I have mentioned that Haraldsen was becoming a
cured man. The ceremony in Tarrass little parlour was a suffocating business,but
happily it did not last long.
He wasbecoming restless again, not from shaky
nerves, but from somegrowing purpose.
Your fathersenemies now know where you
are.
Sorry,Margie dear, but I couldnt tell that even to
you.
That excitedme, for I have always wanted to go to
Scotland. Most of thegirls were fully as well-dressed as Barbara or Janet. But you
might do me a great kindness and send this wire in theafternoon. She was a tall
child for her years, and ridiculouslyblonde, almost bleached.
Igroaned, for the scheme I had been trying to frame
was now knockedon the head.
But that would take me far from Laverlaw, and I
wouldhave the long Tweed valley before I got to it. Yet after the first scare I
didnt feel downhearted. He reminded me one day with satisfactionthat at Laverlaw we
were half-way to the Norlands.
We never met the Stutzagain, and for all I know it
is still patrolling the Carter Bar. And theyhave truths from which we cannot escape,
though they are sadtruths.
He had been talkingdolefully in a brisk voice, and
he had been half laughing.
She was a tall child for her years, and
ridiculouslyblonde, almost bleached. Then sheturned to Miss Margesson and
smiled.
I broke every rule of decentdriving, but I managed
to keep a mile or so ahead.
This youngLochinvar business was rather out of my
usual line, and I wanted toget it over. The woman had ugly eyes behind her
specs.
Some day she will be a raging beauty, with
thativory skin and those sea-blue eyes. Thesepeople Bletso, who came this morning
and say theyre your cousins,are humbugs. These two days fishing had put everything
else out of my mind, atrick fishing always has with me. But that would take me far
from Laverlaw, and I wouldhave the long Tweed valley before I got to
it.
Miss Barlock glanced at the cards which lay on the
writing table. They are very clever people andquite unscrupulous. I had a start
again, and I worked the Bentley up to a steadyeighty on a beautiful stretch of road.
They and Anna must havepassed you as you came in.
That sounds good sense, I said; but it wont
do.
I drove the Bentley as hard as Idared, and tried to
think out our position.
He wasbecoming restless again, not from shaky
nerves, but from somegrowing purpose.
The woman had ugly eyes behind her specs.