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put him down miss was very grave and silent as they drove home i can t trust myself to speak about it she said if it was true it shows such an utter want of principle such deceit and don used to be so honest and straightforward what if we make inquiries at the pier it it may be all a mistake they stopped for this pu... | 44 |
was a bone outside the porch which if i hadn t been feeling so poorly i should have had a good mind to tackle myself but perhaps some other dog has got hold of it by this time i ll soon make him let go if he has i said who liked a fight almost as well as a bone where was it did you say outside the hotel don t let me ke... | 44 |
to be introduced to each new comer he could not go anywhere without being stared at and followed and hemmed in and hearing always that same hateful whisper of greedy dog not to be given anything until he felt exactly as if he was being washed poor disappointed greedy dog how gladly he would have given the tail between... | 44 |
became a social as well as a literary physically i have been endowed with a presence which though not of unusual height and somewhat inclined to central produces i find an invariably imposing effect especially with members of the more and sex consequently i was not surprised even at the really extraordinary sensation i... | 44 |
walk upstairs which i accordingly did i mounted flight after flight of stairs till i eventually found myself at the top of the house in an apartment pervaded by a strong of and glazed along the roof and the whole of one side with panes of a tint it was empty at the moment of my entrance but after a few minutes the burs... | 44 |
to put that in i undertook to hold him free from all or whatever in respect of the sale and circulation of all copies from such as will that do i said as i handed it to him his eyes gleamed as he took the document it by surprise is just what i wanted he said gratefully and now if you will excuse me i will go and bring ... | 44 |
out very well indeed you may move now i rose but perfectly collected ha ha i laughed in a sickly manner for i felt sick i i perceive sir that you are a since i have abandoned poetry he said as he carefully removed the negative to a dark place i have developed a considerable sense of quiet humour you will find a large ... | 44 |
the bow sometimes in the season i replied and while i think of it i added with what i thought at the time was an inspiration if you will come with me now i ll show you my horse you might take me on horseback eh i did not possess any such animal but i wanted to have that door unlocked take you on horseback he repeated ... | 44 |
or not do it at all it s no pleasure to me to be general i can tell you and if i can t have perfect discipline in the ranks why we might as well drop the army altogether oh all right said jack who was a sweet tempered boy we won t do it again and they went off to carry out their separate instructions remaining by the ... | 44 |
have you never been taught that a uncle is a very solemn and sacred thing now you are going to be again but as to why you must know that we never get a game now and next summer i shall be too old to play i never moan to be too old for said with conviction but we ve had none for weeks uncle positive weeks quite right t... | 44 |
to tea and if you re afraid to go without leave there s a permission from foi you oh come in and have a look now you re here said the garrison more you can t think how jolly the inside ist and well if i must she said though as a matter of fact she was exceedingly curious to see the interior of the it s like the ones in... | 44 |
frighten a bed indian much asked not if he knew what it was perhaps but who s going to tell him jack just run up to the house like a good fellow and see if you can find it will you you can go with him you seem rather to like the idea of being attacked said when she and were alone together he was gratified to notice the... | 44 |
thank you dear dear i d no idea and you were so noble and brave try not to let those indians hit you i cannot answer for the future he said but since you wish it i will do my best after all there was some good in girls here was one who said exactly the right things without any whatever hunted up jack and who were about... | 44 |
head with both hands oh it s too bad he said he was almost in tears they ll all think we deserted you did you kill many of them i didn t see any he replied but i shouldn t be surprised if some of them died when they got home they may come again to morrow night said jack more cheerfully not much fear of that they ve h... | 44 |
thinking it not p and unlikely that the carpenter really had found time to make a cannon for them after all or at the very least that there would be some change in the internal arrangements of the which it would be his duty as superior officer to if not condemn now it must be explained here that during the last two or ... | 44 |
danger he said with meaning mind not in the very least so long as you are enjoying yourself she said kindly there went one card he had but one more could you let and george they were the butler and page come down to the camp about half past eight we should be so much safer if we had them with us what are you thinking o... | 44 |
the general had already vanished he was crouching outside in the shadow of the he could not bear being up any longer he must at least have a run for his life had the enemy heard him declare his innocence if so it did not seem to have softened them they were stiu crouching silent hidden behind the bushes their to one ... | 44 |
