Brereton Frederick Sadleir. With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula
CHAPTER I. Septimus John Clifford & Son
CHAPTER II. Underhand Conduct
CHAPTER III. Aboard a British Frigate
CHAPTER IV. A Naval Encounter
CHAPTER V. Prisoners
CHAPTER VI. Napoleon the Ambitious
CHAPTER VII. A Tight Corner
CHAPTER VIII. Tom changes Quarters
CHAPTER IX. Hard Pressed
CHAPTER X. The Great General
CHAPTER XI. On Active Service
CHAPTER XII. Guarding the By-ways
CHAPTER XIII. Ciudad Rodrigo
CHAPTER XIV. One of the Forlorn Hope
CHAPTER XV. Round about Badajoz
CHAPTER XVI. The Battle of Salamanca
CHAPTER XVII. A Clue at Last
CHAPTER XVIII. The Conspirators' Den
CHAPTER XIX. Tom Thinks Furiously
CHAPTER XX. A Brilliant Capture
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Brisk action was a characteristic of Mr. Septimus Clifford, though his portly frame gave one the impression that he might very well be a sluggard. However, the bustle in those offices and warehouses beside the river, the numerous clerks poring over ledgers and papers, and the hands at work in the vaults amidst the huge butts of wine told a tale there was no mistaking. Order and method pervaded the establishment, and the master of the business was the creator of that order and method. As we have said, too, he was a man of action.
"I'll send Tom off this day two weeks," he told the respectful Huggins on the evening of that very day on which our hero was introduced. "That will put a stop to all fighting, and no doubt separation will wipe out old enmities, and in time to come the two, Tom and José, will be capital friends. There's a boat sailing on Friday fortnight."
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Sam answered him with a snort and with a violent shake of his head.
"Presently," he said, meanwhile watching as the rascal Bob removed the sack from Tom's head. "All in good time. The young nobleman's coming here to make sure as there's no mistake, and once the lad there's aboard, the rest of it'll be paid. But it won't end there."
