. Vivian's lesson . There, to his horror, looking through the gap, was a rough-lookingman, with a stubbly beard, and a dirty white muffler twisted loosely round his « PAGE THE MAN IN THE SUMMER-HOUSE. 93 visible eye held him rooted to the spot, andhe remained stock-still, furtively rubbing onefoot against the other, longing, and yet half-dreading, to hear the stranger speak and todiscover how much he had seen. A pretty mess youve made of it, younggentleman/ said the man at last with a chuckle;and what will the gentleman as youre stayingwith say when he sees all this? It was a mist
. Vivian's lesson . There, to his horror, looking through the gap, was a rough-lookingman, with a stubbly beard, and a dirty white muffler twisted loosely round his « PAGE THE MAN IN THE SUMMER-HOUSE. 93 visible eye held him rooted to the spot, andhe remained stock-still, furtively rubbing onefoot against the other, longing, and yet half-dreading, to hear the stranger speak and todiscover how much he had seen. A pretty mess youve made of it, younggentleman/ said the man at last with a chuckle;and what will the gentleman as youre stayingwith say when he sees all this? It was a mistake, stammered Vivian, at aloss what other answer to make. Ho, ho! a mistake was it, young gentleman?And was it a mistake thatvyou took the pistolout of the hole, and put it back again afterthe smash, looking as scared as ever was, in-stead of bringing it boldly out of the housewith you, like as you would have done if ithad been all square ? Youve no business whose pistol it is, orwhere I got it, said Vivian defiantly, drivento bay by this unexpected retort; and, besides,you have no right to be in my uncles garden,and Ill tell him about you as soon as he comeshome from church.
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