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And did he know that Nigel intended to "rig up something" in the Fayyūm for her? She began to wonder, to wonder intensely, why Baroudi was stirring up Nigel's enthusiasm for work. It seemed as if, for the moment, the two men had entirely forgotten that she was there, had forgotten that in the world there was such a phenomenon as woman.
You can take that ole rig I was showin' you. She ain't much on looks, but she's all there." "Thanks. But I'd rather buy a new outfit." "When do you aim to start?" "Right away. I suppose I'll need a blanket and some provisions." "Yes. But you'll catch up with Cheyenne, if you keep movin'. He won't travel fast with a pack-hoss along.
Teddy thought this was a very unkind cut of the mate at poor Jones's boots, which were a dilapidated pair of bluchers that needed mending badly; still, he couldn't help smiling, which didn't seem to please Mr Capstan, who, turning round, now addressed him: "And you, my fine young shaver, with your dandy rig, you'd better be doing something to earn your salt, and not be a useless lubber, looking on like a fine lady!
My first idea was to rig the pump; but this was instantly discarded, for I had but to stand in the companion-way for a couple of minutes, and watch the heavy rush of water athwart the deck, to be convinced of the absolute impossibility of maintaining my position at the pump; for, even if lashed there, my utmost efforts would barely suffice to prevent myself from being swept overboard, while to work the pump would be quite out of the question.
He especially liked the look of the officer whose horse he was holding; and while he walked it up and down as he had been directed, he thought to himself "If I was to go to sea now I should not only get a rig out, but have enough to eat, and be able to send home my pay to mother as soon as I get any."
He had passed his youth at sea, having often doubled the Horn, and was known to possess a very respectable amount of knowledge on the subject of vessels of all sorts and sizes, rig and qualities. He was now consulted by all who could get near him, as a matter of course, and his opinions were received as res adjudicata, as the lawyers have it.
"I don't think Mother will care much what you look like, Father. Still, it is very natural that you should want to get rid of all that hair." "What bothers me, lad," Captain Holland went on, putting his hand to the back of his neck, "is this shaved spot here. Of course, with the turban on and the native rig, it was all right, but it will look a rum affair in English clothes."
"How many central-span sections have you stacked up out here?" "All 'cept four north-side 'uns. Last come this mornin'. In yards yet." "How long'll it take us to rig a cable tram from the traveller across to the north 'lever?" "Huh?" demanded McGraw blankly. "We'll run the north-side steel across by tram, and push the work from both ends.
It suited him down to the ground, he declared. He would come to Lakeview on the last night of May, and early in the morning of the first of June he would drive out in the finest livery rig the place possessed, and away they would fly, without a howd'ye-do to any one. But they must come back for a little visit after their honeymoon, for there was a certain old friend of his in Elmbrook he must see.
Call James and have him sent home in the rig he's going to use. It seems to me you're disposing rather freely of my horses and carts." "Yes, Ken. You've nothing to say about your belongings just now. But if you object to this plan " "I don't. The girl must be found, and her father is more likely to find her than a dozen other searchers. He shall have the rig and welcome."
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