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"I did not know it." "I’ve done so much of it to-day," remarked Hsi Jen, "that my neck is quite sore from bending over it. My dear Miss," she then urged with a beaming countenance, "do sit here a little. I’ll go out for a turn. I’ll be back shortly." "Well, when I have read all his papers in Bishopsgate Street, perhaps I shall be able to tell you," said Mr. Neuchatel, and Myra felt that she could pursue the theme no further. He bit his lip. "No, I do not." The first man who spoke began at the middle of the story told by the witnesses in court. "I am for acquitting the captain, gentlemen; he ordered out the boats, and saved the lives of the crew."—"And I am for finding him guilty, because the ship struck on a rock in broad daylight, and in moderate weather."—"I agree with you, sir. The evidence shows that the vessel was steered dangerously near to the land, by direction of the captain, who gave the course."—"Come, come, gentlemen! let us do the captain justice. The defense declares that he gave the customary course, and that it was not followed when he left the deck. As for his leaving the ship in moderate weather, the evidence proves that he believed he saw signs of a storm brewing."—"Yes, yes, all very well, but what were the facts? When the loss of the ship was reported, the Brazilian authorities sent men to the wreck, on the chance of saving the cargo; and, days afterward, there the ship was found, just as the captain and the crew had left her."—"Don’t forget, sir, that the diamonds were missing when the salvors examined the wreck."—"All right, but that’s no proof that the captain stole the diamonds; and, before they had saved half the cargo, a storm did come on and break the vessel up; so the poor man was only wrong in the matter of time, after all."—"Allow me to remind you, gentlemen that the prisoner was deeply in debt, and therefore had an interest in stealing the diamonds."—"Wait a little, sir. Fair play’s a jewel. Who was in charge of the deck when the ship struck? The second mate. And what did the second mate do, when he heard that his owners had decided to prosecute? He committed suicide! Is there no proof of guilt in that act?"—"You are going a little too fast, sir. The coroner’s jury declared that the second mate killed himself in a state of temporary insanity."—"Gently! gently! we have nothing to do with what the coroner’s jury said. What did the judge say when he summed up?"—"Bother the judge! He said what they all say: ‘Find the prisoner guilty, if you think he did it; and find him not guilty, if you think he didn’t.’ And then he went away to his comfortable cup of tea in his private room. And here are we perishing of hunger, and our families dining without us."—"Speak for yourself, sir, I haven’t got a family."—"Consider yourself lucky, sir; I have got twelve, and my life is a burden to me, owing to the difficulty of making both ends meet."—"Gentlemen! gentlemen! we are wandering again. Is the captain guilty or not? Mr. Foreman, we none of us intended to offend you. Will you tell us what you think?" "Otway Bethel is not at West Lynne. Supposed to be in Norway. Movements uncertain." "’Tis a secret of chivalry," said Prince Florestan, "and I must never disclose it." "She’ll naturally come back after she has accompanied the funeral," Pao-yü retorted. Chia Ch’in came, in due course, to pay a visit to Chia Lien and his wife, and was incessant in his expressions of gratitude; and lady Feng bestowed upon him a further favour by giving him, as a first instalment, an advance of the funds necessary for three months’ outlay, for which she bade him write a receipt; while Chia Lien filled up a cheque and signed it; and a counter-order was simultaneously issued, and he came out into the treasury where the sum specified for three months’ supplies, amounting to three hundred taels, was paid out in pure ingots. As he uttered these sentiments, he smiled to himself. But Hsi Jen noticed how much under the influence of his insane fits he once more was, and she promptly abandoned all idea of going over to pay her respects to the visitors. "The life I have led," he resumed, "accounts, perhaps, in some degree, for what is deficient in me. At school, I was not a popular boy; I only made one friend, and he has long since been numbered with the dead. Of my life at college, and