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"It's a lovely morning!" said I, lifting my eyes to her comely face. "It is indeed, sir," said she, setting down the cruet with a turn of her slender wrist. "Which I make so bold as to deny," said the surly man, dropping the wood on the hearth with a prodigious clatter, "'ow can any morning be lovely when there ain't no love in it no, not so much as would fill a thimble?
"Oh," said Hurd, carelessly, "it is said Aaron Norman was Krill." "Might ha' bin. I don't know myself," was the gruff reply. "Ah! Then you did not know Lemuel Krill?" "Well," admitted the captain, reluctantly, "I did. He wos the landlord of this here pub, and a cuss to drink. Lor', 'ow he could drink, and did too.
Andy gave a heavy sob at the respite. "Boys, will you lift Jack out o' the turf, and carry him up into the air? 't will be good for him, and this dacent girl will sleep with me to-night." Andy couldn't resist a laugh at this, and Bridget feared the girl was going off into hysterics again. "Aisy, dear aisy sure you'll be safe with me." "Ow! ow! ow!" shouted Andy.
'Ow can I stay here and show you which is Topeseses, when Topeseses is t'other side the Kinfreederal, and over the crossings, and round ever so many comers? Stoo-pid! Ya-a-ah! 'Show me where it is, and I'll give you something. 'Come on, then. This brisk dialogue concluded, the boy led the way, and by-and-by stopped at some distance from an arched passage, pointing. 'Lookie yonder.
Well, what between 'aving been empty for over five weeks, the poor old gaby 'imself looking as gentle as a lamb, and the figure being reasonable, I rather jumped at the idea; and old Gladman, explaining as 'ow 'e wanted the thing settled and done with, got me to sign a letter." "Kept a copy of it?" asked the business-like Clodd. "No. But I can remember what it was. Gladman 'ad it all ready.
But 'ow about a flag of truce? Would that do the trick, d'ye think? or would Attwater simply blyze aw'y at us in the bloomin' boat like dawgs? 'No, said Davis, 'I don't believe he would. 'No more do I, said Huish; 'I don't believe he would either; and I'm sure I 'ope he won't! So then you can call us ashore. Next point is to get near the managin' direction.
If I said it my way, you know, then it wouldn't be Horner Horner said to cook as 'ow Captain Caldwell 'ud 'a' gone to law about it, but squire 'e swore if 'e'd let the matter drop, 'e'd make 'is nevee, Master Jim, as is also 'is godson, 'is heir, an' so square it; and Captain Caldwell, as was a real gen'lmon, an' fond of the ladies, tuk 'im at 'is word, an' furgiv' 'im.
"Say, jes' sing out 'eight bells' afore you pull the gun, will you?" Kent agreed, and they lapsed into silence. The thongs about Cardegee's wrists were slowly stretching, and he had begun to work them over his hands. "Say, 'ow close is the shadows?" "One inch." The sailor wriggled slightly to assure himself that he would topple over at the right moment, and slipped the first turn over his hands.
Once before, if you'll remember no; that was before we got together, Mulready I picked up a fellow-countryman on the Strand. He was down and out, jumped at the job, and we made a neat little wad on it." "The more fool you, to take outsiders into your confidence," grumbled Mulready. "Ow?" interrogated Calendar, mimicking Stryker's accent inimitably.
"He's headed the list for five seasons now." "He wins," said Monkey grimly. "Them as has rode against him knows 'ow." Silver edged his pony up along the other. "You've ridden against him?" he inquired with cunning innocence. The little jockey's eyes became dreamy. "My ole pal Chukkers," he mused. "Him and me. Yes, I've rode agin' him twenty year now.
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