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Into the glare of the headlights there stepped a strange figure, strange, that is to say, in these tame modern times. In the Middle Ages he would have excited no comment at all. Passers by would simply have said to themselves, “Ah, another of those knights off after the dragons!” and would have gone on their way with a civil greeting. But in the present age it is always somewhat startling to see a helmeted head pop up in front of your motor car. At any rate, it startled Bream. I will go further. It gave Bream the shock of a lifetime. He had had shocks already that night, but none to be compared with this. Or perhaps it was that this shock, coming on top of those shocks, affected him more disastrously than it would have done if it had been the first of the series instead of the last. One may express the thing briefly by saying that, as far as Bream was concerned, Sam’s unconventional appearance put the lid on it. He did not hesitate. He did not pause to make comments or ask questions. With a single cat-like screech which took years off the lives of the abruptly wakened birds roosting in the neighbouring trees, he <strong>The</strong> <strong>Girl</strong> on the Boat 200 dashed away towards the house and, reaching his room, locked the door and pushed the bed, the chest of drawers, two chairs, the towel stand, and three pairs of boots against it. Out on the drive Billie was staring at the man in armour who had now, with a masterful wrench which informed the car right away that he would stand no nonsense, set the engine going again. “Why—why,” she stammered, “why are you wearing that thing on your head?” “Because I can’t get it off.” Hollow as the voice was, Billie recognised it. “S—Mr. Marlowe!” she exclaimed. “Get in,” said Sam. He had seated himself at the steering wheel. “Where can I take you?” “Go away!” said Billie. “Get in!” “I don’t want to talk to you.” “I want to talk to you! Get in!” “I won’t.” Sam bent over the side of the car, put his hands un-
der her arms, lifted her like a kitten, and deposited her on the seat beside him. <strong>The</strong>n throwing in the clutch, he drove at an ever-increasing speed down the drive and out into the silent road. Strange creatures of the night came and went in the golden glow of the headlights. 7 “PUT ME DOWN,” said Billie. “You’d get hurt if I did, travelling at this pace.” “What are you going to do?” “Drive about till you promise to marry me.” “You’ll have to drive a long time.” “Right ho!” said Sam. <strong>The</strong> car took a corner and purred down a lane. Billie reached out a hand and grabbed at the steering wheel. “Of course, if you want to smash up in a ditch!” said Sam, righting the car with a wrench. “You’re a brute!” said Billie. P. G. Wodehouse 201 “Caveman stuff,” explained Sam, “I ought to have tried it before.” “I don’t know what you expect to gain by this.” “That’s all right,” said Sam, “I know what I’m about.” “I’m glad to hear it.” “I thought you would be.” “I’m not going to talk to you.” “All right. Lean back and doze off. We’ve the whole night before us.” “What do you mean?” cried Billie, sitting up with a jerk. “Have you ever been to Scotland?” “What do you mean?” “I thought we might push up there. We’ve got to go somewhere and, oddly enough, I’ve never been to Scotland.” Billie regarded him blankly. “Are you crazy?” “I’m crazy about you. If you knew what I’ve gone through to-night for your sake you’d be more sympathetic. I love you,” said Sam, swerving to avoid a rabbit. “And what’s more, you know it.”
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THE GIRL ON THE BOAT BY P. G. WODEH
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THE GIRL ON THE BOAT BY P. G. WODEH
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THE GIRL ON THE BOAT CHAPTER I A Di
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Breakfast was on the table in the s
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“Oh, no! I play cricket a bit and
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he had had to leave for England him
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“No?” “I’m not a man who
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eggs and a rasher of ham get cut of
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ellers off. There
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He had said nothing. Not a sound, e
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“She was an extraordinarily prett
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“Did you explain about the trouse
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He wore a bowler hat, and from time
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He was still busy with this congeni
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his middle, and accompanied him bel
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“Where is she?” “Where’s wh
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ing pea-green, rolled over on his s
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said it was all right. So it’s al
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as utterly heartless. Marlowe regar
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“Green. There is
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“I see!” said Sam. He shot his
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“While you’re down there, just
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and the males in the audience will
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“I am the Bandolero!” sang Sam
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which he had had through the portho
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in the mental scale. This morning,
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“Oh, hello!” “Why, Bream!”
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the only girl in the world! I have
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“Then,” said B
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iage under conditions like that. Wh
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“I think you were hard on him. A
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“How do I look?” Eustace Hignet
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“Ah, well, it’s seven years ago
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oosting in all your life, I’m goi
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other, had come back and rendered p
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like a man who was seeing some ghas
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to the door and took the note from
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“That’s good.” “But you’r
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of blacking up! You talk as though
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“what have you to say for yoursel
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a couple of days since my engagemen
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was stopping, are in a class of bun
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of Sam he laid down both engines of
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“Very well, Sir Mallaby.” “Th
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“Oh, what’s the good of answeri
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gines. Probably you have been feeli
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Sam started at his parent’s splen
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would chill her to the bone, and ri
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start. Cool and distant. Out of the
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“Awfully sorry, father! Don’t k
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“We do not require a large place,
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you it isn’t in that woman to cha
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and claimed that England had seen f
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It was a superb morning. It was as
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comfort was acute. Insects, some wi
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“Hullo!” said Bream, with amiab
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4 EVEN INTO THE BLACKEST days there
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Hignett had stirred his memory. “
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He brooded for half an hour, and, a
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knockout blow; his number was up; a
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“Good-night, sir.” “Stop a mo
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Mr. Bennett had no pistol, but he d
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Mr. Bennett drew himself up as haug
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nary ball with the mashie which he
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“Dropped my pen!” he gurgled ag
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comfortable. Yesterday afternoon fa
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“But he may be lurking out there
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instantly, for Jno. Peters was one
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Mortimer take a bowl of gold fish o
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consternation, he could not check a
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use. He had given this sensitive gi
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limitation caused him to remain spe
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Mr. Bennett scorched him with a loo
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“What do you mean, be very carefu
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