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I'm an Englishman I am, and a man of property; and I I' 'If you're insulted, and not satisfied, remember there's two of us, Quin, said Ulick gruffly. On which the Captain fell to washing his nose in water, and answered never a word. 'Mr.
"I kep' my pledge ter yer, though." He spoke gruffly, because the sight of her was burning him up too, with another kind of thirst. "I went an' hed myself jailed. I reckon hit won't hardly master me ergin fer a spell." Alexander felt a lump rising in her throat. Since her awakening she had not missed the meaning of that look in his eyes.
Captain Boynton looked at Mrs. Weston and raised one eyebrow; she nodded comprehendingly. Later in the evening, when he dropped into a steamer-chair beside her, he asked if she had seen Bobby. "Not since dinner. All the young people have been asking for her. Did you look in the writing-room ?" "I've looked everywhere except in the coal-bunkers," said the captain, gruffly.
His island pride was face to face with a greater-greater than he had ever dreamed of. "Bid yon cooks give me some broth," he said gruffly. "I am faint. After I have eaten I will speak with you." He was given food, and as he ate he thought. He was on trial before these men of Lacedaemon. More, the old faith of the islands, the pride of the first masters, was at stake in his hands.
I had taken possession of a dressing-jacket of the lieutenant's, and some other articles of his wardrobe, which fitted me pretty well; and, I flatter myself, was no ungentlemanlike figure. 'Good-morrow, Corporal, said the doctor, rather gruffly, in reply to my smiling salute. 'Corporal! Lieutenant, if you please, answered I, giving an arch look at Lischen, whom I had instructed in my plot.
"Yes, next Thursday; and I shall be glad of the boy's help," he replied, gruffly; and then he sat down and told me about Carrie. Foolish girl, her zeal had indeed bordered upon madness.
'I think I would not go out in such a storm as this with my back if Queen Victoria was to be there, John answered gruffly. 'And what would be the use? he continued. 'I have been to meet that woman, if she is a woman, with the outlandish name, more than fifty times, I'll bet; he don't know what he is talking about when he gets on her track.
His eyes twinkled as Peter and Johnny very politely wished him good morning. "Good morning," said he gruffly. But Peter had seen that twinkle in his eyes and knew that Grandfather Frog was feeling good-natured in spite of his gruff greeting. "If you please, Grandfather Frog, why doesn't Mr. Greensnake wink at us when we wink at him?" he asked. "Chug-a-rum!
He was beginning to breathe easier when a voice barely an arm's-length away inquired, gruffly: "Who's there?" He would have given something handsome to be out of this foolish predicament, which he knew must be very trying to his companion. But the fates were against him. To his horror, the man struck a match and mounting the steps to the porch flashed it directly into his face.
An hour later, James Moore, his business with the squire completed, passed through the hall on his way out. Its only occupant was now M'Adam, and the Master walked straight up to his enemy. "M'Adam," he said gruffly, holding out a sinewy hand, "I'd like to say " The little man knocked aside the token of friendship. "Na, na. No cant, if ye please, James Moore.
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