Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943 / 2008-09-20 00:00:00
EBOOK AT SUNWICH PORT, PART 5. ***
Produced by David Widger
AT SUNWICH PORT
BY
W. W. JACOBS
Part 5.
ILLUSTRATIONS
From Drawings by Will Owen
CHAPTER XXI
Gossip from one or two quarters, which reached Captain Nugent's ears
through the medium of his sister, concerning the preparations for his
son's marriage, prevented him from altering his mind with regard to the
visits of Jem Hardy and showing that painstaking young man the door.
Indeed, the nearness of the approaching nuptials bade fair to eclipse,
for the time being, all other grievances, and when Hardy paid his third
visit he made a determined but ineffectual attempt to obtain from him
some information as to the methods by which he hoped to attain his ends.
His failure made him suspicious, and he hinted pretty plainly that he had
no guarantee that his visitor was not obtaining admittance under false
pretences.
"Well, I'm not getting much out of it," returned Hardy, frankly.
"I wonder you come," said his hospitable host.
"I want you to get used to me," said the other.
The captain started and eyed him uneasily; the remark seemed fraught with
hidden meaning.
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