resumed his discourse where had i got on to sir to driving the pile said mr the pile twas so as i was saying was driving the pile in this manner as i might say here mr held his walking stick with his left hand and struck a blow with great force on the of the stick with his right john was the pile so as i might say here he gave the stick a slight shake and looked firmly in the various eyes around to see that before proceeding further his listeners well grasped the subject at that a pair of blue eyes stage well when had struck some half dozen blows more upon the pile a stopped for a second or two john thinking he had done striking put his hand upon the top o the pile to en a pull and see if a were firm in the ground mr spread his hand over the top of the stick completely covering it with his palm well so to speak hadn t to stop striking and when john had put his hand upon the pile the � � oh dreadful said the was already coming down you see sir just caught sight of his hand but couldn t stop the blow in time down came the upon poor john smith s hand and en to a dear me dear me poor fellow said the with an like the groans of the wounded in a performance of the battle of john smith the master cried hurriedly ay no other and a better hearted man god a mighty never made is he so much hurt i have heard said mr not noticing that he has a son in london a very promising young fellow oh how he must be hurt repeated a couldn t hurt very little well sir t ye and ye sir and you miss i m sure mr had been making motions of and by the time this farewell remark came from his lips he was just outside the door of the room he along the hall stayed more than a minute endeavouring to close the door properly and then was lost to their hearing had meanwhile turned and said to the please excuse me this evening i must leave john smith is my father a pair of blue eyes the did not comprehend at first what did you say he inquired john smith is my father said deliberately a tinge of rose from mr s neck and came round over his face the lines of his features became more firmly defined and his lips seemed to get thinner it was evident that a series of little circumstances hitherto were now fitting themselves together and forming a picture in mr s mind in such a manner as to render useless further explanation on s part indeed the said in a voice dry and without this being a word which depends entirely upon its tone for its meaning mr s was equivalent to no expression at all i have to go now said with an agitated bearing and a movement as if he scarcely knew whether he ought to run off or stay longer on my return sir will you kindly grant me a few minutes private conversation certainly though it does not seem possible that there can be anything of the nature of private business between us mr put on his straw hat crossed the drawing room into which the moonlight was shining and stepped out of the french window into the it required no further effort to perceive what indeed reasoning might have foretold as the natural colour of a mind whose pleasures were taken amid good dinners and reminiscences that mr s prejudices were too strong for his generosity and that s moments as his friend and equal were numbered or had even now ceased moved forward as if he would follow the then as if he would not and in absolute per a pair of blue eyes whither to turn himself went awkwardly to the door followed behind him before he had two yards from the unity and ann the came home from their visit to the village have you heard anything about john smith the accident is not so bad as was reported is it said oh no the doctor says it is only a bad thought so i cried gladly he says that although believes he did not check the as it came down he must have done so without knowing it � checked it very considerably too for the full blow would have knocked his hand abroad and in reality it is only made black like how thankful lam said the perplexed unity looked at him with her mouth rather than with her eyes that will do unity said and the two maids passed on do you forgive me said with a faint smile no man is fair in love and he took her fingers lightly in his own with her head thrown sideways in the attitude she looked a tender reproach at his doubt and pressed his hand returned the pressure then hastily went off to his father s cottage by the wall of park what have you to say to this inquired her father coming up immediately had retired with feminine quickness she grasped at any straw that would enable her to plead his cause he had told me of it she faltered so that it is not a discovery in spite of him he was just coming in to tell you coming to tell why hadn t he already told i object as much if not more to his conceal a pair of blue eyes ment of this than i do to the fact itself it looks very much like his making a fool of me and of you too you and he have been about together and corresponding together in a way i don t at all 