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And they'll never trust me." I said, Come, it wasn't so bad as all that. But she stuck to it. "There!" she said. "Didn't I tell you?" Mrs. Thesiger from the drawing-room window was calling to us to come in. The grass was damp. "They won't trust me even with you." I thought: "Poor little Viola she's burned her boats with a vengeance."
The room was very still in its solid old-fashioned luxury. Although it was June a small wood fire burned in the grate, and the hiss of a piece of damp bark was the only sound within the four walls. From without, through the thick curtains, came at intervals the rumble of distant wheels. But it was just between times, and the fashionable world was at its dinner.
"Merry gentlemen.... God give you health!" "Cabman, are you married?" asks one of the tall ones. "I? He he! Me-er-ry gentlemen. The only wife for me now is the damp earth.... He-ho-ho!.... The grave that is!... Here my son's dead and I am alive.... It's a strange thing, death has come in at the wrong door.... Instead of coming for me it went for my son...."
"Are you very cold, Judy?" shivered Anne, sympathetically. "It's so dark and damp. Let me out, let me out," and Judy's voice rose to a shriek. "Now, my dear, be calm," advised the Judge, whose hands were shaking with nervousness, "I shall call Perkins yes, I really think I shall have to call Perkins " and he hurried through the hall to the speaking tubes. "Is there anything to eat in there?"
There is often a conspiracy between the waiter and the laundress in great houses, both wishing to shirk work, the result of which is that the napkins, not prepared at the proper time, are put on the table damp. A house-keeper should have a large chest to contain napery which is not to be used every day.
It seemed as though it feared to rise in the grey, damp, uninviting atmosphere. The largest of the tents, in front of which Roman sentinels paced up and down, two and two, on guard, was wide open on the side towards the sea.
A disconcerting circumstance, however, that rather tended to damp Leslie's hopes, was the fact that the barometer persistently refused to rise, although the wind was subsiding so rapidly that it threatened to dwindle to a calm, and as the evening faded into night the stars grew dim and finally disappeared.
Colonel Rutler was robust and tall; his face wore an expression of audacity, bordering on cruelty; his hair, lying in close, damp meshes, was of a deep red; his mustache of the same color hid a large mouth overshadowed by a hooked nose, resembling the beak of a bird of prey. Rutler, a faithful and resolute man, served his master with blind devotion.
The cases of type, the presses, the ink-rollers, the damp proof-sheets chiefly of bills announcing public meetings or the "roup" of some bankrupt farmer's stock filled me with wonder and delight. Child as I was, I saw in these humble implements of the petty tradesman the means by which one mind can place itself in contact with many.
All bed clothing should be properly aired, by free exposure to the light and air every morning. Never wear wet or damp clothing one moment longer than necessary. After it is removed rub the body thoroughly, put on at once dry, warm clothing, and then exercise vigorously for a few minutes, until a genial glow is felt.
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