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Here, all was confusion and consultation. They had tried to help Gladys to rise, and the girl could not stand. A clamour of voices assailed Mrs Prothero, who was bewildered by the noise, and terrified at the remembrance of her husband. 'My good people, I don't know what to advise, she said at last. 'She don't want to laive Carrmanthinshire, my leddy.
"Arrah, laive 'em alone, can't ye?" said the boatswain, as we faced each other again. "Don't waste y'r toime, sure. Go it, ye chripples; an' may the bist av ye win, sez I!"
Allow me to till ye, Misther Paydro Carvalho an' be the powers it's a sin ag'in the blessed Saint Pater to name such an ugly thafe as ye afther him that I'll pipe down to grub whin I loikes widout axin y'r laive or license. Jist ye look sharp, d'ye hear, an' git us somethin' to ate at once!"
"Laive they that want to fight the Germans, fight 'em we bean't goin' to," said another. "Why shud we all git killed to plaise Members of Parliament?" "I be sheamed ov 'ee," cried an old man near; "you bean't worthy to be called Englishmen." "Why bean't us?" "'Cos you be cowards. Wud 'ee like to be traited like they Germans be?"
Here another fiery look was darted at Solomon, who appeared deeply engaged among leases, papers, and such other documents as were before him. "It's a bad business certainly, Sam but now about the rent?" "Hut! de'il a penny o' rent I have hell take the tester; and yet, for all that, all pay you afore a laive the room what do you think of that?" "I don't understand it, Sam."
"Abaout haow saon you laive?" he asked in English. "Why tomorrow," Arcot said, in surprise. "Have you been practicing our language?" Torlos reverted to telepathy. "Yes, but that is not what I came to talk to you about. Arcot can a man of Nansal visit Earth?" Anxiously, hopefully, and hesitatingly, he asked. "I could come back on one of your commercial vessels, or come back when you return.
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