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'Right-ho! said Farnie cheerfully, and silence, broken only by the shrieking of the cab wheels, brooded once more over the cab. Then Gethryn, feeling that perhaps it would be a shame to jump too severely on a new boy on his first day at a large public school, began to think of something conciliatory to say. 'Look here, he said, 'you'll get on all right at Beckford, I expect.
"I hope to heavens . . ." "Put it on the stretcher carefully, boys." His subaltern was speaking to the two men who had arrived with a stretcher. "Have you got the slab of gun-cotton?" "Corporal 'Amick 'as gone to get it at the store, sir. He's a-going to meet us at the quarry." "Right-ho! Walk march."
A pane had been neatly removed, evidently in the orthodox way by means of a diamond. 'May as well climb up and see if there's anything to be seen, said Welch. 'All right, said Tony, 'give us a leg up. Right-ho. By Jove, I'm stiff. 'See anything? 'No. There's a cloth sort of thing covering what I suppose are the prizes. I see how the chap, whoever he was, got in.
"Gentlemen who have been discarded by one young lady are often apt to attach themselves without delay to another, sir. It is what is known as a gesture." I began to grasp. "I see what you mean. Defiant stuff." "Yes, sir." "A sort of 'Oh, right-ho, please yourself, but if you don't want me, there are plenty who do." "Precisely, sir. My Cousin George "
"Right-ho! Good scheme! I've got to the top of this page." Aline took the paper-covered book. "'Seven guns covered him with deadly precision. Did you get as far as that?" "Yes; just beyond. It's a bit thick, don't you know!
He had not been up since dawn; his boy had only brought him his cup of early tea half an hour ago, yet he was bathed and shaved and as neatly dressed as the most fastidious woman could desire. "Right-ho!" Michael shouted back. "Don't wait for me." "I should jolly well think I won't! Who'd be such an ass?"
If we don't get it up in a jiffy we shall have the bobbies after us!" cried Harry frantically, whereupon John doubled back into his own garden, and by perilous graspings of ivy trunks and projecting bricks scaled to the top and eased the line from its grip. "Right-ho!" he cried, lifting his face to the opposite window. "Pull, Russell! pull for your life!"
But he was afraid that his friend might drift into a very undesirable friendship with her. She would enjoy his simplicity, for he seemed to have been born without guile, while his intellectual fascination was not to be denied. Michael was generous, impetuous and reckless. "I'm not going to disturb you," Freddy said. "We'll meet at lunch." "Right-ho!" Michael said. "I've almost finished."
'All right, then, I'll bet a penny I'm right. He drew a deep breath, as who should say, 'It's a lot of money, but it's worth risking it. 'You'll lose that penny, old chap, said Robinson. 'That's to say, he added thoughtfully, 'if you ever pay up. 'You've got us as witnesses, said Dimsdale. 'We'll see that he shells out. Scott, remember you're a witness. 'Right-ho, said Scott.
"Howdy, Jim," the giant called to him, as he drew up beside the carpenter. Jim returned his greeting. "I'll come along, Peter," he said. "Guess I need a word with Restless first." "Right-ho." Jim turned to the man at his side. "I won't need those buildings," he said briefly. "But I ordered " Jim cut him short. "I'll pay you anything I owe you. You can let me know how much."
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