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"Masther, have you a prayer-book widin? bekase if you have, I may as well swear here, and you can witness it." "Katty, hand over the Spiritual Exercises a book aquil to the Bible itself for piety an' devotion." "Sure they say, Masther, any book that, the name o' God's in, is good for an oath. Now, wid the help o' goodness, repate the words afore me, an' I'll sware thim."
Here I was interrupted to go and pay a farewell visit, and when we returned Max had packed and nailed the cases of books to be left. Chance thus limited my choice to those that happened to be in my room "Paradise Lost," the "Arabian Nights," a volume of Macaulay's History I was reading, and my prayer-book.
"My dear good man," she said; "I give my niece away; having come north at considerable inconvenience for that express purpose. Now, go on. What do we do next?" Dr. Rob broke into an uncontrollable chuckle. The duchess lifted her lorgnette, and surveyed him. Margery searched her prayer-book in vain for the duchess's response. It did not appear to be there.
"The girl has unfortunately got some romantic notions concerning the profession, Clinch, and they are ever the hardest to be convinced of what is for their own good." "Jane Weston! Not she, sir. There is not as much romance about her as in the fly-leaves of a prayer-book. She is all heart, poor Jane; and how I came to get such a hold of it, Captain Cuffe, is a great mystery to myself.
We must have the azaleas out to-morrow and thoroughly cleansed, they are devoured by insects; the tame rook has flown away; mother lost her prayer-book coming from church, she thinks it was stolen.
"I preserve," says Montaigne, "a bit of writing, a seal, a prayer-book, a particular sword, that has been used by my friends and predecessors, and have not thrown the long staves my father carried in his hand out of my closet."
"But who in the world would take it?" "My dear," said the first speaker, "who does take things in a hospital, anyhow? Only a tin sign!" It was then that the Head came in. She swept in; her grey gown, her grey hair gave her a majesty that filled the Probationer with awe. Behind her came the First Assistant with the prayer-book and hymnal. The Head believed in form.
She passes in, however, opening her prayer-book as she goes. And the man! with so wild a face that busy and selfish London stands to gaze after him, he hurries to his lodgings, bolts the door, and throws himself upon the bed.
'Why, my dear Ma'am, the fellow's howling about King Lewis and the American Indians, Dominick says, and ghosts and constables, and devils, and worse things, Madam, and pooh punch and laudanum's his only chance; don't mind the prayer-book, Miss Lily there's no use in it, Mistress Chattesworth! I give you my honour, Ma'am, he could not make head or tale of it.
Do these gentlemen belong to your party?" looking at the Bailie and me, who, engaged in eating our supper, had paid little attention to the officer on his entrance. "Travellers, sir," said Galbraith "lawful travellers by sea and land, as the prayer-book hath it."
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