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'Matter enow, growled McIntosh, with his hand on the door handle; 'that deil o' a' husband o' her's has robbed her o' the nugget. 'Yes, and I killed him, said Madame between her clenched teeth. 'The deuce you did, said Vandeloup, in surprise, taking a seat, 'then he was the liveliest dead man I ever saw.

"What the deuce is she thinking of?" thought Gringoire, staring at what she was gazing at; "'tis impossible that it can be that stone dwarf carved in the keystone of that arch, which thus absorbs her attention. What the deuce! I can bear the comparison!" He raised his voice, "Mademoiselle!" She seemed not to hear him. He repeated, still more loudly, "Mademoiselle Esmeralda!" Trouble wasted.

"Perhaps it's here," he said. "I was taken ill directly I arrived. I never even sent this address to the concierge at Paris. I believe I was off my head part of the time 'flue plays the deuce with you. But I remember now. The nurse told me there were some letters which had come while I was ill. I didn't bother about them."

Thou art of a good family that one can see from thy appearance! Art not thou thy mother's son? I will give thee stockings and the deuce! here is a pair of boots which are too small for me; if thou dost not get drowned in them they shall be thy property: but now thou must sing." And he seated himself at the piano-forte and struck the keys. "Now, where art thou?" he cried, rather displeased.

'We 'll drop a hint. Where's Dartrey? 'He'll come. He's in one of his black moods: not temper. He's got a notion he killed his wife by dragging her to Africa with him. She was not only ready to go, she was glad to go. She had a bit of the heroine in her and a certainty of tripping to the deuce if she was left to herself. 'Tell Nataly that, said Victor. 'And tell her about Dartrey. Harp on it.

"I suppose they are rather unusual, but, after all a fine pair of eyes can't make exactly a well, a lady, Jonathan." "The deuce!" he ejaculated, and then added quickly, "What has she done now, mother?" One of Mrs. Gay's first principles of diplomacy was that an unpleasant fact treated as non-existent, was deprived in a measure of its power for evil.

You seem to be having a good time, master. The deuce take the rest! But, man alive, come down from the clouds. See what is around you; have some charity."

"That was bully, Father!" said Colin, reaching out and shaking hands; "I'm glad I got here in time." His father looked at him with a twinkle in his eye. "How the deuce did you know I was out here?" he asked; "I thought the steamer was only just about due."

That spurred Keineth; the fourth game was faster with some hot volleying and pretty returns and won by Keineth and Billy in a quickly mounting score. Excited, Keineth did not notice that Billy had not returned one or two balls with his usual skill. The next, a deuce game, was hotly contested.

My great-grandfather was born while his father was following a fox, and Jean d'Arville did not stop the chase, but exclaimed: "The deuce! The rascal might have waited till after the view halloo!" His brother Franqois was still more infatuated. On rising he went to see the dogs, then the horses, then he shot little birds about the castle until the time came to hunt some large game.