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I used to pray to the Virgin that she would blessedly send me pupils, for my poor mother's complaints were so shrill and out of tune it's impossible to tell you what I suffered. But by-and-by my father saw the brass-plate. He fell into one of his dreadful passions. We had to buy him another wig. His passions were so expensive: my mother used to say, "There goes our poor dinner out of the window!"
In spite of past experience, I begin all confidence and trust: by-and-by come the subtle but well-known signs of deceit; so doubt is forced on me; and then I am all suspicion, and so darkly vigilant that soon all is certainty; for 'les fourberies des femmes' are diabolically subtle, but monotonous. They seem to vary only on the surface.
There was a veiled defiance in his voice that seemed meant for more than Dick, and alarmed Mr. Bultitude; however, he tried to calm his uneasiness and persuade himself that it was part of the plot. "Will you say that?" cried Dick excitedly. "On one condition, which I'll tell you by-and-by.
'I won't speak till I have something to say. 'I should have thought there was plenty to say! said the girl. 'Yes, for you. You know such a lot, smiled her new friend. 'I must get some first-hand knowledge, too, before I try to stand up and speechify. 'It's now we need help. By-and-by there'll be plenty. But I'm not going to worry you, she caught herself up.
By-and-by he sat down and looked at the mowers, who were just finishing the last corner before they went into the meadow by the brook. They seemed so happy and looked so pretty, Bevis thought he should like to shoot one, so away he ran home to the summer-house for his bow and arrow.
Concentrated on the two main things to carry forward his almost intolerable load, and to go the shortest way to the nearest wood the Boy, by-and-by, forgot to tell his tired nerves to take account of the unequal pressure from behind. If he felt it well, the Colonel was a corker; if he didn't feel it well, the Colonel was just about tuckered out.
He has made his little ventures, and has seen his dreams of grand results fade from him, day by day. Let him venture on. By-and-by his vessels shall come home laden with noble freights; and his name shall be favorably known on 'Change, and be printed in the lists of men who pay heavy taxes on swelling fortunes; and you shall have your jewels and trinkets with the best.
The Jackal thought this reasonable, and let Lambikin pass. By-and-by he met a Vulture, and the Vulture, looking hungrily at the tender morsel before him, said: "Lambikin! Lambikin! I'll EAT YOU!" But Lambikin only gave a little frisk, and said: "To Granny's house I go, Where I shall fatter grow, Then you can eat me so." The Vulture thought this reasonable, and let Lambikin pass.
"Is the soup done?" said the rough man, suddenly coming forward. "It's soup I'm arter. It's soup as'll put life into Miss, and give her a mind to walk them miles to the nearest town." The woman laughed back at her son. "The soup's in the pot," she said. "You can give it a stir, Pat, if you will. Nathaniel will be in by-and-by, and he'll want his share.
A great deal of this activity, crude much of it, is on the intellectual side, and must tell strongly by-and-by in the position of women. And the young men will take notice that it is the intellectual force that must dominate in life. It seems hardly worth while to say that this would be a more interesting country if there were more interesting people in it.
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