[Colonel Thorndyke’s Secret by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookColonel Thorndyke’s Secret CHAPTER X 10/30
There is Weymouth, too, if you would like it better.
I believe that that is a cheerful place without being too fashionable." "I think that will be an excellent plan," Mrs.Cunningham said. "If you like I will drive you up to town, and the luggage can go by the carrier; it is more pleasant than being shut up in a coach." "Much more cheerful, of course." "You will, of course, leave many of your things here, and the packing them up will give her something to do, and prevent her from brooding." "I think that is an excellent idea, Mark." Late in the afternoon Ramoo came in in his usual silent manner.
The man had said but little during the past few days, but it was evident that he was grieving deeply, and he looked years older than he had done before that fatal night. "Of course, Ramoo, you will stay with me for the present.
I hardly know what I shall be doing for a time, but I am sure that until I settle down, Miss Conyers will be very glad to have you with her." "No, sahib, Ramoo will return home to India.
Ramoo is getting old; he was thirty when he entered the service of the Colonel, sahib; he is fifty now; he will go home to end his days; he has saved enough to live in comfort, and with what the lawyer sahib told him your father has left him he will be a rich man among his own people." "But you will find things changed, Ramoo, since you left; while here, you know, we all regard you as a friend rather than as a servant." "You are all very kind and good, sahib.
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