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To see what this meant, Sam stepped into the hall. Then, Sam having obeyed,
Yell find my chequebookin the upper right-hand drawer over there. Before we
move him, Id like to run down to the hospital to get ahypodermic and a bit of
camphor.
His father gave him a mistrustful look and said, nagging,Dont stand
there.
But for Mr Clark juniorthere had never been any hesitation.
Ye reproach
me withscheming to retain control, he said. Even if thosepresent agreed, youd
have to get the consent of the absent ones.
Atfirst sight he had felt that Miss
Maud Carter concerned him with afearful immediacy. At last he would do what he
haddreamt of. In their agglomeration they were a horror.
Within ten minutes,
before the doctorreturned, he had quietly died on his couch.
The senator, sole
owner of the Terrace, had long sinceceased to collect rents. Mr Clark, Id be
inclined to favour the issue of new stock. Hewas to feel then that he might
have succumbed had it not been forthat allusion to Miss Dolittle.
But before
that point was reached,the chauffeur turned left or south. In their evening
clothes, thethree men formed a weird contrast to their surroundings.
Both of
them worethe same olive-green livery trimmed with yellow as the two at theouter
door. Ye want to get that control out of my hands. Ye reproach me withscheming
to retain control, he said.
No, the nurse said in reply to his question.
Langholm Real Estate issued half a million three months ago.
The senator, sole
owner of the Terrace, had long sinceceased to collect rents. If we issue new
stock,that control might be in danger.
This third elevator was the express,
never used bythose whose business was below the sixth floor. Leaning on the
extended arm of a footman, Lady Clark alighted.
Shivering with the cold, they
returned inside.
Sam paid no attention to the commotion about him. Sam divined
that Mr Beatty had advised thatprocedure.
Hewas to feel then that he might have
succumbed had it not been forthat allusion to Miss Dolittle. But before that
point was reached,the chauffeur turned left or south. Had I better call
McAllisterto take the wheel, sir?
He had tones which vibrated with unspoken
things; hervoice, a soprano, deepened into a contralto. In their agglomeration
they were a horror. Ive often wished to show you over the place. Then, Sam
having obeyed, Yell find my chequebookin the upper right-hand drawer over
there.
Theeyes of the old man were straining, as if trying to convey amessage.
Thatsthe one thing in which control doesnt help you. Mr Cole was the only
western shareholderwhose holdings ran into six figures.
Ye want to get that
control out of my hands.
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