afterward in London, I dare not speak to you; I look back at it with horror. My school-friend decided my choice of a profession; he went into the navy. After a while, not knowing what else to do, I followed his example. I liked the life — I may say the sea saved me. For years, I was never on shore for more than a few weeks at a time. I saw nothing of society; I was hardly ever in the company of ladies. The next change in my life associated me with an Arctic expedition. God forbid I should tell you of what men go through who are lost in the regions of eternal ice! Let me only say I was preserved — miraculously preserved — to profit by that dreadful experience. It made a new man of me; it altered me ( I hope for the better) into what I am now. Oh, I feel that I ought to have kept my secret yesterday — I mean my daring to love you. I should have waited till you knew more of me; till my conduct pleased you perhaps, and spoke for me. You won’t laugh, I am sure, if I confess (at my age!) that I am inexperienced. Never till I met you have I known what true love is — and this at forty years old. How some people would laugh! I own it seems melancholy to me." "No! did they? What a pack of idiots! I have never seen or heard of her, Carlyle, since that unfortunate night. If she went after anybody, it was after Thorn." Colonel Cheriton (who must have found me a dreadful thorn in the flank of his strategy) missed no opportunity of inquiry, as he went from one valley to another. For the war seemed to run along the course of rivers, though it also passed through the forests and lakes, and went up into the mountains. Our wonderfully clever and kind member of the British army was delighted with the movements of General Lee, who alone showed scientific elegance in slaying his fellow-countrymen; and the worst of it was that instead of going after my dear Uncle Sam, Colonel Cheriton was always rushing about with maps, plans, and telescopes, to follow the tracery of Lee’s campaign. To treat of such matters is far beyond me, as I am most thankful to confess. Neither will I dare to be sorry for a great man doing what became his duty. My only complaint against him is that he kept us in a continual fright. That evening she thought it proper to tell Miss Macnulty what had occurred. "He is a great preacher of the gospel," she said, "and I know no position in the world more worthy of a woman’s fondest admiration." Miss Macnulty was unable to answer a word. She could not congratulate her successful rival, even though her bread depended on it. She crept slowly out of the room, and went up-stairs and wept. At these words Manoel could stand it no longer. With pale face and eye of fire he strode up to Torres. There was but one sentence left to read: "If your maternal anxiety suggests any misgiving, let me add that a woman’s loving care will watch over our little girl while she is under my roof. You will remember how fond Miss Westerfield was of Kitty, and you will believe me when I tell you that she is as truly devoted to the child as ever." P’ing Erh at once rose to her feet; but lady Feng had already entered the room; and she went on to bid P’ing Erh be quick and open a box and find a pattern for madame Wang. P’ing Erh expressed her obedience with alacrity; but while in search of it, lady Feng caught sight of Chia Lien; and suddenly remembering something, she hastened to ask P’ing Erh about it. "I’ll indite a stanza in advance," eagerly exclaimed Hsiang-yün. He spoke for rather more than an hour; and frequently during this time, Endymion, notwithstanding his keen interest in what was taking place, was troubled, it might be disturbed, by pictures and memories of the past that he endeavoured in vain to drive away. When the orator concluded, amid cheering much louder than that which had first greeted him, Endymion, in a rather agitated voice, whispered to his neighbour, "Tell me—is his name Thornberry?" They were collected on the farm road, and now, as they were speaking, there was a commotion among the horses. A man driving a little buggy was forcing his way along the road, and there was a sound of voices, as though the man in the buggy were angry. And he was angry. Frank, who was on foot by his horse’s head, could see that the man was dressed for hunting, with a bright red coat and a flat hat, and that he was driving the pony with a