George A. Birmingham

Name: The Search Party — Chapter 12
Author: George A. Birmingham

The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

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“The Search Party — Chapter 12”, published in 1912, is a work by George A. Birmingham. It explores elements such as Goddard, Dick and Parliament.

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ She would not believe that Members of Parliament could possibly behave as Mr. Dick had behaved. She would not understand the effect of the Irish air upon naturally staid men. There was some comfort for him in the thought that the cars, with Mrs. Dick's legs swinging off the foremost one, must have passed the hotel, and that Miss Blow might have seen for herself that the party was in no mood for investigating murders. The bicyclists, unless they deliberately turned aside before reaching the town, must also have passed the hotel. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ Then came the business of packing the ladies and their belongings on the cars. Mr. Goddard, after consultation with the station master and a porter, gave all the luggage to the driver of Patsy Devlin's grey pony. Jimmy O'Loughlin's mare was the more likely of the two animals to reach Pool-a-donagh, and the station master pointed out that if there were to be a break down it would be better for the ladies to arrive without their luggage than for the luggage to arrive while the ladies were left on the side of the road. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ Miss Blow did not seem to think that fact made any difference. A Member of Parliament, according to her view, is a Member of Parliament, whether he is actually delivering a vote at Westminster or not. Mr. Goddard then gave it as his opinion that there were too few Members of Parliament in the party to do anything effective.
"It isn't," he said, "as if we had enough of them to constitute a majority of the House."
Miss Blow, by way of reply, stated her intention of meeting the party at the railway station. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ Come along. The spin will do you all the good in the world. We'll pedal along and let the ladies have the cars."
Mr. Sanders protested strongly against this plan. He had, he said, a weak heart, and cycling did not agree with him. He was overborne by a command from his aunt, and towed down the platform towards the luggage van by Mr. Dick. Miss Farquharson confided to Mr. Goddard that her nephew's heart was not nearly so bad as he thought it was, and that the exercise would do him good. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ It's little use Patsy's widow will have for a pony now her husband's gone from her, the creature. I don't know another that you could put under a side car for a gentleman to sit behind, and it's badly able for the road the grey pony will be this minute."
"Give her a feed of oats between this and the time the train comes in," said Mr. Goddard. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ He knew that he could not postpone the matter any longer. She would pin him to his word, insist upon immediate action, refuse to rest satisfied with excuses. He walked very slowly down the hill from the station. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 12 (1912)

“ I wouldn't say that there was a horse in the town fit to do the journey with four on the car, and there'll have to be four on one of the cars, if there's five in the party, that'll be counting the drivers. My own mare was over at Ballymoy yesterday with Constable Moriarty and the doctor's young lady. It's a day's rest she ought to have by rights, and not to be going off on the road again."
"It can't be helped," said Mr. Goddard. "I must have the horses."
"There isn't another gentleman about the country," said Jimmy, "that I'd do it for only yourself ”

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