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Mordacks exclaimed, as the man looked at him, but ceased not from swinging his long hedge-hook. "Happy is the land that owns such men." "The land dothn't own me; I own the land. I shall be pleased to learn what your business is upon it." Farmer Anerley hated chaff, as a good agriculturist should do.
Carroway, in a perpetual ferment, gave no peace to any of his men, and never entered his own door; but riding, rowing, or sailing up and down, here and there and everywhere, set an example of unflagging zeal, which was largely admired and avoided. And yet he was not the only remarkably active man in the neighborhood; for that great fact, and universal factor, Geoffrey Mordacks, was entirely here.
As a woman she sighed; but as a landlady she smiled, and had visions of hoisting a flag on her roof. When Mordacks, like a victorious general, conqueror of this Danish town, went forth for his evening stroll to see his subjects and be saluted, a handsome young sailor came up from the cliffs, and begged to have a few quiet words with him.
I guessed as much, and arranged with my butcher to take them back in that case; and he said they would eat all the better for the ride. But as for the cod, perhaps you will accept him. I could never take him back to Flamborough." "Ride away, sir, ride away," said the farmer, who had better not have measured swords with Mordacks.
"Naa, naa, no beastie," the child replied, and the widow's relish of her thumb was gone; for, sooth to say, no Master Rideout, nor any other patron of free trade was here, but Geoffrey Mordacks, of York city, general factor, and universal agent. It was beautiful to see how Dr.
"I gave them every bit," she sobbed "every bit, sir, but the rush-lights; and them they wouldn't eat, sir, or I never would have touched them. But mother is gone off her head, and baby wouldn't eat it." "You are a little heroine," said Mordacks, looking at her the pinched face, and the hollow eyes, and the tottering blue legs of her. "You are greater than a queen.
Mordacks, when the wash of ripples and the drip of oars and the creak of wood gave silence, "the black crime committed upon this spot shall no longer go unpunished. The ocean itself has yielded its dark secret to the perseverance of mankind, and the humble but not unskillful efforts which it has been my privilege to conduct.
Of course he may be wrong; but when he hears that Mr. Stirbacks, of Little Under-Bempton is that the right address, sir? speaks of my society as depressing " "Mr. Mordacks, you misunderstood my meaning.
At a glance she had known that this bead must belong to the set from which Robin's ear-rings came; and perhaps it was her conscience which helped her to suspect that a trap was being laid for the free-trade hero. To recover herself, and have time to think, as well as for closer discretion, she invited Master Mordacks to the choice guest-chamber.
Nicholas the fish was superstitious also, as it behooved him well to be; but having heard nothing of the story of the place, and perceiving no gnats in the neighborhood, he thankfully took it for his short dry spells. Mr. Mordacks met him, and the two men were deeply impressed with one another.
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