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But the next day he certainly was in his place among the Peers and voted against the Government, and then went down to his estates in Wales, being an excellent holder of the reins, whether on the coach box or over the cash box. More and more wonderful, we hear that he drove his bride straight from the church to the field of a prizefight, arranged for her special delectation.
Its effect was to straighten the admiral's back, and enlarge in grey glass a pair of sea-blue eyes. And, 'What's that? Whitechapel? the admiral exclaimed, at high pitch, far above his understanding. The particulars were repeated, whereupon the sick-room shook with, 'Greengrocer? He stunned himself with another of the monstrous points in his pet girl's honeymoon: 'A prizefight?
But the next day he certainly was in his place among the Peers and voted against the Government, and then went down to his estates in Wales, being an excellent holder of the reins, whether on the coach box or over the cash box. More and more wonderful, we hear that he drove his bride straight from the church to the field of a prizefight, arranged for her special delectation.
The waggons came and went one after the other ... there was a light space of rest between waggons. It was like the rest between the rounds of a prizefight. From the cloudless sky the sun's heat poured down in floods. A monotonous locust was chirr-chirr-chirring from a nearby cottonwood ... and in the long hedge of Osage oranges moaned wood doves....
Gower caught an image of it, as comparable, without much straining, to an Arctic region smitten by the beams. 'Nothing breaks her courage, he said. 'To be sure, my poor dear! Who could have guessed when she left my house she was on her way to a prizefight and a greengrocer's in Whitechapel. But the dog's not mad, though his bite 's bad; he 's an eccentric mongrel.
The family had, for two or three generations, been of a similar temperament to that of the present holder; men who spent their money freely, and were sure to be present whenever there was a horse race, or a main of cocks to be fought, or a prizefight to come off, within a day's ride of Netherstock.
'Give you my honour, returns Mortimer, 'I don't know, and I don't care. 'Miserable! Is that the way you do your duty? 'Beyond an impression that he is to sit upon my knee and be seconded at some point of the solemnities, like a principal at a prizefight, I assure you I have no notion what my duty is, returns Mortimer.
You may see displays of boxing still in places. How about a prizefight? With money on it? Eh, but you don't expect men to stand up to be knocked into rumpsteaks for nothing? No, but it's they there bets! Right, and that's a game gone to ruin along of outsiders. But it always was and it always will be popular with Englishmen!
Its effect was to straighten the admiral's back, and enlarge in grey glass a pair of sea-blue eyes. And, 'What's that? Whitechapel? the admiral exclaimed, at high pitch, far above his understanding. The particulars were repeated, whereupon the sick-room shook with, 'Greengrocer? He stunned himself with another of the monstrous points in his pet girl's honeymoon: 'A prizefight?
Now each time that Holliday struck him they groaned. Well, maybe it was time for him to hit Holliday; maybe that was what was the matter. He'd try to accommodate 'em. He pushed the referee aside and swung. But his glove met nothing. The floor came up and hit him in the face, that was all. Funny floor! Funny roof! No place to hold a prizefight. And where was Holliday, anyway?
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