lives he cried laughing jack you young rascal put down that confounded can t you see we re not indians what is it you uncle said in a rather tone where are the indians then they had to go up to town to see their but do you mean to say you haven t opened my envelope after all i thought you told us it was only in case w... | 44 |
himself earnestly to overcome them and there were times he knew when it seemed as if a demon possessed him and drove him to wound even those who loved him and whom he loved times when their affection only roused in him some hideous spirit of sullen contradiction he feels softened now somehow and has a new longing for ... | 44 |
chinese white and then if there is room he will add a cannon and perhaps a palm tree a island always has palm trees he is so full of this projected picture of his that he is quite surprised to find that he is very near the square where he lives but here just in front of him at the end of the narrow lane is the public ... | 44 |
as i mean to have i can t say more than that in the way of enjoyment he turns on his heel at the last words and oflf down the narrow lane by which he had come stands for a while looking after his receding form till the fog round it and she can see it no more she feels as if she had seen a ghost and for her at least the... | 44 |
he do you but would he come he asked hardly daring to believe in such condescension s hero he must if i bid him it is for you to make him feel comfortable and at home with you the longer you can keep him the better i shall be pleased oh how kind of you he cried he shall stay all the holidays i d rather have him than a... | 44 |
in one great sheet and wrapped it round him and about in it until nearly rolled oflf his seat with delight when you ve quite done with it his father was saying mildly as the made a great hole in the middle and thrust his head out of it with a bland smile i m only just looking through it he explained you can have it now... | 44 |
stranger s appearance but reassured them don t take any notice she said it s only a horrid friend of s he won t interfere with oh the boy protested he s awfully nice if you only knew him he can make you laugh do let us play with you he wants to and he won t be rough do pleaded the i ll behave so pretty s hero well sai... | 44 |
you you know s no more there won t said the and allowed him to crawl out all over it was a pity he declared he fitted so nicely and now they would have to look about for something else but he contrived to make a shift with the contents of the cook s work basket which he poured in wax and all he had tried to put the ki... | 44 |
and closer he came to a point where two roads met it was round another corner and they could not see him he ran down one and to his immense relief found they had taken the other he was saved for his house was quite near now he tried to hasten but the pavement was all and slippery and his boots felt heavier and heavier ... | 44 |
i strictly within his rights although i remember at the time considering him a pushing beast struck in with some remark which she turned to answer leaving me leisure to reflect i was feeling vaguely uncomfortable about this story something it would be hard to say what in her way of mentioning s owner made me suspect th... | 44 |
to the kitchen where he stayed for days i don t think he enjoyed his much poor perhaps he had an idea that when they saw how much he took it to heart they would send the baby away but as time went on and this didn t a to occur to them he decided to come out of the and look over the matter and he came back quite prepare... | 44 |
standing stupid and shivering there her heart softened to him and she went to make it up with him and tell him that he was forgiven and should come back and be her dog again just as in the old days here she broke off for a moment i did not venture to look at her but i thought her voice trembled a little when she spoke ... | 44 |
in the course of this narrative the reserve maintained for nearly twenty years but the chief reason for silence is removed now that all those are gone who might have been pained or by what i have to tell and though i shrink still from certain memories that are with pain there are others associated which will surely bri... | 44 |
less of an ordeal than i had expected he had a strong cut face free and abundant white hair with dark grey but there was a kind light in his eyes as i looked up at them and the firm mouth could smile i found pleasantly enough mrs seemed younger and was handsome with a certain and decision of manner which put me less at... | 44 |
own account is it darted off to ask leave to return presently with a slow step and downcast face i t she announced mother says certainly not so there s an end of that still i think myself it s a decided pity and more than once that day she would observe as if to herself i do wish they had let him come to school in diff... | 44 |
into the brown gloom keep where you are for a minute i heard cry out it s all right she s not hurt now you can come down i was down in another instant at the foot of th stairs where in a patch of faint that fell from the door above lay with bending over her insensible form she s dead i cried in my terror as i saw her ... | 44 |
