Crack went the whip, and away floundered the
heavy vehicle through the deep ruts of the ill-kept road, or rather lane, (for it was
little better,) which, then, led across Southampton Fields. "
A peculiar smile illuminated Jack's features. He became a little more personal and
intimate. The arrival of the cart at the end of Field Lane, appeared the signal for an
attempt at rescue. ”
“You haven’t answered my question. The barmaids had too strongly
appealed to his sense of novelty. Wood having disposed of the brandy, and pronounced himself much better,
hurried close to the fire-side, and informed his friend in a few words of the
inhospitable treatment he had experienced from the gentlemen of the Mint;
whereupon Mr. Being in a great
hurry, he took little heed where he set his feet; and a board giving way, he must
have fallen, if he had not grasped a large plank laid upon the transverse beam
immediately over his head. Sir John waved her back. ’”
“What did he say?”
“What does any one say to an invitation to dinner point-blank? One tries to
collect one’s wits. ”
“Much better,” she agreed. At this piece of
information, the two subordinate officers were observed to exchange glances;
and, after a little agreeable raillery on their captain's gallantry, they begged
permission to accompany him in his visit. The signal of distress was
evidently understood. "It's a great world," was the manager's greeting. “But why,” he said in the gasping voice of one subduing an agony, and looked
at her from under a pain-wrinkled brow, “why did you not tell me this before?”
“I didn’t know—I thought I might be able to control myself.
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