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Look dar!" exclaimed Quashy, with a grin, pointing to a fat priest with a broad-brimmed white hat on a sleek mule, "he do look comf'rable." "More comfortable than the poor beast behind him," returned Lawrence, with a laugh, as he observed three little children cantering along on one horse.
Hence, he concluded that he must have slept a considerable time, and that the tomahawk had been filled and emptied more than once. "Well, lad," said Bounce, looking round, "had a comf'rable nap?" "How did you know I was awake?" said March. "You weren't looking at me, and I didn't move." "P'r'aps not, lad; but you winked." "And, pray, how did you know that?"
You'll just let me have the parlour. It never was a comf'rable room to sit in, so it don't matter much your givin' it up; it's a good enough sleepin' and smokin' cabin, an' we'll all live together in the kitchen. I'll throw the whole of my treemendous income into the general purse, always exceptin' a few odd coppers, which I'll retain to keep me a-goin' in baccy.
But I'll go and inquire for myself this wery evenin' w'en you're all settled an comf'rable, an' w'en I've got Mrs Jones to look arter you." That evening, accordingly, when Robin Slidder as I shall now call him was away making his inquiries, Dr McTougall called on Mrs Willis. She was very weak and low at the time.
"Well, well, it ain't much better; this Horsey is an Irishman, an' I don't like Irishmen." "Father, you'd get to like 'em if you only knew 'em better," said Susan earnestly. "What bell's that?" she added, as a loud ringing echoed through the house. "The dinner bell, lass. Come an' see wot a comf'rable feed they git.
"Just so," said Stephen, laying down his knife and fork, and shaking warmly the hand which Haco stretched across the table to him; "I'm always turnin' up now an' again like a bad shillin'. How goes life with 'ee, Haco? you don't seem to have multiplied the wrinkles since I last saw ye." "Thank 'ee, I'm pretty comf'rable.
"We cannot move," said Tomeo and Buttchee together, "because we w " Together they ceased giving the reason it was not necessary! "Oh dear!" said Ebony, opening his great eyes to their widest. "You no kin lib long at dat rate. Better die on deck if you mus' die; more heasy for you to breeve up dar, an' more comf'rable to fro you overboard w'en you's got it over."
You'll just let me have the parlour. It never was a comf'rable room to sit in, so it don't matter much your givin' it up; it's a good enough sleepin' and smokin' cabin, an' we'll all live together in the kitchen. I'll throw the whole of my treemendous income into the general purse, always exceptin' a few odd coppers, which I'll retain to keep me a-goin' in baccy.
"I's berry sorry to leave you tied up," said Ebony, rising to quit the place, "but when men is foolish like leetil boys, dey must be treat de same. De straw will keep you comf'rable. I daren't leave de torch, but I'll soon send you food by a sure messenger, and come back myself soon as iver I can." "Stay, Ebony, I'm at your mercy, and as no good can come of my remaining bound, I must give in.
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