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By-and-by the landlord came cannily up to me and whispered in my ear a sort of apology for the rabble of his house. "You ken, sir," said he in very good English "you ken yourself what the country's like just now, given over to unending brawl, and I am glad to see good-humoured people about me, even if they are penniless gangrels."
Nor could he by-and-by repress a start of terror on hearing Rinaldo speak out of the darkness. With screams for the lamp, and cries that he was suffering slow murder, he underwent a paroxysm in the effort to conceal his abject horror. Rinaldo sat by his side patiently. At last, he said: "We are both of us prisoners on equal terms now."
She was busy as usual to-night over her tasks, and took no notice when little Agnes and Miss Frost left the room together. Agnes, being the youngest pupil in the school, was always put to bed before the others. By-and-by the time came when all the girls were to retire for the night. Lucy had made herself delightfully inconspicuous this evening. She had scarcely spoken to any one.
The boy did what he was told without a word, but the sheep wandered far that day, and by-and-by he found himself in sight of his father's castle. Then a sudden fury filled his soul, and, leaving the sheep to go whither they would, he ran swiftly down the hill, and never stopped till he reached the castle gate.
Do you know that I was desperately jealous of that nobleman, once when I fancied he was singing himself into your affections. Little did I think that he was destined to become your greatest benefactor." "I shall make you sing duets with me, sir, by-and-by." "You shall make me stand on my head, or play clown in an amateur pantomime, or do anything supremely ridiculous, if you like.
"What's the game with the foot?" enquired the mate, in a low voice. "Tell you by-and-by," said the skipper; "it's far from well, but even if it wasn't I should pretend it was bad. I suppose that doesn't suggest anything to you?" The mate shook his head. "Can you see any way out of it?" enquired the other. "What would you do if you were in my place?"
"There may be reasons which I don't understand," exclaimed Aunt Stanbury; "but I should like to know what it is you expect." "Why should I expect anything, Aunt Stanbury?" "That's nonsense. Everybody expects something. You expect to have your dinner by-and-by, don't you?"
The sunset was creeping round everything, and lying in great sheets on the broad, still river, the children were frolicking in the water, and all was so gay, and the air was so sweet, that I went lingering along farther than I'd meant, and by-and-by who should I see but a couple sauntering toward me at my own gait, and one of them was Faith.
The rest followed him in single file, going pretty slow, so as to enable us to keep up to them. By-and-by, they would come to a place where the fox was sleeping for the day. As soon as he was disturbed he would leave his bed under some thick fir or spruce branches near the ground. This flung his fresh scent into the air. As soon as the hounds sniffed it, they gave tongue in good earnest.
I hope, said he, my lovely maiden has been conning the lesson she is by-and-by to repeat. Have you not, Pamela? and clasped his arms about me, and kissed me. Indeed, sir, said I, I have been reading over the solemn service. O sir, 'tis very awful, and makes one shudder, to reflect upon it!
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