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I was about to make a tart reply, and then thought better of it. "Walter, a decanter of wine for Mr. Carvel," says he to the footman. Then to me: "I am rejoiced to hear that Lord Comyn is out of danger." I merely stared at him. "Will you sit?" he continued. "To speak truth, the Annapolis packet came in last night with news for you.
Den I wish I was in Dixie's Land, Oh, oh! oh, oh! In Dixie's Land I'll take my stand, And live and die in Dixie's Land. Away, away, away. Away down South in Dixie." The song ceased amid peals of girlish laughter. Stephen was rooted to the spot. "Jinny! Jinny Carvel, how dare you!" came through the shutters. "We shall have a whole regiment of Hessians in here."
But your cousin, Philip Carvel, is here, Richard. Father will be very angry. And they are making a drinking-tavern of the house." I gave Firefly a slap that sent her trotting stable-ward, and walked rapidly to the house. I found the three of them drinking in the hall, the punch spilled over the table, and staining the cards. "Gad's life!" cries Tom, "here comes Puritan Richard, in his broad rim.
But I went to Newmarket and Ampthill, and behaved like the ingrate I was. I richly deserved the scolding he had for me when I got back to town, which sent me running to Arlington Street. There I met Dr. James coming out, who asked me if I was Mr. Carvel, and told me that you had called my name." "And, you goose, you never suspected," says she, smiling.
It was what I expected. But the confirmation of it brought me to my feet in a torrent of indignation, exclaiming: "The villain! You tell me he will allow Mr. Carvel to see no one?" She started forward, laying her hand on my arm, and Dorothy gave a little cry. "What are you saying, Richard? What are you saying?" "Mrs.
My uncle's manner to me was now of studied kindness, and he was at greater pains than before to give me no excuse for offence. I had little to say to him. He spent his visits reading to Mr. Carvel, who sat in his chair all the day long. Mr. Allen came likewise, to perform the same office. My contempt for the rector was grown more than ever.
After the most outrageous conduct off the coast of Ireland, Landais, in the 'Alliance', left the squadron on September 6th, and did not reappear until the 23d, the day of the battle. Mr. Carvel was the third lieutenant of the 'Bon homme Richard', tho' he served as second in the action.
Carvel, so used to the Judge's ways, was a bit taken aback by this question. It set him tugging at his goatee, and his voice was not quite steady as he answered: "God knows, Silas. We are human, and we can only try." Then Mr. Whipple marched in. It lacked a quarter of an hour of dinner, a crucial period to tax the resources of any woman. Virginia led the talk, but oh, the pathetic lameness of it.
And the candles being lighted, he examined my neck, haranguing the while in his vile English against the practice of duelling. He bade me keep my bed for two days, thereby giving me no great pleasure. "As I hope to live," said Mr. Carvel when the doctor was gone, "one would have thought his Excellency himself had been pinked instead of a whip of a lad, for the people who have been here.
It was at this unpropitious moment that Colonel Carvel walked into the store, and his daughter flew into his arms. "Well, well," he said, kissing her, "thought you'd surprise me, eh, Jinny?" "Oh, Pa," she cried, looking reproachfully up at his Face. "You knew how mean of you!" "I've been down on the Louisiana, where some inconsiderate man told me, or I should not have seen you today.
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