"Call me Hoddy. Standing on tiptoe, on a joint-stool, placed upon the bench, with his back to the
door, and a clasp-knife in his hand, this youngster, instead of executing his
appointed task, was occupied in carving his name upon a beam, overhead. "
"It was her own fault," observed Blueskin, moodily. Aunt and niece regarded each other silently. Crouching down, Gerald waited, hands at the ready. Wood's displeasure; and he
was the more readily induced to do this, as the conversation began to turn upon
his own affairs. The back windows of the houses (where any such
existed) were strongly barricaded, and kept constantly shut; and the fortress was,
furthermore, defended by high walls and deep ditches in those quarters where it
appeared most exposed. She’s naïve, and
yet uncannily shrewd at times, and you daren’t rely on anything she says. Still, the respite was sufficient for Spurlock to look
about for some weapon. It seemed at first the most beautiful afternoon of all time to her, and perhaps
the thrill of her excitement did add a distinctive and culminating keenness to the
day. “I was never at any such
dinner, and I am quite sure that I do not know you. McClintock's was a plantation of ten thousand palms, yielding him annually
about half a million nuts. She was
caught by some of the bystanders, who offered by her every assistance in their
power. She mounted the stairs of the theatrical agent’s
office with very much less than her usual buoyancy, nor did she find much
encouragement in the general appearance of the room into which she was shown. "
"Curse you!" cried Jack, furiously,—"curse you!—curse you!"
"Swear away, Captain," rejoined Blueskin, coolly.
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