"
"Captain Blood!" said his lordship sharply in reproof. "Upon my
soul and honour, sir, you go much too far. You are...."
But here Bishop interrupted him. He had heaved himself to his feet,
at last, and was venting his fury in unprintable abuse. Captain
Blood, who had also risen, stood apparently impassive, for the
storm to spend itself. When at last this happened, he addressed
himself quietly to Lord Julian, as if Colonel Bishop had not spoken.
"Your lordship was about to say?" he asked, with challenging
smoothness.
But his lordship had by now recovered his habitual composure, and
was again disposed to be conciliatory. He laughed and shrugged.
"Faith! here's a deal of unnecessary heat," said he. "And God
knows this plaguey climate provides enough of that. Perhaps,
Colonel Bishop, you are a little uncompromising; and you, sir, are
certainly a deal too peppery. I have said, speaking on behalf of
my Lord Sunderland, that I am content to await the result of your
experiment."
But Bishop's fury had by now reached a stage in which it was not
to be restrained.
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