’
‘Pottiswick, you mean, miss?’
‘Yes, yes. To preach a fine sermon every Sunday so that he would lose neither the art nor
the impulse; and this child, in secret rebellion, taking it down in long hand
during odd hours in the week! Preaching grandiloquently before a few score
natives who understood little beyond the gestures, for the single purpose of
warding off disintegration! It reminded the doctor of a stubborn retreat; from
barricade to barricade, grimly fighting to keep the enemy at bay, that insidious
enemy of the white man in the South Seas—inertia. Old implements of housebreaking were discovered; and the thief-taker's most
hidden depositories were laid bare. Yes, yes, you do not
like the French, and so this English lady here, she is altogether your flesh. Could you come to tea at my rooms one
afternoon, or would you dine with me somewhere, and do a theatre? We could
have a private room, of course, if you do not wish to be seen about London, and
a box at the theatre. He was, however, instantly beaten back; and the fury of the mob was so great
that it was with difficulty he could effect a retreat. “With your
permission I should like to search the remainder of your rooms. Your pursuers are below. “If any one should
know——you should! He was your friend. To hand the key
back in silence was like offering a lie. John’s parents were won over. Fifteen from forty is twenty-five.
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