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The doubloons, for which so much pumping and bailing were then in process, were still beneath the waters of the gulf. "Ay, ay, sir," returned Jack, smiling and pocketing the gold, with a wink of the eye, and a knowing look; "this does resemble old times sum'at. I now begin to know Captain Spike, my old commander again, and see that he's more like himself than I had just thought him.
In spite of her extremely hazy ideas on the subject of other people's property, there was, he admitted, something attractive about her. Still he was very glad she had gone. He returned to his room, taking up and pocketing Lord Ashiel's envelope as he passed the little table by the door. He did it mechanically, for his mind was occupied with a question which must be immediately decided.
"They're on," he whispered, his freckles showing plainly against his white face. "The chauffeur is one of us, he'll take you straight to our landing. This packet's for you. Good luck!" And pocketing the sovereign offered, the porter, voicing loud thanks, backed from the limousine and slammed the door shut.
We know how the rich tax gatherer, pocketing his dignity, and unable to see over the heads of the crowd, scrambled up into the branches of the sycamore tree that overhung the road; and there was found by the eye of love, and surprised by the words of kindness, which melted him down, and made a new man of him on the spot.
It's a habit that dates back to the era when women wore ringlets and white book-muslin, and men sported shaggy white beaver hats and pegtop trousers, and all the world read the novels of Lever and Dickens." "Have Lever and Boz gone out?" asked Beauvayse, pocketing his pyramid ball. "I play at Blue." He hit Blue scientifically off the cushion and went on.
Pocketing my disappointment with as much sang froid as I could muster, I continued to beguile the time and to solace myself for my past sufferings, by as much enjoyment as could be compressed into the small space of leisure time allotted to me.
Pierce Phillips started, he examined the interior of the walnut- shell in bewilderment, for he had lifted it only to find it quite empty. "Every now and then I win a little one," the dealer intoned, gravely pocketing his winnings. "It only goes to show you that the hand " "Damnation!" exploded the man at Phillips' side. "Trimmed for three hundred, or I'm a goat!"
I do not, indeed, propose that the author shall pocket the money, though I see no shame in the deed: everything is worth what it can fetch, and if an adventitious value comes to attach to a signature, the author were amply justified in pocketing this legitimate supplement to the scanty rewards of his travail of soul and body just as he were justified, should locks of his hair come into demand, in alternating the scissors and the hair-restorer.
"I believe that some arrangement had been made between my father and this discharged servant in regard to a division of the contents of the box, and it was on account of a disagreement on this subject that the man became very angry, and after pocketing what my father thought was his fair share he departed to unknown regions, leaving behind a note to the police which led to my father's arrest."
"This, perhaps, is the first money your works have brought you?" said Adeline. "Yes, madame my works of art. It is not the first-fruits of my labor, for I have been a workman." "Well, we must hope my daughter's money will bring you good luck," said she. "And take it without scruple," added the Baron, seeing that Wenceslas held the purse in his hand instead of pocketing it.
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