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"I might feel injured," I answered, "if I didn't reflect that they don't rave about ME." "Don't be too sure! I'll grant that he's a gentleman," Gravener presently added, "if you'll admit that he's a scamp." "I don't know which to admire most, your logic or your benevolence." My friend coloured at this, but he didn't change the subject. "Where did they pick him up?"
"I'd rather neither of you would sit up on my account," protested Westerfelt; "I'm all right; I'll sleep like a log till breakfast. I don't want to be such a bother." "You ain't a bit of trouble," replied Mrs. Floyd, in a tone that was almost tender. "We are only glad to be able to help. When I saw that cowardly scamp draw his pistol and knife on you, I could 'a' killed him.
A promise was a promise, even if made to a scamp; and then, besides but there I hesitated; awful thoughts interposed to check me; else I wished to suggest that, perhaps, some two or three among that half dozen kings might also be scamps. However, I reduced the case to this plain dilemma: These six kings had received a promise, or they had not.
"But this lord is an outlaw who was once a monk down at Malbank in the south; and hath renounced his flock and gathered together a crew as unholy as himself. And the story goes that he did it all for the sake of a girl who scorned him. So he will be lord of all, and God of no account so far as I can see. And the name of this almighty scamp, Messire-" "Is Galors de Born," put in Prosper.
It's that Dan Stringer." "He's got hold of a regular scamp, then. I never knew any good of Dan Stringer," said the archdeacon. Then Mrs Grantly was told, and the whole story was repeated again, with many expressions of commiseration in reference to all the Crawleys. The archdeacon did not join in these at first, being rather shy on that head.
"It isn't really heartless or unkind," he comforted her. "We have to go on with our work. We can't lay it down or scamp it just because dear Granny's work is done. It is no more wrong for you to go back to your play than it is for me to go back to my doctoring." "I know," sighed Tony. "But I can't help feeling remorseful.
And then she came into the room, and said quite quietly, as if she knew he was there, though she never looked under the bed: 'Oh, Scamp! how could you? And his broad tail went thump, thump against the floor. So he was dragged out and whipped, and he felt very much ashamed of himself. Oh dear! if he could only get back to them all he would never do such naughty things again!
The theft is proved upon the graceless scamp, and he is sent to the house of correction, while Tony is borne in triumph by the club to his home. Near the close of the story, Tony's brother, who has long been mourned as dead, returns home from California, with a large fortune in his possession.
Your young protege, however, was absent the scamp! but he had provided a good nurse to take his place in the person of Mrs Jones." "I know her well," said I; "she is a capital nurse. Little Slidder has, I am told, been here in your absence, but unfortunately the maid who opened the door to him would not let him see me, as I happened to be asleep at the time. However, he'll be sure to call again.
Tell the abbe who we are, make him laugh, soften his heart, coax him and persuade him!" "No, it is impossible." He drew his chair close to mine, and as he knew my special weakness, the scamp continued: "Just think what a swaggering thing it will be to do and how amusing to tell about; the whole army will talk about it, and it will give you a famous reputation."
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