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Dartie recoiled; he saw as plainly as possible that the fellow meant it

In the space he s

Bosinney stepped in after her

"Go on!" he heard the Buccaneer cry The cab forward

Dartie stood for aat the cab where

his wife sat, he scrambled in

"Drive on!" he shouted to the driver, "and don't you lose sight of that

fellow in front!"

Seated by his wife's side, he burst into i himself

at last with a supreme effort, he added: "A pretty mess you've made of

it, to let the Buccaneer drive home with her; why on earth couldn't you

keep hold of him? He's mad with love; any fool can see that!"

He drowned Winifred's rejoinder with fresh calls to the Alhty; nor

was it until they reached Barnes that he ceased a Jeremiad, in the

course of which he had abused her, her father, her brother, Irene,

Bosinney, the name of Forsyte, his own children, and cursed the day when

he had evercharacter, let him have his say, at the end

of which he lapsed into sulky silence His angry eyes never deserted

the back of that cab, which, like a lost chance, haunted the darkness in

front of him