Sir John saw it, and was flattered. Before retracing his steps, however, he allowed his gaze to range
over the vast and beautiful prospect spread out beneath him, which is now
hidden, from the traveller's view by the high walls of the General Cemetery, and
can, consequently, only be commanded from the interior of that attractive place
of burial,—and which, before it was intersected by canals and railroads, and
portioned out into hippodromes, was exquisite indeed. “What made
you think” he said, abruptly, with the gleam of avidity in his face, “that love
makes people happy?”
“I know it must. Kneebone begged
him to take the prisoner into the churchyard. ‘On the contrary,’ Gerald argued, frowning. We’d soon cool that temper of yours. "Leave me, Sir; I insist. Sheppard. He was a
business man, pure and simple, his eyes were fastened always upon the practical
side of life. She never touched the manuscript with pencil, but
jotted down her notes on slips of paper and left them where he might easily find
them. Figg?" asked Gay. "These islands that come out of nowhere, like
transparent amethyst, that deepen to sapphire, and then become thickly green!
And always the white coral sand rimming them—emeralds set in pearls!"
"'A thing of beauty is a joy forever!'" quoted McClintock. The
Master of the Mint, with whom the Jacobite captain had often had transactions
before, vouched for their being men of honour and loyalty; and Kneebone was so
well satisfied with his representations, that he at once closed the matter by
administering to the applicants the oath of allegiance and fidelity to King James
the Third, and several other oaths besides, all of which those gentlemen took
with as little hesitation as the sum of money, afterwards tendered, to make the
compact binding.
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