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The way in which that sticky compost of boiled maize went down was absolutely amazing. The man opposite Dick, in particular, was a human boa-constrictor. He well-nigh suffocated Dick with suppressed laughter. He was a great raw-boned savage, with a throat of indiarubber, and went quickly and quietly on swallowing mass after mass, with the solemn gravity of an owl.
Ring the bell I can't move you by myself. We must have assistance. How did this happen?" The Indiarubber Man opened his eyes. "The seat tipped over backwards." "But how?" "It it just tipped as it were." "Will you promise to lie still for one minute while I run for help are you in pain?" "No. As a matter of fact, I wanted to ask you a question."
"Four halfpenny stamps, and half a frank on my watch-chain," was the reply. "But I don't think these railway Johnnies 'ud take either of those." On examination, the only articles of value Mugford's pockets were found to contain were an aluminium pencil-case which wouldn't work, and a dirty scrap of indiarubber. "Look here," cried Carton, "I'll give you two shillings.
No doubt the thing was only an image of twisted indiarubber, but for the moment ! And his gesture was exactly that of a man who handles some petty biting bit of vermin. I glanced at Gip, but Gip was looking at a magic rocking-horse. I was glad he hadn't seen the thing.
But I remember about you because Betty told me afterwards she's my sister, you know. She said you were oh, here she is." Betty entered. She cast one swift glance at her brother that might have been intended to convey interrogation or admonition, or both, and then greeted the Indiarubber Man with friendly composure. "How nice of you to come and see us!
We raced up the flank of a long ridge to keep the setting sun in view, reaching the crest as it dipped to meet a ragged tor, and sank in a golden glow. A little wind, like a tired sigh, ruffled the tops of the heather, swayed the grass an instant, and was gone. "Ah-h-h!" breathed the Indiarubber Man in the stillness. A thousand feet below us smoke was curling from the thickly wooded valley.
They are as flexible as two strips of elastic indiarubber. Yet even now consolidation is progressing, for in a few minutes the proper rigidity will be acquired.
The front of the camera was fitted with a short sleeve of thin black leather, and into this the eye-piece end of the microscope was now passed, the sleeve being secured round the barrel of the microscope by a stout indiarubber band, thus producing a completely light-tight connection. Everything was now ready for taking the photograph.
"Carried!" exclaimed the Indiarubber Man. "'Commander, 'e sez, spoke very 'andsome! I will now indite a brief note of invitation. Bring me pens, ink and paper. Apportez-moi l'encre de mon cousin, aussi du poivre, du moutard et des legumes point
It bore their combined weight for a moment or two, then sinking suddenly, like a punctured indiarubber ball, it collapsed, and they found themselves struggling nearly up to their waists in water.
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