What Miss Miniver would
have called the Higher Truth supervenes. "
McClintock without further speech strode toward his bungalow; and half an hour
later Spurlock, passing, heard the piano-tuning key at work. The same teardrop bust, the same long waist, the same
thick legs. This suggestion being approved, was instantly acted upon, and the thief-taker,
accompanied by a body of the grenadiers, rode forward. There came to O'Higgins the discouraging knowledge that upon the heels of a
wonderful chase—blindman's buff in the dark—would come a stretch of dull
inaction. A stiff, formally-cut
coat of cinnamon-coloured cloth, with rows of plate buttons, each of the size of a
crown piece, on the sleeves, pockets, and skirts, reached the middle of his legs;
and his costume was completed by the silver-hilted sword at his side, and the
laced hat under his left arm. "
Not a little perplexed by the mysterious object she had seen, Rachel left the
room, and, shortly afterwards returned with the materials of a tolerably good
supper;—to wit, a couple of cold fowls, a tongue, the best part of a sirloin of
beef, a jar of pickles, and two small dishes of pastry. Jonathan shook his head. "I've got to see him; but I'll be reasonable. ‘Tie a horse behind the carriage?’ he echoed incredulously. Chapter XXIV
A CASE FOR THE POLICE
After that first horrible moment it was perhaps Anna who was the more selfpossessed. The ladder was now within reach.
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