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Arriving at Elche, we made straight for the house of the merchant, Sidi ben Ahmed, with whose family Moll had been so intimate previously. Here we were met by Sidi himself, who, after laying his fingers across his lips, and setting his hand upon his heart, in token of recognition and respect, asked us very civilly our business, though without any show of surprise at seeing us.
If they had confined themselves, as we have done, to taking a sheep when they wanted it, and behaving civilly when they went to one of the houses and begged for a few pounds of flour or tea, the settlers would have made no great complaint of us; they know what a hard time we have had, and you can see that some of the women were really sorry for us, and gave us more than we actually asked for.
I spent the rest of that day in my inn, agreeably to the advice of the surgeon, and the next morning, finding my wound healing well, and my body free from fever, I removed to Mr Darrell's new lodging by the Temple, where he had most civilly placed two rooms at my disposal.
"I tell you what it is, Brooks," he said, more cheerfully. "We mustn't be too previous in judging the fellow. Let's write him civilly, and if nothing comes of it in a week or two, we will run up to London, you and me, eh? and just haul him over the coals." "You are right, Mr. Bullsom," Brooks said. "There is nothing we can do for the present."
So we came on here, you see. And she stared about her, at the room, and at the girls, taking in everything with lightning rapidity the embroidery frame, Lucy's veil and fashionably cut jacket, the shabby furniture, the queer old pictures. 'Please come in, said Dora civilly, 'and sit down. If you're strangers here, I'll just put on my hat and take you round. Mr. Grieve's a friend of ours.
In the mean time, he ordered them to be quiet; and treated Aristobulus civilly, lest he should make the nation revolt, and hinder his return; which yet Aristobulus did; for without expecting any further determination, which Pompey had promised them, he went to the city Delius, and thence marched into Judea.
In either case, there was no further hope of secrecy. Tarrant abandoned his reserve, and spoke quietly, civilly. 'So far, you have heard the truth. What have you to ask of me, now? 'You have been abroad for a long time, I think? 'For about a year. 'Does that mean that you wished to see no more of her? 'That I deserted her, in plain words? It meant nothing of the kind.
He was a strongly-built, smooth-shaven fellow, with rather long hair, and the sallow look of the cigarette-smoker. His eyes were sleepy, his expression indolent or good-natured. 'Oh, I'll make myself scarce with the greatest pleasure, he said civilly. 'I can stroll about the park till you're ready for me again, he added, turning to the Squire.
"Open the door," he commanded, "or I shall break it in." "Hold on there!" said Uncle John. "I have the key to the door. Tell me what you want with those young men and I'll unlock the door." "I am ordered to take them before General Gallieni at once," said the officer more civilly. "The military governor!" exclaimed Uncle John.
And so, being "very civilly requested" by the committee to make such changes in the draft as seemed to him desirable, Mr. Adams "drew a line over the most eloquent parts of the oration they had before them, and introduced those legal and historical authorities which appear on the record." The reply, prepared in this way and finally adopted by the Assembly, was longer and more erudite than Mr.
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