He would be--wouldn't he ?" "I don't know, John--and I don't care.

If I should make up my mind to go--remember, I said 'IF'-- I'd go whether he liked it or not." He HAD made up his mind--had made it up at the precise moment the announcement of the bank's failure and St.George's probable ruin had dropped from Gorsuch's lips--but none of this must Gorsuch suspect.

He would still be the doge and Virginius; he alone must be the judge of when and how and where he would show leniency.

Generations of Rutters were behind him--this boy was in the direct line--connecting the past with the present--and on Colonel Talbot Rutter of Moorlands, and on no other, rested the responsibility of keeping the glorious name unsmirched.
Todd, with one of the dogs at his heels, opened the door for him, smothering a "Gor-a-Mighty!--sumpin's up fo' sho'!" when his hand turned the knob.

He had heard the clatter of two horses and their sudden pull-up outside, and looking out, had read the situation at a glance.
Old Matthew was holding the reins of both mounts at the moment, for the colonel always rode in state.