CHAPTER XVI
Ah cum began to worry. “I suppose, daddy, you’ve no objection to my going on with my work at the
Imperial College?” she asked. "
"It may be; but if it shortens the distance and lightens the journey, I care not,"
retorted the widow, who seemed by this reproach to be roused into sudden
eloquence. It was a neat, efficient-looking room,
with a writing-table placed with a business-like regard to the window, and a
bookcase surmounted by a pig’s skull, a dissected frog in a sealed bottle, and a
pile of shiny, black-covered note-books. You understand me, I’m sure. Gianfrancesco had been talked into the arrangement only
because the drivers that had handled the job for
generations were sick or dead. ‘The major thinks she’s worth it,’ put in Prudence quietly. "Thames was always your favourite," observed Jack, as he fastened another
piece of wood on the teeth of the iron stopper. "
"I care for no risk, provided I can serve you," rejoined Sheppard. "Ah! traitor!" cried Jack, pulling the trigger of his pistol.
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