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He makes no reply. And for a full minute no word is spoken between them.,CHAPTER XVI BILLY MEETS A DIVINITY,“You had very soon to fight for the Douglases, didn’t you, Roderick Dhu?” she said, as Mrs. Bennett covered her with an apron, and Billy took her up and went toward the house.,There was no need to talk; in fact, the glorious beauty of the panorama spread before him would have made it almost impossible to talk even if Bob had wanted to.,The Admiral stopped short and looked at his companion with a face that was warm, and with eyes that were dim with an emotion of gratitude that was almost the conqueror of his manhood. He extended his arm in silence, and the two officers clasped hands.,"You're kindly welcome, sir," says the old man, bowing with the slow and heavy movement that belongs to the aged. There is dignity and warmth, however, in the salute, and Geoffrey accepts with pleasure the toil-worn hand his host presents to him a moment later. The breakfast is good, and, though composed of only country fare, is delicious to the young man, who has been walking since dawn, and whose appetite just now would have astonished those dwelling in crowded towns and living only on their excitements.,"If I were 'Geoffrey,' I think I shouldn't," says the duchess, meaningly.,'As I am a Christian faithful man,"Did it, Billy, did it? And is my face turned towards it now, Billy?","Do you know anything of Voodoo worship?","To everything! How could you think of bringing a daughter-in-law of—of—her description to your mother?",“Nothin’.”.