Arthur Conan Doyle

Name: The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

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“The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX”, published in 1892, is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle. It explores elements such as waggon, McIntyre and Robert.

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ Raffles Haw, is very dear to me," said Laura. "I assure you that I was not frightened, and that there is no need to apologise for what was really a compliment."
"Since then I have found," he continued, "that all that I had read upon your face was true. That your mind is indeed that of the true woman, full of the noblest and sweetest qualities which human nature can aspire to. You know that I am a man of fortune, but I wish you to dismiss that consideration from your mind. Do you think from what you know of my character that you could be happy as my wife, Laura?" ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ He has helped every tramp and slut and worthless vagabond over the countryside, but he will not advance a pound, even on the best security, to help a respectable business man to fight against misfortune."
"My dear father, I really cannot argue with you about it," said Robert. "I have already told you more than once what I think. Mr. Haw's object is to help those who are destitute. He looks upon us as his equals, and would not presume to patronise us, or to act as if we could not help ourselves. It would be a humiliation to us to take his money." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ Your poor old father isn't quite a fool, though he is only an honest broken merchant." He looked up sideways at his son with a wink and a most unpleasant leer. "Where there's money I can smell it. There's money there, and heaps of it. It's my belief that he is the richest man in the world, though how he came to be so I should not like to guarantee. I'm not quite blind yet, Robert. Have you seen the weekly waggon?"
"The weekly waggon!"
"Yes, Robert. You see I can find some news for you yet. It is due this morning. Every Saturday morning you will see the waggon come in. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ For myself, whether I marry or not, I have determined to devote the remainder of my life to trying to do good, and to leaving the world happier than I found it. Your father is very well, and gave us a capital sermon last Sunday. I enclose the bank-note which you asked me to keep for you. Good-bye, for ever, dear Hector, and believe me when I say that, come what may, I am ever your true friend,
"Laura S. McIntyre."
She had hardly sealed her letter before her father and Robert returned. She closed the door behind them, and made them a little curtsey. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ Your voice, your face, your manner, were all so like my ideal of a true woman, loving, faithful, and sympathetic, that I could not help wondering whether, if I were a poor man, I might ever hope to win the affection of such a one. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ I had conceived a great liking for the subjects of chemistry and electricity, and instead of going on with my medical work I devoted myself entirely to these studies, and eventually built myself a laboratory where I could follow out my own researches. At about this time I came into a very large sum of money, so large as to make me feel that a vast responsibility rested upon me in the use which I made of it. After some thought I determined to build a large house in a quiet part of the country, not too far from a great centre. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ I know that he is very rich, father. I think, however, that he has an extravagant way of talking sometimes, and that his imagination carries him away. I have heard him talk of plans which the richest man upon earth could not possibly hope to carry through. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter IX (1892)

“ That was on a Saturday, and the waggon came to a stand until they could clear a way for it. I was there, Robert, and I saw my chance. I strolled behind the waggon, and I placed my hands upon one of those packets. They look small, do they not? It would take a strong man to lift one. They are heavy, Robert, heavy, and hard with the hardness of metal. I tell you, boy, that that waggon is loaded with gold. ”

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