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Kitty objected said she was afraid of the ocean, and made other excuses, but when she finally realized that the little boy would be taken off without her if she did not go, she at last consented. "Another excursion," called out Cleo. "Come on girls, the more the merrier," and chaperoned by Leonore, the party undertook that delightful sight seeing a millionaire's yacht.
Did you hear me ask Rachel to go over to Farnham with us to-morrow? Father and mother and I are going to do it in record time in the new motor, and Rachel is coming, too. She has never been in a motor, and is eager to see what it is like. It's quite a triumph to get her to accept an invitation, isn't it? You can come, too, if you like; there's room for another, and the more the merrier.
Mrs Asplin dropped the letter on the floor, and turned to confront her husband. "Well!" "Well?" "It is your affair, dear, not mine. You would have the trouble. Could you do with an extra child in the house?" "Yes, yes, so far as that goes. The more the merrier.
Nicholas, while Olaf, Fritz, and his wife listened in amazement. Much as Flax-Flower had enjoyed all she had seen and done, it was delightful to be again with people of her own flesh and blood, and learn to say the sweet word "Mother." That Christmas was a merry one, but no merrier than the many which came after, for Flax-Flower became a dutiful daughter to the kind people who gave her a home.
They made the times merrier, and kinder, and better; and I can truly say, with one of our old poets: "'I like them well the curious preciseness And all-pretended gravity of those That seek to banish hence these harmless sports, Have thrust away much ancient honesty. "The nation," continued he, "is altered; we have almost lost our simple, true-hearted peasantry.
Du Boung was prepared to give no more than a very cautious support to the Duke's Government. Arthur Fletcher read Mr. Du Boung's address immediately after the Duke's letter. "The more the merrier," said Arthur. "Just so. Du Boung will not rob you of a vote, but he will cut the ground altogether from under the other man's feet.
The latter appeared to be annoyed, but said: "All right, show them up;" and turning to his guests he added: "It's awful annoying, but a couple of my friends, knowing my habit, have dropped in. They will want to come in the game." "The more the merrier," said Oscar. Thus he spoke, but he realized all the same that the chances for his escape were lessening.
'Poor dear little Cherry! said Felix to Mr. Audley, after helping her upstairs, 'she is quite spent with laughing; indeed my jaws ache, and she is ready to cry, as if it had been unfeeling. 'Don't let her fancy that. We certainly were surprised into it to- night; but I only wish for her sake for all your sakes that you could keep the house merrier. Felix sighed.
"I'll be back in a moment ... something must be open. I feel a draught on my legs." "Why not show us your legs!" cried Frederick-Christian, and turning to the journalist added: "She's built like a statue ... a little marvel." Susy returned. "I knew it! The hall door was open. I hope nobody has got in." The King laughed at the idea. "If anyone did, let him come and join us, the more the merrier."
She's as real to me as any woman I have ever known she's more real to me than most of the women I know she's absolutely real, she lives, she breathes. Yet I have never known a woman resembling her. Life would be a merrier business if one did know women resembling her. She seems to me all that a woman ought ideally to be. Does your friend know women like that the lucky man?
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