sky outside the room in which lay i listened but could hear nothing at least she was sleeping then and already i went on down to the hall the big clock on a table there was solemnly like a slow the lamp was aught so the doctor must be still up with a heart that beat loudly i went to his study door and lifted my hand to... | 44 |
corpse lying stiff and swollen at the foot of a precipice which had he been an ordinary person it would have been said he had over now nobody had expected him to die for years to come still less to cease from existence with such an entire absence of parade but he was the first of the new era and consequently entitled t... | 44 |
which came the only light that was admitted in the lower tier were the other each idol painted its characteristic colour and in a separate its sacred carved below and the mystic triple forming a kind of over its head the attitude was the same in every case all the cross legged their hands being laid one on the other ov... | 44 |
as the faces of old friends my children faltered the priest perceiving they were waiting for some explanation has been at work in the darkness i know no more than ye why this has come upon us to humble me and your hearts it is the evil spirits whispered the and the congregation took it up and cried yes it is the evil s... | 44 |
well he would him there at all events i does a tiger lie in wait for a rat he said or shall an elephant charge a fools all of ye and blind not to see that this of yours owes his to his these others are in a measure but he is less than all and therefore the mighty to lift up so much as the little finger of his sixth ha... | 44 |
from afar could hardly trust his for the sacred idol of was broken into a dozen pieces his arms were planted with considerable taste and fancy in various comers of the floor and worse still the hardly won idol of was in the same plight its fragments arranged in a upon the principal throne upon the very summit of which ... | 44 |
front and at the back a long out building whose big north light its use it was in fact at the time of which i am writing the of a young painter who was to be known in art circles and who was at work there on the particular afternoon in early spring with which this narrative opens it was not one of the picturesque it wo... | 44 |
and largest canvas through his more eh what are you going to call this scene from the war you re only a few centuries out said it s on mount watching the battle of ah to be sure j good subject capital subject not new though is it and to be frank it s not quite what i should call happy no more was at that particular m... | 44 |
other domestic animals always know the fellows who are used to em and understand em now i ve made rather a study of them myself you know i flatter myself i read em like books thought you only read the said bead the book too if it s worth reading it generally isn t but about this portrait of course i ve often seen you ... | 44 |
likely to do more but for all that was a personage in his way if he bored most men women found him both instructive and amusing he was and he was particularly well off would anyone say he had not a good chance of winning a young girl s heart and yet to hear him calmly assume that this was so on s nerves self tes got th... | 44 |
art he loved and now that he was beginning to be known as a painter of decided promise she could reflect with some complacency that she had discovered him but the of a new country does not invariably feel called upon to live in it and mrs had always maintained a social distance in her relations with the various objects... | 44 |
a lot of little reasons or one big one she asked i should very much prefer the real one he said rather grimly well said the real one was i d set my heart on having my portrait at the this year i don t see the connection if all goes well it must be there now sir c has seen it and i only want one more sitting to finish i... | 44 |
for them any longer i did hate a fuss but i won t mind a it now aunt shall be told if you think it right there will that satisfy you it is everything i asked don t think me a brute for on my own way in this darling even now when i know there was no ground for doubting you i think you might have seen that from the first... | 44 |
to give a present i should choose something more i should if you must send a bust there s plenty on them italian men s as have a more christian look to em a that s likely enough this is an idol an old indian idol don t you believe it mr it s a deal more likely to be a sham one of them as we keep the heathen going with... | 44 |
how any songs could be worse i then she was so violent threw at the reproof and her language was simply horrible so she had to go and now would you believe it she comes to the door every other afternoon with a piano organ ah it s an ungrateful world or so i have found it why even that young piano who my opinion so mo... | 44 |
popular have ever been heard to complain of the monotony of the thing perhaps a fallen idol because it did not last long enough as for this fellow he enjoyed it all thoroughly you can see that in his face i dare say a sense of humour is left out of most otherwise it must have amused him to have his interference in so... | 44 |
a mere accident no he would throw it out of window give it away break it to anything rather than that had been standing a little apart listening with downcast eyes slightly ashamed perhaps of the whole a fallen idol thing and yet as the corners of her lips betrayed quite to the ludicrous side of the situation now at t... | 44 |
