[The Cornet of Horse by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookThe Cornet of Horse CHAPTER 3: A Kiss and its Consequences 18/27
There will be trouble enough, and the fewer in it the better.
Sir William is a hot man, and you are not a cool one. Enough mischief has been done." "You are right," Monsieur Dessin said.
"Will you tell Monsieur Rupert that so long as my arm can lift a sword it is at his service, and that I am his debtor for life. "Come, Adele, let us leave by the front of the house." Colonel Holliday now hurried out into the garden, just as Sir William Brownlow, accompanied by his son's friend, rushed out of the house, followed by some lackeys with scared faces. Not a word was spoken as they ran to the spot where young Brownlow was lying. Sir William and Colonel Holliday both knelt beside him, and the latter put his finger to his pulse. "He is not dead," he said, after a moment.
"Ralph, saddle a horse, and ride with all speed to Derby for a doctor." "Ay," Sir William said, "and tell the chief magistrate that he is wanted here, with one of his constables, for that murder has been done." "You will do nothing of the sort," Colonel Holliday said. "Sir William Brownlow, I make every excuse for you in your grief, but even from you I will permit no such word to be used.
Your son has been wounded in fair fight, and whether he dies or not, alters the circumstances no whit.
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