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The maid of inferior degree, Fosset, speedily appeared; a pale-complexioned, meek-looking young woman, who set about unpacking Clarissa's trunks with great skill and quickness, and arranged their contents in the capacious maple wardrobe, while their owner washed her face and hands and brushed the dust of her brief journey out of her dark brown hair.
They had reached the base of the hill by this time, and were surrounded by crowds of the pilgrims pale-faced meek-looking women, strong laughing children, and anxious earnest-eyed men. Many were the cries of astonishment and of commiseration which arose from them when they perceived the youth of one of the strangers and the destitution of the other.
Doubtless these creatures roam about sometimes in herds, and, if they meet any especially meek-looking and peaceably-disposed fellow, will endeavour to frighten him; but the faintest show of a vigorous resistance is sufficient to scare them even then.
All who had approached her with the lovelorn tale, she sent quickly to the right-about. Mr. Carlyle was seated in his own private room in his office the morning after his return from town. His confidential clerk and manager stood near him. It was Mr. Dill, a little, meek-looking man with a bald head.
Bangs," she was saying to the meek-looking person, "that I want him to send somebody up here who knows more than you do. Do you understand?" The meek one evidently understood, for he reached nervously for his cap. "Wait!" commanded Madam peremptorily. "Don't start off like that, while I am talking to you! Tell Mr.
'A murrain on the young devils! cried the stranger; 'I speak of one; a meek-looking, pale-faced boy, who was apprenticed down here, to a coffin-maker I wish he had made his coffin, and screwed his body in it and who afterwards ran away to London, as it was supposed. 'Why, you mean Oliver! Young Twist! said Mr. Bumble; 'I remember him, of course. There wasn't a obstinater young rascal
Besides giving vent to intensified shrieking, it dragged its captor along, in a state of blazing triumph, until it overturned him, snapped the twine, and got away. But cupid was not to be balked of his prey. With a staggering rush to where several horses were standing ready bridled, he caught hold of the tail of a meek-looking animal, and scrambled by means of that appendage on to its back.
The landlady appeared, who seemed a quiet, meek-looking woman. 'I shall be obliged to leave Mrs Mills and the little girl for a day or two, said Howel. 'You will see they are attended to, I hope. 'Yes, sir, said the landlady looking, and, doubtless, feeling astonished at the sort of person Netta was, so pretty and well-dressed.
All this while Jeff was closing the door, and the meek-looking man was coming into the light again. Yuba Bill squared his elbows behind him and rested them on the bar, crossed his legs easily and awaited them. In reply to Jeff's inquiring but respectful look, he said shortly "Oh, you're thar, are ye?" "Yes, Bill."
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