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"I don't know how to behave myself, you see," he said. "You're Lady Joan Fayre, ain't you? I'm mighty glad to see you. Happy to make your acquaintance, Lady Joan." He took her hand and shook it with friendly vigor before she knew what he was going to do. "I'll bet a dollar dinner's ready," he added, "and Burrill's waiting. It scares me to death to keep Burrill waiting.
The 12th chapter of the same statute is in the following words, which plainly recognize the fact that " the mayor and bailiffs of London" are judicial officers holding courts in London. BAILIE. In Scotch law, a municipal magistrate, corresponding with the English alderman. Burrill's Law Dictionary. BAILLIFFE Baillif. Fr. A bailiff: a ministerial officer with duties similar to those of a sheriff.
They are hung upon our wall, which is adorned with the Urania and sketches from Michel Angelo, and one or two drawings of Burrill's. Mrs. Will you speak to him and say that Mrs. Brown will like them by the first opportunity? I hope my name is down as a subscriber to the Paper. When shall we see it? Mr. Emerson read us a part of your letter.
Brande.. The word bailiff is also applied in England to the chief magistrates of certain towns and jurisdictions, to the keepers of castles, forests and other places, and to the stewards or agents of lords of manors. Burrill's Law Dict. The office, as well as the name, appears to have been derived from the French," &c;. Brewster's Encyclopedia.
But the duke, being a man endowed with a subtle sense of shades, was wholly enlightened as to the inner meaning of Burrill's master. "Now, that was good," he said to himself, almost chuckling. "By the Lord! the man might have been a gentleman."
"Burrill towd as he heard thee say tha'd swear in court as it was th' one as was killed as tha'd seen." "That's Burrill's story, not mine. And Burrill had better keep his mouth shut," said Palliser. "If it were true, how would you like it? I've heard you were interested in 'th' one as was killed." Tummas's eyes burned troublously. "I've got reet down taken wi' th' other un," he answered.
This man did not appear to be excited. The duke mentally rocked with gleeful appreciation of certain things Mrs. Braddle detailed. She gave, of course, Burrill's version of the brief interview outside the dining-room door when Miss Alicia's status in the household bad been made clear to him.
The only facts fairly authenticated were that the mysterious stranger had been taken away very late one night, some time before the interview between Mr. Temple Barholm and Captain Palliser, of which Burrill knew so much because he had "happened to be about." When a domestic magnate of Burrill's type "happens to be about" at a crisis, he is not unlikely to hear a great deal.
The judge of a court. A municipal magistrate, &c;. Burrill's Law Dict. Spelman, voc. Balivus; 1 Bl. Com.,344. See Bailli, Ballivus. The Latin ballivus occurs, indeed, in the laws of Edward the Confessor, but Spelman thinks it was introduced by a later hand. Com., 344. See Balliva. The office of bailiff was at first strictly, though not exclusively, a judicial one.
The episode of the epergne Burrill's expression, and the rigidly restrained mouths of Henry and James as the decoration was removed, leaving a painfully blank space of table-cloth until Burrill silently filled it with flowers in a low bowl these things temporarily flurried Miss Alicia somewhat, but the pleased smile at the head of the table calmed even that trying moment.
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