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As for her possession of wit, there could be no doubt on that point, for it was she who had sustained the chief part in our dialogue, and my sayings and doings were all prompted by her questions, and the persevering way in which she kept to the subject. She had not been behind her aunt's chair for five minutes when the latter was looed.
It was a vain hope, however, for I saw several ladies, some old and ugly, some passable, but not one pretty. Cards were produced, and I soon found myself at a table with a young lady of fair complexion and a plain-looking woman well advanced in years, who seemed, however, not to be destitute of wit. Though I was looed I played on, and I lost five or six hundred fish without opening my lips.
This went on for an hour, during which Grendall still won, and won heavily from Paul Montague. 'I never saw a fellow have such a run of luck in my life, said Grasslough. 'You've had two trumps dealt to you every hand almost since we began! 'Ever so many hands I haven't played at all, said Miles. 'You've always won when I've played, said Dolly. 'I've been looed every time.
As for her possession of wit, there could be no doubt on that point, for it was she who had sustained the chief part in our dialogue, and my sayings and doings were all prompted by her questions, and the persevering way in which she kept to the subject. She had not been behind her aunt's chair for five minutes when the latter was looed.
It was a vain hope, however, for I saw several ladies, some old and ugly, some passable, but not one pretty. Cards were produced, and I soon found myself at a table with a young lady of fair complexion and a plain-looking woman well advanced in years, who seemed, however, not to be destitute of wit. Though I was looed I played on, and I lost five or six hundred fish without opening my lips.
That night every man of the boat's crew, save Amyas, was down with raging fever; before ten the next morning, five more men were taken, and others sickening fast. "Follow thee? Follow thee? Wha wad na follow thee? Lang hast thou looed and trusted us fairly." Amyas would have certainly taken the yellow fever, but for one reason, which he himself gave to Cary.
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