you choose to correspond in the meantime i don t suppose i could prevent it if i would but na meetings you understand i will wait patiently said a fallen idol and so will i said softly then i think that is all as for the portrait that must do as best it can if you have a conscience mr it should be troubling you now it ... | 44 |
that the deceased had as it was reported devoted much of his later days to fruitless attempts to ducks in his back garden the fact might not increase the jury s confidence in his capacity a view with which poor agreed with a sinking heart he could not learn with any certainty when he might expect to know the worst it ... | 44 |
in their of impertinence last touches and were they no affectation after all she never concealed the girlish pleasure she took in making dainty little experiments on his feelings was this only he used to ask himself these questions as he stood before her portrait and even asked the pictured face as if those lips smilin... | 44 |
portrait too which can t escape the for it s at the if the others are bad i suppose this is even worse for i thought it was the best thing i d done go round to the gallery and see if you can t get them to let you have it back you mustn t play any last touches tricks with reputation just yet my dear fellow leave that to... | 44 |
shouldn t have promised but i thought you were so certain to write but you did after all so it s all right isn t it strange though that i should never get your letters he said passionately i begin to see your aunt has taken care that my letters should not reach you this is her work she was startled aunt she exclaimed... | 44 |
i may never be anything but a poor beggar all my life now i shan t mind said lightly be a poor beggar too i m afraid your won t hear of that he even if i was selfish enough to ask for it explanations then i will wait oh i know you think me and because i do enjoy you a little but i do really care for you very much all t... | 44 |
i was a fool to run such a risk why do you excite my curiosity in this way said tell me at once no said we will see it together dearest to morrow and you shall tell me that you at least are not offended by what i have done i don t like mysteries she said putting up her chin b little other people s mysteries perhaps not... | 44 |
nothing for him and i suppose my dear she said aloud he offered to release you he was going to if he did not in so many words said but of course i wouldn t listen are you quite sure you were not intended to and to consent he knows by this time that your father cannot afford to do much for you how can you say such thing... | 44 |
the house all that day you mostly laid on a chair and groaned and swore you did till i thought something would come for you and mrs concluded by declaring her conviction that he had the letter somewhere about him still oh you think do you the insulted man i m not one of your sort though there s nothing about me you d ... | 44 |
of seeing again in cold blood the work of those last impassioned days he told himself he did not want to hear comments whether in praise or blame he would see it first at s side and from her alone he would accept a verdict so he turned down into the little room where he carefully examined a variety of water colours whi... | 44 |
the private view they made a grotesque pair and the resemblance of this strange looking girl to the quaint carved thing at her elbow seemed to have been worked out in a spirit of brutal which found a repulsive pleasure in upon so ludicrous and degrading an who could have worked this devilish not he he would resist the ... | 44 |
oh i wouldn t have cared how ugly you had made me look at least i shouldn t have cared in this way if i could only think you had done it honestly or or from anything but a kind of mean can t you see that unless this is cleared up and you know you can clear it up if you choose we can never be the same to one another... | 44 |
force of contrast another which was not magnificent and a strong manly face with the keen eyes that could be so tender at a word from her rose before her suppose were to to her and beg forgiveness suppose he insisted that he had only read her a well needed lesson would she have firmness enough to maintain her ground i... | 44 |
with the of and think what is any one human earth life only a bead upon a long string of successive its sufferings either they are deserved in the life or else they are in the next to be no no that we who are must not a bower is believe me a wise and many times has my explained that to me said nothing though her expr... | 44 |
he is always in the way he is right and i not yet enough made to direct my powers with still i do not know without can no be and my heart s beloved is not in material things a man of business and i tell you you made me reflect till now wounds i never use my power except in quite a way and not at all for benevolent en... | 44 |
back resolved to throw his whole energy into some studies he had made earlier in the year for his next picture there was little peace of mind however in his own where his nerves and temper were constantly being tried by a series of petty and small most of us have had short experiences of this kind when objects seem ins... | 44 |
my and give up my little trip to the moon don t let any delicacy restrain you from mentioning it beware you cannot with me said seriously i was not proposing to play with you retorted who was gradually forgetting his annoyance now can t you tell me what it s all about you indian to help you to to herself to you you in ... | 44 |
