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And then the state of the stomach at the time of eating has to be taken into account. I should say now, that my little friend Ailie, here, to judge from the rosy colour of her cheeks, could manage hard or soft eggs equally well; couldn't you, eh?" Ailie laughed, as she replied, "I'm sure I don't know, Doctor Hopley; but I like soft ones best."
The riders passed by the end of the veranda where Lady Bridget stood. McKeith looked up at her. He seemed preoccupied and angry, and merely nodded to his wife, but did not take off his hat as he had done in earlier days and, somehow, to-day she noticed the omission. 'All right, eh, Biddy? he called out casually.
"I was a good deal afraid, though perhaps I did not show it. Your remark," she added, with an arch glance at her companion, "induces me to express some surprise that you seemed so much afraid." "Afraid!" echoed Mr Blurt, with a smile; "why, I wasn't afraid eh! was I?"
Sometimes the words of the choral refrain have a vaguely suggestive meaning: "There were three ladies lived in a bower, Eh vow bonnie And they went out to pull a flower, On the bonnie banks of Fordie."
Said I might marry under the family tree if I felt like it. Rather good, eh, for mother? I said I preferred a church. Nothing al fresco for me." "She is quite satisfied, then, that you are not throwing yourself away on Miss Castleton," said Sara, with a deep breath, which he mistook for a sigh. "Oh, trust mother to nose into things. She knows Miss Castleton's pedigree from the ground up.
So soon as breakfast was finished, and his father had moved away from the table, wishing to himself that there was a paper published on Sundays as well as upon other days, for he had time to read it comfortably, Frank took up his Bible, and said, very hesitatingly: "Father, do you mind if we have family prayers?" "Eh! What's that? What do you mean?" asked Mr.
He was dressed to the Enth, and as I glanced at his good-looking, intelligent face, I thought how incongruous it seemed for him to degrade himself with drink at this supper, and return, as he probably would, a pitiable object to look at and listen to. "Going to work, eh?" I nodded. Howard hitched the cape of his overcoat straight, and went out. As he shut the door I sprang suddenly to my feet.
"For Heaven's sake, stop that abominable slang!" said Henry Dunbar, impatiently. "It annoys you, dear friend, eh? Well, I've known the time when But no matter, 'let what is broken, so remain, as the poet observes; which is only an elegant way of saying, 'Let bygones be bygones. And so you've been buying diamonds, dear boy?" "Who told you so?" "You did, when you came out of Mr.
"So you don't know anything about it eh? You've got a hell of a good memory, haven't you! You don't know anything about the Spider's safe, or about a little fight in the Spider's room, or about jumping out of the window, and beating it for here with the gang after you no, you don't! You never heard of it before of course, you didn't!"
"Did the Lieutenant doubt the authenticity of the instructions?" asked Ned. "I think he did," was the reply, "and so did the messenger! Odd, eh?" "But he must have been expecting the messenger," Ned went on, "for the screen at the window where he entered was left unfastened for him." "He was expecting some one," answered Pat, "but of course he did not know who it would be.
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