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To Vic she seemed exquisitely beautiful. "But now?" somebody queried. "Oh, now, she'll be sensible, and the Professor will take advantage of 'now. He won't wait till it's too late. Great hat! there goes the bell." And the girls scuttled away. Vic came in and sat down by the window through which one may find an empire for the looking. "Burgess was right," he said to himself.
"What now?" thought the sleepy major, as he scuttled down-stairs in slippers and dressing-gown. "Who's there?" he growled, as he unbolted the door. That fire down the line had made people nervous. There was no saying how it started. "It is Mayhew, sir," said a solemn voice. "I've come not hoping, only praying, I may find my daughter here." "Good God!" said Stannard.
He scuttled away with his odd Chinese gait and threw open the door. Standing before me I saw my friend Detective Sergeant Durham, and with him a remarkably tall and very large-boned man whose square-jawed face was deeply tanned and whose aspect was dourly Scottish.
He must not refuse his duty, or be in any way disobedient, but all the work that an officer gets out of him, he may be welcome to. Every man who has been three months at sea knows how to ``work Tom Cox's traverse'' ``three turns round the long-boat, and a pull at the scuttled butt. This morning everything went in this way. ``Sogering'' was the order of the day.
Most of the animals, on awaking and seeing their foes, scuttled off in their usual fashion into the water. One old bull, however, a large and savage-looking creature, indignant at having his family thus destroyed, charged at Paul, who was unable to turn and defend himself.
"Why, if there isn't a man's head in the canal!" suddenly cried little Jem. "Looky there! isn't that a man's head? Yes; it's a drownded man!" "A drownded man, as I live!" ejaculated old Doubleyear. "Let's get him out, and see!" cried Peggy. "Perhaps the poor soul's not quite gone." Little Jem scuttled off to the edge of the canal, followed by the two old people.
As the school-ma'ams came within earshot: "It's beastly hot," he boomed to us, "what do you say to a swim?" And he took off his coat, he took off his waistcoat, he took off his necktie, he unbuttoned his collar, but already the school-ma'ams had scuttled away, the more daring glancing back once or twice as they went, their dismay tempered by curiosity.
YE PEOPLE! what will ye gathering in arms? Wot ye not that ye are doing or shall do great harm, loss, and hurt to the king's lieges " He stopped; Jack Straw's hand was lowered for the second time. He looked to his men right and left, and then turned rein and turned tail, and scuttled back to the main body at his swiftest.
He was again intercepted, this time by the nephew, who darted out from behind his counter and said something about a better line of oranges. The boy's hesitation vanished; he almost scuttled into the obscurity of the orange corner. There was an expectant turn of public attention towards the door, and the tall, bearded stranger made a really effective entrance. The aunt of Mrs.
Her eyes and ears were ever alert; she tossed her head and snorted when a deer broke cover or a jack-rabbit scuttled out of her path; she showed a friendly interest in the awkward calves which stood and eyed her with such amazement and then galloped stiffly off with tails high arched.
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