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You haven't any stomach for the warm, tasteless mess which has been "kep' 'ot" for you in a cold stove.
"Naw, naw, ey dunna loike such sects," replied Ruchot o' Roaph's; "besoide there wor a great rabblement at t' geate, an one o' them lunjus archer chaps knockt meh o' t' nob wi' his poike, an towd me he'd hong me wi' t' abbut, if ey didna keep owt ot wey." "An sarve te reet too, theaw craddinly carl!" cried Ashbead, doubling his horny fists. "Odds flesh! whey didna yo ha' a tussle wi' him?
"I was tempted to bring my evening clothes, and spend the evening as the Admiral asked me," he reflected; "I'm glad I didn't. I should be frozen out of the house." He made his way through the gardens towards the garage, where he had left his car; on his way he came across an old gardener, whom he had known for years. "Well, Master Bob, we be in for a 'ot job." "I'm afraid we are, Tonkin."
We don't blame the police. We put the blame where it belongs on the Liberal Government. 'Pore old Gov'mint gettin' it 'ot. 'Hooray fur the Gov'mint! 'We see at last it's taken us a long time, but we see at last women get nothing even from their professed political friends, they've nothing whatever to expect by waiting and being what's called "ladylike." 'Shame!
Perhaps as brave a man as ever lived, brave as a weasel, he must still reassure himself with the tones of his own voice; he must play his part to exaggeration, he must out-Herod Herod, insult all that was respectable, and brave all that was formidable, in a kind of desperate wager with himself. 'Golly, but it's 'ot! said he. 'Cruel 'ot, I call it. Nice d'y to get your gruel in!
The tourists spoke of the vast loneliness, unconscious of the intricate network of social life that lay all around them, beyond their ken, far beyond their understanding. They spoke authoritatively of Irish affairs; mentioned that the Irish were "a bit 'ot tempered," but added that "all they wanted was fair play". They had probably been in Ireland for a week or fortnight.
'You'll 'ear my idea soon enough. Wyte till I pour some chain on my 'ot coppers. He drank a glass off, and affected to listen. ''Ark! said he, ''ear it fizz. Like 'am fryin', I declyre. 'Ave a glass, do, and look sociable. 'No! said the captain, with emphasis; 'no, I will not! there's business. 'You p'ys your money and you tykes your choice, my little man, returned Huish.
Lord love you, come down yere to-morrer, and you'll git to know wot stinks is. Let Teddy show you that 'ere bloomin' ditch at the back. They calls it a stream, but I dussn't say wot I thinks it is afore the nipper. All the dead cats and muck in the bloomin' crehation gits dumped in there. On 'ot days you wants a nosebag on, I tell you, and no error." "Does Teddy go to school?" "No fear; not yet.
When she spoke it was without any emphasis, as though it were quite a natural thing to say. "I've got a nice 'ot joint downstairs, and if you like to come down to the kitchen you're welcome to a bit of dinner." Philip felt himself redden to the soles of his feet, and a sob caught at his throat. "Thank you very much, Mrs. Higgins, but I'm not at all hungry." "Very good, sir."
Overhead a circle of large incandescent lamps made the scene as bright as day. "Well, d'you take it?" asked Seaman Jones of Seaman Smith. "Better strike while the grog's 'ot. A double-prick o' baccy and a gallon o' four-'arf, evens, on the Griller.
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