Chapter XVI
THE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR JOHN
Sir John looked from one to the other of the two sisters. ‘Keep still, for God’s sake! Hilary will send him off all right and
tight, never fear. "And now, mark me. ”
Capes lifted her hand and kissed it. But her mind was ruffled, and its mirror-like surface of
satisfaction was not easily restored. I am quite
indiscriminate, I assure you. As
she hoisted her skirts near her waist, she thought ruefully
of the last time she had worn such an elaborate gown,
sometime near 1910 when petticoats were still considered
hip everyday garb. It is not you who runs the risk of
going dinnerless to-morrow. To be sure," he added, lowering his tone, "they wos little 'uns, and
one on 'em was smothered—ough! ough!—how this cough chokes me!"
Sheppard, meanwhile, whose hands were at liberty, managed to possess himself,
unperceived, of the spike of a halbert, which was lying, apart from the pole,
upon a bench near him. ToC
For a short space, Mrs. He did not leave much of an
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impression.
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