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By this time the fairest Edithia had realised who her visitor was, and the trick whereby he had left her to pay for the brandy-and-soda recurring to her mind she sprang up and began to express her opinion of Johnnie in violent and libellous language.
"Because," said I, quickly enough, "it's plain that you're a gentleman anybody would like to drive for." "But you don't know anything at all about me." "That's just it, sir. The nicest people are those we don't know anything at all about." He laughed loudly at this, and helped himself to the brandy-and-soda, but didn't drink over-much of it.
Gold in his pockets, golden sunshine now in his veins thanks to the brandy-and-soda, a golden vision weaving itself and flickering in the golden August weather, and in his ears a sentence running, chiming, striking upon the word "gold" "Ding-a-ding-a-dong! 'Taty-patch a gold mine 'taty-patch a gold mine!"
Thank you; that'll do nicely," he added, accepting the brandy-and-soda Captain Bannister handed him. Mr. Wymans looked on with stern disapproval and I must say I sympathized with him. Mr. Bundercombe, however, not only drained the glass with relish but accepted the outstretched hand of Captain Bannister and afterward shook hands also with Mrs. Delaporte.
After an interval a waiter slackly approached him. 'Brandy-and-soda! Henry ordered, well knowing that brandy-and-soda never suited him. He glanced away from the clock, repeated 'Punch, brothers, punch with care, twenty times, recited 'God save the Queen, took six small sips at the brandy-and-soda, and then looked at the clock again, and it was only fourteen minutes to nine.
Anglomanie is very fashionable over there now, I hear. It seems silly of the French, doesn't it? But do you know? he was not at all a bad servant. I never liked him, but I had nothing to complain about. One often imagines things that are quite absurd. He was really very devoted to me, and seemed quite sorry when he went away. Have another brandy-and-soda? Or would you like hock-and-seltzer?
The artist selects, he studies tone and composition, whereas in real life tragedies are often accompanied by "extenuating circumstances." The unloved girl temporarily forgets her sorrow in the last new novel, or a picnic up the river; the broken-hearted hero betakes himself to billiards and brandy-and-soda, or toys with a beefsteak. Again, many pathetic tales are the outcome of imperfect insight.
"Give him a stiff brandy-and-soda," directed Dawson, almost kindly, and when the victim's colour had ebbed back a little from his overcharged heart, and he had drunk deep of the friendly cordial, the detective put him out of pain. The game of cat and mouse was over. "It is all up, Hagan," said the detective gently. "Face the music and make the best of it, my poor friend. This is Mr.
'Yes, by Jingo! said Paul 'It was better. Look here, I'm afraid I was rather rude to you a little while ago. Come and have a drink with me. 'With all the pleasure in life, the stranger answered. They rose and pushed their way to the bar together. The stranger would like a brandy-and-soda. Paul would take a brandy-and-soda.
The old mate uttered his deep, rumbling laugh, as the boat pushed off and quickly drew up alongside. Then, after the steward had brought him and the captain a brandy-and-soda each and a glass of wine for the fair owner of the Arrecifos, he discreetly went below out of the way under the excuse of writing a letter or two, and left her and Barry on deck under the awning.
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