hunting-whip. The man was talking as he approached, but what he said did not much matter to Frank, till his new friend, Mr. Carstairs, whispered a word in his ear. "It’s Nappie, by Gum!" Then there crept across Frank’s mind an idea that there might be trouble coming. "We are all born to it," cried Mrs. Hare. "I, in truth, have cause to say so. Oh, you know not what my position has been—the terrible weight of grief that I have to bear. For many years, I can truly say that I have not known one completely happy moment." Three large saurians, from fifteen to twenty feet long, had managed to clamber on to the platform of the raft. Blanche nodded. "Several years ago there was a fair young girl, none too rich, in our station of life. A gentleman, who was none too rich either, sought and gained her love. He could not marry; he was not rich, I say. They loved on in secret, hoping for better times, she wearing out her years and her heart. Oh, Alice! I cannot describe to you how she loved him—how she has continued to love him up to this moment. Through evil report she clung to him tenaciously and tenderly as the vine clings to its trellis, for the world spoke ill of him." "Them diamonds is gone where none of you can get at ’em. That five hundred pounds as the lawyers ‘ave offered is just nowhere. If you want information, Mr. ‘Oward, you should say information." "You were right, Shandon, and we have only six weeks’ coal in the hold." "The senior ladies occupy the seats of honour," remonstrated lady Feng, "and how can I presume to choose?" Mr. Carlyle motioned to Barbara to seat herself, then resumed his own seat, beside his table. Barbara could not help noticing how different his manners were in his office from his evening manners when he was "off duty." Here he was the staid, calm man of business. As soon as Pao-yü, we will now explain, heard what the lad told him, he rushed with eagerness inside. When he came to look about him, he discovered Hu Po standing in front of the screen. "Be quick and go," she urged. "They’re waiting to speak to you." His voice was so quiet and soothing that I seemed to rest beneath it. He had not spoken once of religion or the will of God, nor plied me at all with those pious allusions, which even to the reverent mind are like illusions when so urged. Lord Castlewood had too deep a sense of the will of God to know what it is; and he looked at me wistfully as at one who might have worse experience of it. "For your own dear sake I have shown no sign. The reason of that is too clear to explain." P’ing Erh hastily crossed over and wiped her face for her, and then went in person to fetch some water. A very perceptible tinge of red rose to the face of Mr. Carlyle, telling of inward emotion, but his voice and manner betrayed none. Johnson accompanied the travellers for a quarter of a mile, then Hatteras begged him to return on board, and the old sailor went back after making a long farewell gesture. At that moment Hatteras turned a last look towards the brig, and saw the extremity of her masts disappear in the dark clouds of the sky. He was on foot. A man attired in the garb of a sailor, with black, curling ringlets of hair, and black, curling whiskers; a prodigious pair of whiskers, hiding his neck above his blue, turned collar, hiding partially his face. The glazed hat, brought low upon his brows, concealed it still more; and he wore a loose, rough pea-jacket and wide rough trousers hitched up with a belt. Bearing steadily on, he struck into Bean lane, a by-way already mentioned in this history, and from thence, passing through a small, unfrequented gate, he found himself in the grounds of East Lynne. "To the jangada!" he said, "to the jangada!" "Little wonder is it," smiled old lady Chia, "if the snuff of the lamp crackled time and again; and if it formed and reformed into a head! It was, indeed, sure to come to this to-day!" "Baffin’s Sea." "I should run no chance. West Lynne would not elect me in preference to him. I’m not sure, indeed, that West Lynne would have me in any case." "Early. Half-past nine." "Give us your foreman and one of his mates to work the air-pump," replied Manoel. In this all Araujo’s ability was shown, and he was admirably seconded by his crew. The trees of the forest furnished the resting-places for the long poles which kept the jangada in its course. The least blow to the jangada