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"It would be silly to forget, and have to make his acquaintance over again at Edinburgh," I said. "He asked me particularly to think of him during our trip whenever I should see the Douglas Heart. Now I have just seen it at Lincluden." "Douglas Heart indeed! Douglas cheek!" I heard Sir S. mutter.
Molly would hear no talk about saving her strength, would not be in any room but this one until the doctor should arrive; then perhaps it would be time to think about resting. So together the dame and the girl rinsed the man's wound and wrapped him in clean things, and did all the little that they knew which was, in truth, the very thing needed. Then they sat watching him toss and mutter.
And he sank down again in his old position before the tent, continuing to mutter, his chin sunk into his chest, his whole appearance that of deep dejection, perhaps of dread.
Down we came off the gate, and through the mud we went, he leading with a fat chuckle. "You don't see the joke, Hawkins you don't see the joke about that fast day;" and he gave me another look with his great blue eyes. I didn't know it was a joke; I thought it was the mare's name, and I heard him mutter "Damn!" "This is the way," he said angrily.
Steam-sieves sift it into grades, with jarrings and thumpings that make the floor quiver, and the thunder of steam-gear is always at its heels; but it continues to mutter unabashed till it is riddled down into the big, foil-lined boxes and lies at peace. A few days ago the industry suffered a check which, lasting not more than two minutes, lost several hundred pounds of hand-fired tea.
The butler, an excellently trained servant, went about his work with quiet efficiency, and once Harley heard him mutter rapid instructions to the surly parlourmaid, who hovered disdainfully in the background. When again host and guest found themselves alone: "I don't in any way distrust the servants," explained Sir Charles, "but one cannot hope to prevent gossip."
He was planing a board, and every now and then he would pause and heave a deep sigh; and occasionally mutter broken sentences confused and not intelligible but out of their midst an ejaculation sometimes escaped which made me shiver and did me good: one was, 'O God, it is his blood! I sat on the tool-chest and humbly and shudderingly admired him; for I judged he was full of crime.
It was at this time that the lowest laborers, who worked hardest, got least and suffered most, began to mutter and rebel, and among these were the American Negroes. Lions have no historians, and therefore lion hunts are thrilling and satisfactory human reading. Negroes had no bards, and therefore it has been widely told how American philanthropy freed the slave.
Jeb acted very morose and absentminded; instead of giving sensible replies to John's questions about the avalanche, he would mutter and say inconsequent things. Finally John said: "Well, it must have been a narrow escape, anyway." "That's just it, John. Ef Ah don't run away from Pebbly Pit she'll git me!" returned Jeb, greatly troubled.
Davies, himself a man of few words, confided to one of his subordinates that Lieutenant Judson was "a most remarkable prompt officer in a way of putting it." For two hours the flat-iron pawed madly through the muddy water, and that which had been at first a mutter became a distinct rumble. "Was war declared?" said Mr. Davies, and Bai-Jove-Judson laughed.
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