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"To think," as he says, "the daughter of a sea captain " Here Mrs Farthing caught Mavis' eye, to substitute for what she was about to say: "But there," he says, "work your fingers to the bone; go and commit suicide by overdoing it; kill yourself outright with making other people comfortable, so long as you get your own way." "Really!"
"Of course, it wants proper telling," he continued, turning to Stobell. "Did you notice his eyes when I spoke of it bubbling and spluttering over the galley fire?" "I did," replied Mr. Stobell, laying his pipe carefully on the deck. "Some people tell you to tie the pork to a bit o' string after frying it," said Brisket, "but that's what I call overdoing it.
"Kate, dear, you are overdoing it. It is quite right that woman should be a mystery to man, but she should not aspire to become a mystery to her sister woman. Are you just making fun, or is there something in all this more serious than your words imply?"
Kennedy's cue was obvious. It was to be an eager neophyte in the mysteries of the East, and he played the part perfectly without overdoing it. "Perhaps you would like to come to some of the meetings of our Cult of the Occult," she suggested. "Delighted, I am sure," returned Kennedy. She handed him a card. "We have a meeting this afternoon at four," she explained.
"My goodness, Sophy, you must have had a terrific headache!" she exclaimed. "Why, your lips are bloodless, and you've black circles under your eyes!" "I'm all right this morning," I said, hastily. "But you look pale, yourself. Aren't you rather overdoing things, Leetchy?" "No: I'm as sound as a trivet!" said she. And then: "Sophy, guess who was here last evening." Her eyes began to shine. "Mrs.
And we of our blood put no restraint on the blows we strike when we think them wanted, so we are always overdoing it. General Ople assisted Lady Camper to alight from the carriage, which was forthwith despatched for Elizabeth. He prepared to listen to her with a disconnected smile of acute attentiveness. She had changed. She spoke of money. Ten thousand pounds must be settled on his daughter.
But now that he's coming into the family, Lord John or somebody really ought to point out Stonor's overdoing his rôle of magnificent security. The lady sat very straight. 'I don't see even Lord John offering to instruct Mr. Stonor, she said, with dignity. 'Believe me, that's just Stonor's danger!
He has written her quite a long letter every day, and from every town we stop at he sends her off a present. To my mind, he is overdoing the business, and more than once I have expostulated with him. His aunt will be meeting other aunts, and talking to them; the whole class will become disorganised and unruly. As a nephew, I object to the impossible standard that George is setting up.
No one, except a close observer, can believe the earnestness and enthusiasm imparted into the game by the formation of young clubs, but there is one danger which should be avoided. There is such a thing as overdoing; and, depend upon it, if this is continued, the game will suffer. To those who love and appreciate everything in season, the advice I am about to impart will be doubly significant.
The new creation will vanish, and chaos come again. And again. A large proportion of the controversies of the Church are about men's inventions. Christ's own doctrines do not so often provoke opposition as the traditions of the elders; nor do they, when assailed, require so much defending. They defend themselves. "The devil's way of undoing," says Baxter, "is by overdoing.
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