Arthur Conan Doyle

Name: Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

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“Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal”, published in 1896, is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. It explores elements such as Cliffe Royal, Lothian Hume and Harrison.

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

“ He was a tall man, clad in a dark dressing-gown, and leaning heavily upon a stick. His long, bloodless countenance was so thin and so white that it gave the strangest illusion of transparency. Only within the folds of a shroud have I ever seen so wan a face. The brindled hair and the rounded back gave the impression of advanced age, and it was only the dark brows and the bright alert eyes glancing out from beneath them which made me doubt whether it was really an old man who stood before us.
There was an instant of silence, broken by a deep oath from Sir Lothian Hume—
"Lord Avon, by God!" ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

“ Sir Lothian Hume was following us.
"He has had the same summons as we, and is bound for the same destination," said my uncle, glancing over his shoulder at the distant barouche. "We are both wanted at Cliffe Royal—we, the two survivors of that black business. And it is Jim Harrison of all people who calls us there. Nephew, I have had an eventful life, but I feel as if the very strangest scene of it were waiting for me among those trees." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

“ Yet my lips were sealed, and it was only last night that I could tell him that it was his mother whom he had brought back by his gentleness and his patience into the sweetness of life."
"Hush, mother!" said Jim, turning his lips to her cheek. "There are some things which are between ourselves. But tell me, Sir Charles, how went the fight?"
"Your uncle would have won it, but the roughs broke the ring."
"He is no uncle of mine, Sir Charles, but he has been the best and truest friend, both to me and to my father, that ever the world could offer. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

“ CHAPTER XIX. CLIFFE ROYAL. My uncle was humanely anxious to get Harrison to bed as soon as possible, for the smith, although he laughed at his own injuries, had none the less been severely punished.
"Don't you dare ever to ask my leave to fight again, Jack Harrison," said his wife, as she looked ruefully at his battered face. "Why, it's worse than when you beat Black Baruk; and if it weren't for your topcoat, I couldn't swear you were the man who led me to the altar! If the King of England ask you, I'll never let you do it more." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

“ But my uncle was by no means to be persuaded, and he drove the pair into Crawley, where the smith was left under the charge of his wife in the very best quarters which money could procure. Then, after a hasty luncheon, we turned the mares' heads for the south.
"This ends my connection with the ring, nephew," said my uncle. "I perceive that there is no possible means by which it can be kept pure from roguery. I have been cheated and befooled; but a man learns wisdom at last, and never again do I give countenance to a prize-fight." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Rodney Stone — Chapter XIX: Cliffe Royal (1896)

“ Harrison, you can throw a light upon this. You, Mrs. Harrison; I see by your face that you understand it."
"Maybe we do, Sir Charles; but we are plain folk, my Jack and I, and we go as far as we see our way, and when we don't see our way any longer, we just stop. We've been goin' this twenty year, but now we'll draw aside and let our betters get to the front; so if you wish to find what that note means, I can only advise you to do what you are asked, and to drive over to Cliffe Royal, where you will find out."
My uncle put the note into his pocket. ”

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