“The fact is—I don’t know why—this takes
me by surprise. The comments on
the makeover lessened but were replaced by long
admiring glances by boys who had never before given her
the time of day. ’
‘But the general gave his permission. From this singular collection Trenchard turned to
regard its possessor, who was standing at a little distance from him, still engaged
in earnest discourse with his attendant, and, as he contemplated his ruthless
countenance, on which duplicity and malignity had set their strongest seals, he
could not help calling to mind all he had heard of Jonathan's perfidiousness to
his employers, and deeply regretting that he had placed himself in the power of
so unscrupulous a miscreant. Even an unlikely episode such as this could not be ignored. ’
‘Yes, that is what he said,’ agreed Melusine, pleased to find him of so ready an
understanding. "Go—go!"
"I see what you mean," rejoined Blueskin, tossing a large case-knife, which he
took from his pocket, in the air, and catching it dexterously by the haft as it fell;
"you owe Jonathan a grudge;—so do I. I’d take it—
forgive me if I seem a little urgent—as a sort of proof of friendliness.
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