would have endangered the complete demolition of the woodwork, and caused the loss, if not of the crew, of the greater part of the cargo. Recovering himself with this fine conclusion, he led me down a little sloping alley, scarcely wide enough for a wheelbarrow, to an old black door, where we set down our parcels; for he had taken his, while I carried mine, and not knowing what might happen yet, like a true peace-maker I stuck to the sheaf of umbrellas and the rattan cane. And thankful I was, and so might be the cabman, to have that weapon nicely sheathed with silk. "My dear Lady Eustace," said the major, "the sooner you get back into straight running, the sooner you will be comfortable." Then she promised that she would go on the Tuesday — the day after the marriage. "If he learns it in the mean time, you must not be surprised," said the major. She was only staying three or four days in town, and was much engaged in the mornings; but Endymion called on her every afternoon, and sate talking with her till dinner-time, and they both dined very late. As he really on personal and domestic affairs never could have any reserve with her, he told her, in that complete confidence in which they always indulged, of the extraordinary revelation which his sister had made to him about the parliamentary qualification. Lady Montfort was deeply interested in this; she was even agitated, and looked very grave. "I don’t care a bit about breakfast," said Lucy. No words could e’er amply exhaust the beauteous skill, "And suppose we can’t reach Beechey Island, what will become of us then?" "Continue our route," said Hatteras coldly. "I don’t know anything about the Porpoise, but I do know that the Forward is waiting for our return." "Throw my pelisse over you;" Pao-yü cried; "for mind it’s cold!" "Minha? To get married!" murmured Joam. From the basement to the roof it was literally covered with foliage. A confused mass of orchids, bromelias, and climbing plants, all in flower, rooted in boxes of excellent soil hidden beneath masses of verdure. The trunk of some ficus or mimosa was never covered by a more startlingly tropical attire. What whimsical climbers — ruby red and golden yellow, with variegated clusters and tangled twigs — turned over the brackets, under the ridges, on the rafters of the roof, and across the lintels of the doors! They had brought them wholesale from the woods in the neighborhood of the fazenda. A huge liana bound all the parasites together; several times it made the round of the house, clinging on to every angle, encircling every projection, forking, uniting, it everywhere threw out its irregular branchlets, and allowed not a bit of the house to be seen beneath its enormous clusters of bloom. "Well, we will not now pursue this old controversy, my dear Ferrars, particularly if it be true, as you say, that Mr. Canning now lies upon his deathbed." "For you have shown what you are made of, commander; I know your deeds of service. You are a fine sailor!" "All right, that will do! that will do!" her ladyship rejoined, when she heard this reply; "let the two cousins play together; his father kept him a short while back under check, for ever so long, so let him have some distraction. But the only thing is that you mustn’t allow them to have any quarrels." To which the servants in a body expressed their obedience. As regards the household of the Jung mansion, the inmates may, on adding up the total number, not have been found many; yet, counting the high as well as the low, there were three hundred persons and more. Their affairs may not have been very numerous, still there were, every day, ten and twenty matters to settle; in fact, the household resembled, in every way, ravelled hemp, devoid even of a clue-end, which could be used as an introduction.
平房内。
小风等人聚集在客厅里,面色焦急,来回踱步。
“不行,不能让大哥一个人回去。”小风斟酌再三后说道:“收拾东西,我们也走。”
昨晚来的三名男子,听着小风的话全部起身,准备跟他一块走。
门口处,坐在椅子上的苏天御,猛然抬头吼道:“能不能别他妈扯淡了,还嫌不够乱啊?你们四个回去有什么用,能解决啥问题?”
“那你说怎么办?!大哥自己一个人回去了,万一出事了……!”小风还想争辩。
苏天御缓缓起身,指着对方,脸色阴沉地说道:“事情已经够糟了,你们不要再添乱了,明白吗?”
“你说什么都没用,我们得回去。”小风转身就要走。
苏天御一步上前,双手扯住对方的脖领子,瞪着眼珠子吼道:“你能不能长点脑子?你们回去了,要被徐虎抓住了,不但帮不上忙,魏相佐还得想办法救你们几个。我求求你们了,心里有点数吧!你有什么能力?你是一个能打十个啊,还是脑子够用啊?!”
小风之前确实是不服狗六子的,但自从山上一战后,他对后者的看法也转变了。这命毕竟都是人家救的,再加上之前魏相佐对苏天御也是言听计从,所以他也没啥脾气了。
苏天御扯着小风的脖领子,一字一顿地说道:“能不能听安排?能不能?!”
“那我大哥……!”
“我会想办法的。”苏天御松开他的脖领子,低声说道:“该用你们的时候,我会通知你们的。另外,不要自己瞎做决定,偷着往外跑。你用屁股想一想,老魏没带你们,肯定有他的理由,懂吗?”
