While this conversation had been proceeding, Jack stilwell, who had fled hastily when surprised by the mayor as he was talking to his daughter at the back gate of the garden, had made his way down to the wharves, and there, seating himself upon a pile of wood, had stared moodily at the tract of mud extending from his feet to the strip of water far away.
"The Bravest of the Brave or, with Peterborough in Spain"
G. A. Henty
Thomas stilwell, having no friends or interest, was, like many another clergyman, left out in the cold.
"The Bravest of the Brave or, with Peterborough in Spain"
G. A. Henty
This man had long looked to be taken into partnership, and finally to succeed his master, seeing that the latter had no sons, and he conceived a violent jealousy of Jack stilwell, in whose presence, as a prime favorite of Mistress Anthony and of her daughter, he thought he foresaw an overthrow of his plans.
"The Bravest of the Brave or, with Peterborough in Spain"
G. A. Henty
