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She had expected resistance, and prepared to cope with it. To her utter amazement, there was a ripping, tearing sound, and she found herself suddenly prone upon the floor of the most mysterious room in the house! The reason for this being that the door at the top was covered on the inner side with only a layer or two of wall-paper, and no article of furniture happened to stand in front of it.
The object of a lancet is to lance; when used for slashing, gashing, ripping, lopping off heads and limbs, it is a disappointing instrument. If a man found a coil of rope in a desert he could at least think of all the things that can be done with a coil of rope; and some of them might even be practical. He could tow a boat or lasso a horse. He could play cat's-cradle, or pick oakum.
This cozy room, this roaring fire," he interrupted himself to glance through the nearest window "a ripping old snow-storm outside, that's getting worse every minute, and the exhilarating sense that though we're prisoners, we've already taken two perfectly good prisoners of our own; what more could one ask to make an afternoon in the country really pleasant?"
The low moaning sound that had followed the first appearance of the storm, gave place to a sullen roar, and then, of a sudden, the thing struck the Halfmoon, ripping her remaining canvas from her as if it had been wrought from tissue paper, and with the flying canvas, spars, and cordage went the mainmast, snapping ten feet above the deck, and crashing over the starboard bow with a noise and jar that rose above the bellowing of the typhoon.
This was hailed as a good proposal, though some were of opinion it was too gentle. However, it was agreed to, with this addition, that the culprit's capote should be cut to pieces. In order to accomplish the latter part of the ceremony with more ease, one of the men removed the capote by the simple process of ripping the back up to the neck, and slitting the sleeves with a scalping-knife.
"And if one thought ahead, including a mare, doesn't take the other fellow's breath away this time, I'm not your humble servant, Charley Le Grant." "But can you manage the boat alone?" he asked, on Friday. "Remember, we've a ripping big sail on her."
"Besides, I'm not going to go all my life without any family. It wouldn't be fair; and you've no right to expect it. I say, how jolly you're looking!" "Jolly!" said the duchess thickly. "Well, pretty then. And your figure is better than ever perfectly ripping," said the duke with enthusiasm. "You can leave me out of it!" cried the duchess in a tone of the last exasperation.
"Look out for me to-morrow," he whispered; "three o'clock. I'll wait for you in the road; it'll save time. We'll have a ripping ride." He gazed back at her from the lodge gate, and, but for the principles of a man about town, would have waved his hand. He felt in no mood to tolerate his uncle's conversation. But he was not in danger.
He laughed, as he leant against the door. "She did look ripping in that white frock," he said, "with her hair " "Stop," said I firmly. "She looked just like a lot of other girls." "I'm hanged if she did!" said Hilary. Then he glanced at me with a puzzled sort of expression. "I say, old man, weren't you ever that way yourself?" he asked. I hailed a hansom cab.
I should like to tar and feather the man, he said. 'We can't do that, I said, 'but why not tar and feather his statue? I said. So we thought we would. Ye know where the statue is, I suppose? It's in the recreation ground just across the river." "I know the place," said Clowes. "Go on. This is ripping.
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