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The weather had broken, and several people had left in consequence. Billy was bored as well as anxious, and his attitude said as much as he unceremoniously left his small playfellows to join Scott. "Just amusin' the kids," he observed explanatorily. "How is she now?" Scott linked his hand in the boy's arm. "She's pretty bad, Billy," he said. "Both lungs are affected.
"He would not let them come!" say I, explanatorily, "for what reason? for none he never has any reasons, or if he has, he does not give them. "Thank you." "You have no father, have you?" continue I, presently; "no, I remember your telling me so at the Linkesches Bad. He laughs a little dryly.
"Study hour," said Mary Cary, explanatorily. "Poor little things! Of course I am very impractical, and I would never do for the head of anything, because I have such queer ideas, especially about children. But I don't believe they will ever learn anything in a book that would do them as much good as a beautiful sunset.
The events of yesterday have left a deep impression on my mind. "Go on and carve," interrupted Clover, "or else shove me the platter. I’m hungry." "So’m I," said a voice at the door. A weak voice—but one that showed decision in its tone. They looked up and saw Burnett, dressed in a pink silk negligée with flowing sleeves. "I’m ravenous," he exclaimed explanatorily.
Had mighty bad luck. 'Bout my wife," he added, explanatorily. He pulled down his lips, and looked the picture of solemnity. I saw from Mrs. Meriwether's mystified look that she did not know what he considered "bad luck." She could not tell from his reference whether his wife was better or worse. "Is she ah? What oh how is Amanda?" she demanded finally, to solve the mystery. "Mandy! Lord!
"You see," he said explanatorily to DeLancy, "she has a good deal to attend to lately, and I suppose has got rather careless, that's women's ways. But if I can't bring her round I'll speak to Gashwiler, I'll get him to use his influence with Mrs. Hop. So cheer up, my boy, HE'LL make it all right." The appearance of a bouquet on the table of Mrs. Hopkinson was no rare event; nevertheless, Mr.
Rogers's cabin in the bush when old Rogers was away. And I saw her creep out and join him, never thinking any one could see her!" She laughed, seeking Madison's averted eyes, yet scarcely noticing his suddenly contracted brows. Mr. McGee alone responded. "That's why," he said, explanatorily, to Madison, "I don't allow to have my Safie go round with those women.
I mean, of course, to my smoking one," he added, explanatorily. "Not at all, sir." "It would be a good 'un her objectin' to a bit o' 'bacca," growled Mr. Marks, "when me and the customers smokes all day." Robert lighted his cigar with a gilt-paper match of Phoebe's making that adorned the chimney-piece, and took half a dozen reflective puffs before he spoke.
"You can see for yourself we ain't fit to go 'n meet your mother and your father like we was like we'd went straight," Eddie put in explanatorily. "You've been raised good, and say, it makes a man want to BE good to see how a feller don't have to be no preacher to live right.
"He is my Bursche now," said the general explanatorily. "My wife has taken a fancy to him. Ach! he is very popular with these women." The consul was still more surprised. The Frau Generalin Adlerkreutz he knew to be a pronounced Englishwoman, carrying out her English ways, proprieties, and prejudices in the very heart of Schlachtstadt, uncompromisingly, without fear and without reproach.
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