The road gave way suddenly under his horse's hoofs.

Some one was wanted here immediately." "Yes, there's no doubt of that," said Mr.Blacker, the short square man, with emphasis.
"Captain Luttrell had done very well in Kordofan," Rayne resumed.

"He was fetched up here in a hurry as Acting-Governor.

But no doubt the appointment will be confirmed." Mr.Blacker added another croak.
"Oh, it'll be confirmed all right, if----" and he left his sentence in the air; but his gesture finished it.
"If there is any Luttrell left to confirm," Martin Hillyard interpreted, though he kept his interpretation to himself.
There certainly was in that room with the big balcony a grim expectation of trouble.

It was apparent, not so much in words as in an attention to distant noises, and a kind of strained silence.