too far i that ought to draw him if he has the spirit of a said but he bears it you see smiles as he was wont to smile and i still breathe we shall see was the s sole observation he seemed at once disappointed and relieved a fallen idol ah you re said laughing never mind we won t quarrel about it you will not object ... | 44 |
if this lasts said i shan t be able to trust myself near a river it won t last i shall expect you then and let you know about the train that s all right and you have the this evening after he had gone gave himself up to the gloomy of his future colour blind why it was only a degree better than total blindness hencefo... | 44 |
the case then very well if you must leave me to fight that that influential image all alone i must see what i can do with it i wish now you had left me in my ignorance what was the good of opening my eyes if you mustn t do anything for me i ve lost all my nerve look at my hand i shall go mad if i think of this much l... | 44 |
you want he said in a hoarse whisper only tell me that whatever you are be reason able but the ugly thing gave no reply no sign of aiid disgusted with his own superstition went to bed in a state of stony despair the next morning he rose with a weary impatience of his surroundings he felt that he ought to do a fallen i... | 44 |
are always so good natured and willing to look at the bright side but i feel quite a conviction we shall not hear much to night yes i see by your eyes you re as much struck as i was by that pale girl did you ever see anyone bo gone off in your life can t say i see any startling change for the worse l said who was thi... | 44 |
said with dignified contempt he not it you why then do you not take him out for all to see well i would said only it a very singular thing but he ain t there i not at all singular retorted the with some temper when you are there a and gross influence by which the must totally be if you will only allow to go near the pi... | 44 |
re entered saying quietly it is gone and now until the arrive some will a song sing sang good bye and after the applause had subsided the said excitedly the will be soon in minute sharp work to and from in ten minutes said there is no time and no space for the true answered but the anxiously awaited letter declined to ... | 44 |
own opinion as to his state of mind besides he would probably refuse to give the idol up unless she made him understand that he must do so she could not help shrinking from the possible results of receiving back this thing which might after all bring ill luck with it but that must be all nonsense and at the worst at t... | 44 |
and by some infernal or other made her think i was asking her to take that idol back but why should she take it back you ve read the letter it was her present to me when we were engaged she made me promise never to part with it you that idol you are to her repeated the it came upon him with a terrible shock he scarcely... | 44 |
in such a curse was it not almost as bad as selling a dog with a suspicion that it was sickening for this made him very uneasy until he had persuaded himself that the cases were altogether different he would not have let take it to save his life but that was from his desire to shield her from the remotest possibility o... | 44 |
that the idol had refrained from any further during the night it is true that there were more than the usual number of bills and one county court on his breakfast table but he could hardly believe the idol enough to make use of such weapons no it was apparently on its best behaviour in the hope of being allowed to stay... | 44 |
military looking man who came up immediately in the greatest anxiety and he had the excuse of being s father good god he said it was the nearest thing i saw it all and was coming as well as i could in that crush you would have been killed before i could get anywhere old s sake near you but for this gentleman why you ... | 44 |
what might have been but for your bravery and is it all settled where did you leave her does she want me meaning inquired why why i haven t you come from her eh said i haven t seen a sign of her what does this mean do try and collect yourself this is mr the colonel s jaw dropped as he bowed mechanically then then w... | 44 |
suppose i should let you be here if you were not but ah i don t like to think what i might have been driven to do in the end if i had had to give up all faith in you i nearly lost it several times and i am sure aunt hopes to get her own way even now but you won t let her you do believe in me now i can t help it she sai... | 44 |
was not muddy it was not damp it bore no traces of its temporary seclusion and then he missed s cast the lovely little head of of which he had been to be careful what if from the confusion his head had been in or under the strange illusion which this image to shed around it at will he had the cast for the idol that w... | 44 |
you t mean to tell me you ve only just found them out i believe in them just as before only my is become you remember at place the letter which came you fancy what was within unless it recommended you by any chance not to be a condemned fool said you know but how then how simply because i wrote it and burst into a sho... | 44 |
