jimmie found himself face to face with the disconcerting fact that his devoted friend Meissner was a German and therefore in some subtle way different from him, unable to see things as he did!
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