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No queen forgets herself in that way." "Please, sir, no; I ate almost a box of rush-lights, and they were only done last night. Oh, if baby would have took to them!" "Hot bread and milk in this bottle; pour it out; feed her first, Molly," Mr. Mordacks ordered. "The world can't spare such girls as this. Oh, you won't eat first!
Mordacks, none whatever. My husband rebuked him for being worthless, and a liar, and a traitor; and he threatened to get him removed from the force; and he gave him a little throw down from the cliff but what little was done was done entirely for his good." "Yes, I see. And, after that, was Cadman ever heard to threaten him?"
By nature he was almost as honest as Geoffrey Mordacks himself could be; and in spite of a very long professional career, the original element was there, and must be charged for. "I can not recall to my memory," he said, "any instance of neglect on my part. But if that impression is upon your mind, it would be better for you to change your legal advisers at an early opportunity.
"No one can prosecute me for that," he said, returning with a smile, "though Mordacks may be much aggrieved. Now, Philippa, although I can not carry you well, from the additions time has made to you, I can help you home, my dear; and then on upon my business." The pride and self-esteem of Miss Yordas had never been so crushed before.
Of the three in his possession he kept one, and one he sent to Edinburgh, and the third to York, having heard of the great sagacity, vigor, and strict integrity of Mr. Mordacks, all of which he sharpened by the promise of a large reward upon discovery. Then he went back to his work, until his time of leave was due, after twenty years of arduous and distinguished service.
Wonder never ceased among them, when they thought how things came round. Things came round not only thus, but also even better afterward. Mordacks had a very beautiful revenge of laughter at old Jellicorse, by outstripping him vastly in the family affairs. But Mr.
A gentleman if one may so describe him of the name of Mordacks, who lives in a den below a bridge in York, and has very long harassed the law by a sort of cheap-jack, slap-dash, low-minded style of doing things. 'Jobbing, I may call it cheap and nasty jobbing not at all the proper thing, from a correct point of view.
The rector looked hard at this distinguished stranger, as if he desired to know his name, and expected to be accosted by him, while quick Miss Janetta glanced with undisguised suspicion, and asked her father, so that Mr. Mordacks overheard it, what business such a man could have, and what could he come spying after, in their quiet parish?
The cod had been painted from life or death by a clever old fisherman who understood him, and he looked so firm, and stiff, and hard, that a healthy man, with purse enough to tire of butcher's-meat, might grow in appetite by gazing. Mr. Mordacks pulled up, and fixed steadfast eyes upon this noble fish, the while a score of sharp eyes from the green and white meadow were fixed steadfastly on him.
The mere fact of Sir Duncan having feathered his nest pardon so vulgar an expression, doctor proves that while giving, we may also receive: for which we have the highest warranty." "The laborer is worthy of his hire, Mr. Mordacks. At the same time we should remember also " "What St. Paul says per contra. Quite so. That is always my first consideration, when I work for my employers. Ah, Dr.
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