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There was that in his face which made the Colonel pause in his objurgations. "Sir," said the Colonel, "what  do  you  mean?" THERE WAS THAT IN HIS FACE WHICH MADE THE COLONEL PAUSE IN HIS OBJURGATIONS SIR SAID THE COLONEL WHAT DO YOU MEAN
 hatless Colonel on his favourite Black Bess ("Damn your motor-cars!" the Colonel was wont to say; "I consider my appearance sufficiently unprepossessing already, sir, without my arriving in Heaven in fragments and stinking of gasoline!") who in Fairhaven town, some quarter of an hour afterward, leaped Dr. Jeal's garden fence, and subsequently bundled the doctor into his gig; and again yet later it was the Colonel who stood fuming upon the terrace with Dr. Jeal on his way to Selwoode indeed, but still some four miles from the mansion toward which he was urging his staid horse at its liveliest gait. Kennaston tried to soothe him. But the Colonel clamoured to the heavens. Kennaston he qualified in various ways. And as for Dr. Jeal, he would hold him responsible--"personally, sir"--for the consequences of his dawdling in this fashion--"Damme, sir, like a damn' snail with a wooden leg!" "I am afraid," said Kennaston, gravely, "that the doctor will be of very little use when he does arrive. S A WOMAN COULD HAVE BUT IT WAS THE HATLESS COLONEL ON HIS FAVOURITE BLACK BESS DAMNEL MOTOR CAUSE THE COLONEL WAS WONT TO SAY I CONSIDER MY APPEARANCE SUFFICIENTLY UNPREPOSSESSING ALREADY SIR WITHOUT MY ARRIVING IN HEAVEN IN FRAGMENTS AND STINKING OF GASOLENE WHO IN FAIRHAVEN TOWN SOME QUARTER OF AN HOUR AFTERWARD LEAPED DOCTOR GILES'S GARDEN FENCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BUNDLED THE DOCTOR INTO HIS GIG AND AGAIN YET LATER IT WAS THE COLONEL WHO STOOD FUMING UPON THE TERRACE WITH DOCTOR GILL ON HIS WAY TO SELLWOOD INDEED BUT STILL SOME FOUR MILES FROM THE MANSION TOWARD WHICH HE WAS URGING HIS STAYED HORSE AT ITS LIVELIEST GAIT KENNASTON TRIED TO SOOTHE HIM BUT THE COLONEL CLAMORED TO THE HEAVENS KENNASTON HE QUALIFIED IN VARIOUS WAYS AND AS FOR DOCTOR GIL HE WOULD HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE PERSONALLY SIR FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DAWDLING IN THIS FASHION DAMN SIR LIKE A DAMNED SNAIL WITH A WOODEN LEG I AM AFRAID SAID KASTON GRAVELY THAT THE DOCTOR WILL BE OF VERY LITTLE USE WHEN HE DOES ARRIVE
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