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Rupert was proving his capacity for silence on the piano stool. "And which country," Miriam asked, leaning towards her uncle, "do you like best?" "Oh well, I hardly know." "I never care for the sound of Africa so hot." "Hottish," conceded Uncle Alfred. "Oh, Lord!" Rupert groaned in spirit. "And South America, full of crocodiles, isn't it?" "Is it?" "Haven't you been there?"
Flaggan's attendant looked at him with a smile, and pointed to the ottoman. "Och, surely," said Ted again, as he sat down. Instantly he leaped up with a subdued howl. "W'y, what wrong?" asked Rais, looking up. "It's red-hot," replied Flaggan, rubbing himself. "Nonsense!" returned Rais; "you lie down queek. Soon git use to him. Always feel hottish at fust."
"Hottish corner," said one, as they slowed to a walk some distance away. "Silly fools," growled the other. "What do they want to hoist that huge Red Cross flag up there for, where any airman can see it? Fairly asking for it, I call it." When they came to the outskirts of the town they found rather more signs of life.
"Squire Tyrrel is very headstrong, and you, your honour, might be a little hottish, or so. No, I would not have any body quarrel for me. There has been mischief enough done already; and I will get myself out of the way. So I write this, your honour, merely to unload my mind.
Anyhow, between father and the dog and the old mare he always rode, very few beasts ever broke away. These strange cattle had been driven a good way, I could see. The cows and calves looked done up, and the steer's tongue was out it was hottish weather; the old dog had been 'heeling' him up too, for he was bleeding up to the hocks, and the end of his tail was bitten off.
When the two friends had unrobed and wrapped a piece of striped calico round their loins, they were led by a young Moor in similar costume towards the stewing-room. "Don' be frighted," whispered Rais Ali; "it's pretty hottish." "I'll try to be aisy," replied the seaman with a quiet smile, "an' av I can't be aisy I'll be as aisy as I can."
It doesn't need any expert to be certain sure of that. The same, identical fist, without a shadow of doubt. Well what d'ye make of it? Here have a drink." He mixed a couple of drinks, pushed one glass to the detective, and took the other himself. "Egad!" he muttered, after drinking. "Things are getting hottish, anyway. As I say, what do you make of this? Of course, you've come to some conclusion?"
There they'll get good water for thar stock, an' the shade o' trees to rest unner; the which last they'll take to in this hottish spell o' sun." "If they're upon the Pecan," puts in a third speaker, a tall, lathy individual, in a green blanket coat, badly faded, "and anywhere near its mouth, we can't be more than five miles from them. I know this part of the country well.
They left a hottish taste in his mouth; they had not been quite up to his anticipation, indeed, and it was with a sense of relief that he turned to the "hokey-pokey" cart which stood close at hand, laden with square slabs of "Neapolitan ice-cream" wrapped in paper. He thought the ice-cream would be cooling, but somehow it fell short of the desired effect, and left a peculiar savour in his throat.
It was hottish work, and the bullets were pretty thick about us, but we all got safely to the kranz, and a short scramble took us over the edge. I laid Blenkiron inside the castrol and started to prepare our defence. We had little time to do it. Out of the thin fog figures were coming, crouching in cover. The place we were in was a natural redoubt, except that there were no loopholes or sandbags.
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