Incredible Adventures

Incredible Adventures

John Hendricks was bear-leading at the time. He had originally studied for Holy Orders, but had abandoned the Church later for private reasons connected with his faith, and had taken to teaching and tutoring instead. He was an honest, upstanding fellow of five-and-thirty, incorruptible, intelligent in a simple, straightforward way. He played games with his head, more than most Englishmen do, but he went through life without much calculation. He had qualities that made boys like and respect him; he won their confidence. Poor, proud, ambitious, he realised that fate offered him a chance when the Secretary of State for Scotland asked him if he would give up his other pupils for a year and take his son, Lord Ernie, round the world upon an educational trip that might make a man of him. For Lord Ernie was the only son, and the Marquesss influence was naturally great. To have deposited a regenerated Lord Ernie at the castle gates might have guaranteed Hendricks future. After leaving Eton prematurely the lad had come under Hendricks charge for a time, and with such excellent resultsId simply swear by that chap, you know, the boy used to saythat[4] his father, considerably impressed, and rather as a last resort, had made this proposition. And Hendricks, without much calculation, had accepted it. He liked Bindy for himself. It was in his heart to make a man of him, if possible. They had now been round the world together and had come up from Brindisi to the Italian Lakes, and so into Switzerland. It was middle October. With a week or two to spare they were making leisurely for the ancestral halls in Aberdeenshire. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43816
Author: Blackwood, Algernon
Release Date: Sep 26, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English