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nce had tried to rob Jim. "What do you think about him now?" he asked with some awkwardness. "What I thought then; he is not the man to own Langrigg and ought to have stayed in Canada. I'd have been resigned, had you got the estate, but this fellow will make us a joke. He has the utilitarian ideals of a Western lumberman." "Bernard is the head of the house and I doubt if he'd agree. You admitted he approved Jim." "I did; I don't like his approving." "Oh, well," said Dick. "Since you held up the car, I suppose you're entitled to criticize Jim. If you hadn't made an effort, he would probably have been killed. You can grumble about him as much as you like; we'll remember what you did!" Mordaunt smiled rather curiously and drained his glass. "We are late for dinner and my clothes are wet," he remarked. They went out; and both were quiet as they drove to Whitelees. CHAPTER VII THE FENCING WIRE Next morning Carrie, getting up early because she had not slept much, heard Jim's step in the passage outside her room. He went rather unsteadily downstairs and a few minutes afterwards she found him sitting on the terrace wall. He was pale and his face was cut; but he had taken off the bandage. "You oughtn't to be out," she said. "Why not?" he asked. "You were badly shaken. The doctor said we must keep you quiet." "He probably didn't state how long, and I've been quiet all night. I certainly got a knock; imagine my head went through the glass, but I feel my proper self again, and don't see any reason for staying in bed." Carrie gave it up. She knew Jim pretty well and asked where he was going. "I want to look at the car," he said. "I don't know why she left the road. But how did you find me and bring me home?" Carrie told him, and he looked thoughtful. "I was in the ditch with the wheel on me? This accounts for my side's feeling sore. How did you lift the car?" "The others got into the ditch. A wheel began to slip and I thought the weight would overpower them; but Lance Mordaunt made a tremendous effort and held up the axle until we pulled you out." Jim knitted his brows and looked across the lawn while he mechanically felt for his pipe. The morning was clear with scattered clouds and the grass was silvered by dew. The hills were sharp and belts of light and shadow checkered the marsh. In the distance, the sea sparkled. "If Jake or Dick had held her up, I could
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