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"To think," said Maryann, with a quiet laugh, as she handed a cup of tea to Bunco "to think that I should ever come for to sit at tea with a live red Indian from Ameriky not that he's red either, for I'm sure that hany one with eyes in their 'ead could see that he's only brown." "Ah, my dear, that's 'cause he's changed colour," said Larry, pushing in his cup for more tea.
I didn't 'ear wot she said, but I saw her shake her 'ead, and a'most direckly arterwards she was marching away between the two policemen with the crowd follering and advising 'er where to kick 'em. I was a bit worried at fust not about her and then I began to think that p'raps it was the best thing that could have 'appened.
Bunnett agreed with 'im, and said wot a pity it was everybody 'adn't got Bob Pretty's commonsense and good feeling. "'It ain't that, ses Bob, shaking his 'ead at him; 'it ain't to my credit. I dessay if Sam Jones and Peter Gubbins, and Charlie Stubbs and Dicky Weed 'ad been brought up the same as I was they'd 'ave been a lot better than wot I am. "He bid Mr.
"My! don't I wish I had the feller to myself in the Slough o' Despond! Wouldn't I 'old 'is 'ead under! Oh no, not me! None o' yer Mr 'Elpses to give 'im a leg out, if I knows it!" "Perhaps he'll get punished enough without us," said Reginald. "It wouldn't do us any good to see him suffering." "Wouldn't it, though? Would me, I can tell yer!" said the uncompromising Love.
Sam 'ad just got back from China and was living with Peter Russet and Ginger Dick as usual, and arter reading the letter about seven times and asking Ginger how 'e spelt "minx," 'e read the letter out loud to them and asked 'em what they thought about it. Ginger shook his 'ead, and, arter thinking a bit, Peter shook his too. "She's caught 'im rather young," ses Ginger.
They went through street arter street, and 'e was just thinking of a nice warm bed and a kind nurse listening to all 'is troubles when 'e found they was going over London Bridge. "You've passed it," he ses, putting his 'ead out of the winder.
Pendennis, and had a private interview with him in his bedroom; and a week afterwards the same individual appeared with a box under his arm, and an ineffable grin of politeness on his face, and announced that he had brought 'ome Mr. Pendennis's 'ead of 'air.
"There was a fine to-do about it up at this 'ere Cauliflower public-'ouse that night, and the quietest man 'o the whole lot was Bob Pretty. He sat still all the time drinking 'is beer and smiling at 'em and giving 'em good advice 'ow to get that gold watch. "'It's no good to me, he ses, shaking his 'ead. 'I'm a pore labourin' man, and I know my place.
'E don't bother 'is 'ead about grandfathers. Sam Wiggin! Doesn't know 'e ever had a grandfather. Somebody else might take it up? Not in this parish. Besides, we've all got used to it. Folks here is all mixed up wi' one another while they're living, so they don't mind gettin' a bit mixeder when they're dead." "But is the parson used to it along with the rest of you?"
"Keep your 'ead, John," said Saunders, putting out a calming hand. "Let's get to the bottom o' this, quiet an' reg'lar. An' yer didn't tell any one 'ow much yer 'ad?" "Nobbut Eliza nobbut Eliza!" said the old man again. "Yer didn't tell me, I know," said Saunders, blandly. John seemed to shrink together under the smith's glance.
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