When I have, so to speak,
deposited him in front of Miss King--"
"On his knees?" said the Major.
"Very probably. In these matters of detail I must of course be guided
by circumstances; but when I have put him down, either on his knees or
in some other posture, I shall slip away unobtrusively--"
"I should like to see you doing that. I don't think you could. You're
generally more obtrusive than any one else I've ever met."
"Leaving them together," said Meldon, "with Callaghan watching from
behind a tree, so as to be able to report to me exactly what happens.
In the meanwhile I shall stroll up the river and find the judge. If he
isn't actually into a fish at the moment, I shall bring him straight
down to the house and let him hear the result at once. If he has a
salmon hooked, I shall of course wait till it's landed, and then bring
him down. Afterwards I shall take Simpkins up to the rectory and make
arrangements about the licence. We ought, bar accidents, to have the
whole thing finished in the inside of a fortnight from now. After that
I must leave it in the hands of O'Donoghue. He'll have to be careful
how he treats Simpkins when he's called in.
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