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CHAPTER VIII.AT MIDNIGHT.
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Silver's delivery of his employer's orders to Lord Garvington were apparently1 carried out, for no further intimation was given to the gypsies that they were to vacate Abbot's Wood. The master of The Manor2 grumbled3 a good deal at the high tone taken by his brother-in-law, as, having the instincts of a landlord, he strongly objected to the presence of such riff-raff on his estates. However, as Pine had the whip-hand of him, he was obliged to yield, although he could not understand why the man should favor the Romany in this way.
"Some of his infernal philanthropy, I suppose," said Garvington, in a tone of disgust, to the secretary. "Pine's always doing this sort of thing, and people ain't a bit grateful."
"Well," said Silver dryly, "I suppose that's his look-out."
"If it is, let him keep to his own side of the road," retorted the other. "Since I don't interfere4 with his business, let him not meddle5 with mine."
"As he holds the mortgage and can foreclose at any moment, it is his business," insisted Silver tartly6. "And, after all, the gypsies are doing no very great harm."
"They will if they get the chance. I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them. I know that Pine is always helping7 rotters in London, but I didn't know that he had any cause to interfere with this lot. How did he come to know about them?"
"Well, Mr. Lambert might have told him," answered the secretary, not unwilling8 to draw that young man into the trouble. "He is at Abbot's Wood."
"Yes, I lent him the cottage, and this is my reward. He
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sneaking
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