this crush mr wiu you tell my aunt that i shall be back almost directly and before mrs who on her side was impatiently expecting the twice could notice what was happening with no very clear idea where he was going was mounting a staircase by s side seemed to him more than ever that evening and he was beginning to wit... | 44 |
think i could be like other happy and since i cease to be a i grow selfish and my sixth is slowly there is in that idol and something tells me now he has not done with mr if it is not too late i will dry to get with my to morrow early i go to mr he is the brother you know who was the medium for our i will promise anyth... | 44 |
listen at but at last just as had constructed a really handsome hole for the idol s reception the steps paused at his own gate and a patch of light from the lantern danced over the garden and up the house front what are you doing of in there eh said a voice across the well said i don t suppose you would ever guess i gu... | 44 |
messages to morrow once more do you want me to whistle had to submit escape was madness where he was known and would be at once besides escape would be an admission of his guilt he said i give you my word you will not be the ends of justice in any way you will not harm a living soul if you let yourself be persuaded by... | 44 |
be the of the liberties had taken with him he was the last man expected or desired to see just then he thrust his hat down over his eyes and took refuge in obstinate silence here said just turn back with me i ve something to say to you very sorry sir but he s got an appointment with me at present said laughed why you h... | 44 |
you say so at once eh said the you ve made me make a false entry what s come to you to take a parcel of for an infant hear of this again let me teu you the unfortunate with his dreams of promotion shattered stood dumb and trembling as the altered the charge with some temper now sir he said to do you wish to say anyth... | 44 |
the roads the over the garden bright faced girls cleaned steps or shook at the doors and he noted all these things with a new pleasure it promised to be a very hot day already the heat made a haze in the middle distances and heavy lurid clouds touched with pink and gold rose like a range at the end of each long vista w... | 44 |
would be at home to receive fortunately the worst was over now and yet he began to doubt whether this interview if it came would be much of a success and when later in the morning colonel was shown down to the painting room alone felt a pang of dread why had not come was she angry with him for not appearing last night... | 44 |
don t know how you and aunt both he has done nothing at least whatever he did do he never meant it is all the idol all the idol repeated the colonel do you know what you re talking about my dear child yes yes she repeated wildly look at it that ugly thing on the chair and it was i who gave it to him that s the worst... | 44 |
any idol i but now if he is not holy or not so as he pretended but a great large only what then all his life he has a part acted of one who has the passions and desires and in his inside he knows well it is quite why should he such a mask wear from pride and from ambition from the love to and to be by the and a falle... | 44 |
improved matters well said mrs breaking the silence are you satisfied aren t you going to say something the colonel pinched his chin my word he said i don t exactly know what to say it s a queer story very queer but do you believe in an angry idol you must be able to say that why of course said the colonel that s al... | 44 |
me it s still i do not think it from so much force expenditure as the personality must have made there will be a and besides he has accomplished his aim mr will not again try to bury it weu no said he may make himself easy about that now he will save himself up for his real to be to the spot on which he formerly flour... | 44 |
of his inner consciousness said i should say a considerable time a fallen idol i don t think you were absolutely pressed to stay remarked whereupon his rival who had every reason for remaining held his peace i wish said mrs i wish i could feel i was doing right in remaining at all we re as well here as anywhere else sa... | 44 |
had grown somewhat lighter and on turning round they all saw the huddled up inside his mystic motionless his face hidden in his arms oh don t touch him i cried mrs don t let me see his face he s dead i know he is and the same thought seized them all until the slowly rose with a dazed look where am i he stammered ah i... | 44 |
shan my and find strength for the i must day undergo and i want to be alone and do thinking so my dear i wish you farewell i you are going to now a earth life and for successive it must surely be that one so gracious and so will ever and but think of me as i go up along my climb road to and pardon me that i shall not d... | 44 |
that he thought of going to the that afternoon would come with him mrs interposed was not strong enough to bear such a trial again dear must not think of taking her she herself would accompany him instead for the moment was willing enough to be excused but the thought that she might show her trust in her lover by goi... | 44 |
age xii a race against time contents chapter a struggle xiv a grand finish the of list of illustrations page gave the animal into as a of the peace her with an eloquence that moved all present to abandon her and dismayed the beast by his determined and ferocious aspect the bullet had a large circular in s hat the exe... | 44 |
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