"I'm most afraid," he said, abstractedly, as he read my detail, which Gholson brought in. "Here,"--he handed it to me--"and here, here's the despatch too."
"Smith," said the Major, "your part is done, and well done. You needn't report to me again to-night; the General wishes to see you a moment. Captain, will you go with this young man to General Austin's tent?"The Clockwork man emitted a soft whistling sound from between his teeth, and rubbed his nose thoughtfully against the post.
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For a few moments the Clockwork man struggled along with a succession of staccato sentences and irrelevant words, and finally seemed to realise that the game was up. "I can't go on like this," he concluded, in a shrill undertone. "I ought not to have tried to talk like this. It upsets the mechanism. I wasn't meant for this sort of thing. I must go now."I said I knew and went on gathering sweet-pea blossoms. "The star-spangled banner! O, long may it wave!--"Yes, sir. I heard yesterday of my mothers death.