四人虽然心里惦记着老魏,但最终还是被苏天御给劝说住了,仔细想想,后者的话还是有道理的。
魏相佐跑了,苏天御心里非常烦躁,但光烦躁是解决不了问题的,他目前只能按照老魏的节奏,调整想法,铺垫后面的事情。
坐在客厅内思考了一会后,苏天御起身走到室外,拨通了余明远的电话:“魏相佐跑了,我们可能得提前回去了。远哥,我的思路的是这样的,围绕着徐虎身边的利益团体总共有三四家,我们现在只能从这中间找机会,想办法在老魏掀牌的时候……。”
余明远静静地听着苏天御的话,心里快速合计着,没有回应。
……
龙城,天鸿港一家低档“卖肉店”内,程刚只穿着裤头,坐在三层包间的沙发上,木然地抽着烟。
这家卖肉店是徐虎兄弟经营的,自从魏相佐跑了之后,程刚就一直在这住。
床上,一名脂粉气很重的姑娘坐起身,打着哈欠说道:“宝贝,给我拿根烟。”
程刚似乎没有听到,依旧眼神木讷地看着窗外。
姑娘顺手拿起床上的软枕头,笑着砸向了程刚:“干嘛呢,参禅呢?”
“嘭!”
软枕头砸在程刚的脑袋上,后者猛然扭头:“你踏马干什么?!”
“我跟你说话呢,给我根烟呀。”姑娘依旧笑着回道。
“你踏马有病!”程刚烦躁地打飞身上的枕头,眼神十分焦躁地吼道:“滚出去!”
姑娘懵了:“你干嘛啊?陪你睡两天了,怎么火气还这么大啊!”
说话间,姑娘赤脚走下床,来到程刚身前,骑着他的双腿就要坐上去:“是不是想晨练啊?想你就说啊,发什么火……。”
“起开!”程刚动作粗暴地推开了姑娘。
“你有病啊?我惹你了?!”姑娘也急了。
“滚!”程刚情绪极为不稳定地冲着她吼了一嗓子。
“大早上的吃枪药了?真是病得不轻。”姑娘翻着白眼骂了一句,胡乱拿起床上的衣服一套,气哄哄地推门走了。
程刚一个人坐在室内,口鼻中泛着浓重的喘息声,双眼依旧焦躁不安地看着窗外。
不知道为什么,程刚这几天脑袋里经常浮现出,小轩的尸体,魏相佐跑路杀人时的样子,以及薛家四十多号人进山,却全被干了的场景。
这种焦躁不安,是程刚无法控制的。他只有想起自己银行卡里暴增的余额,以及徐虎答应给他的未来,心里才会有一定的安全感。
枯坐了一会,程刚在屋内待不下去了,他拿着电话拨通了一个号码,轻声问道:“打听出花臂龙的消息了吗?”
“没有,这个人消失了。”
“他会不会已经去找魏相佐了?”程刚问。
“应该没有。”对方停顿一下说道:“花臂龙跑的时候,伤得很重,我个人觉得他要么藏在龙城了,要么就在龙城附近,走不远。”
程刚稍稍停顿一下,表情烦躁地问道:“另外一个消息,你摸到了吗?”
“那个摸到了。”
“直接发我手机上。”程刚扔下一句,直接挂断了电话,走到床边,动作利落地穿好了衣服。
五分钟后,楼下。
程刚冲着徐虎的兄弟说道:“我要去见虎哥,就现在。”
“行啊,走吧!”对方站起了身。
……
一区,华都。
孔正辉推门下车,迈步走进了老兵酒吧。此刻这里还没营业,只有红姐一个人在收拾着不大的客厅。
“你找谁啊?”红姐问。
“我找姚豆豆,”孔正辉轻声回道:“是苏天御叫我来的。”
“哦,他不在这儿,我给他打个电话,你在这等一会吧。”红姐笑着回了一句,先帮孔正辉倒了杯水,随即才走到里屋去拨打电话。
孔正辉看着非常有女人味的红姐,眼神多少有点发直。
过了大概二十分钟左右,姚豆豆独自一人推门走了进来。
“六子的兄弟?”姚豆豆问了一句。
“对。”孔正辉立马起身,从包里掏出了一份打印好的资料,递给了姚豆豆。
姚豆豆接过来看了两眼,顿时笑着说道:“整得这么专业,还打印出来了?”
“是,我找周的人帮着查的。”孔正辉点头。
“行,回头我给六子打电话。”姚豆豆冲着孔正辉点了点头:“我还有事,先走了。”
“好勒!”
二人交流完,姚豆豆率先离去,而孔正辉来到酒吧门口,刚想上车,却突然又改变主意了。
孔正辉返回客厅,笑着冲红姐问了一句:“方便留个联系方式吗?”