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Copplestone, keeping a sharp eye on the groaning and sputtering agent, contrived at the same time to turn a corner of it on Marston Greyle. That momentary glance showed him much. The Squire was mortally afraid of his man. That was certain as certain as that they were there.
He had got reconciled to the whole thing, and ceased to bother his head about the big wheel, the sputtering steam, and the walking beam; so he seated himself, and began to wonder what all the people in Riverdale were about.
The dripping-pan, where crackled a rain of grease, filled with its continual sputtering the intervals of these thousand dialogues, which intermingled from one end of the apartment to the other. In the midst of this uproar, at the extremity of the tavern, on the bench inside the chimney, sat a philosopher meditating with his feet in the ashes and his eyes on the brands. It was Pierre Gringoire.
They did not take the path around the pond, but plunged through the muddy water, without even lifting their skirts. They came on, screaming and clawing the air. By this time Ambrosch had come to his senses and was sputtering with nosebleed. Jake sprang into his saddle. 'Let's get out of this, Jim, he called. Mrs.
"We demand our rights as " began Mr. Wigglesworth heatedly. "Excuse me, sir. 'A should like to enquir-r-e if it is your-r or-rder-rs that your-r for-r-man should use blasphemious language to your-r men?" The cool, firm, rasping voice cut through Mr. Wigglesworth's sputtering noise like a circular saw through a pine log. Mr. Maitland turned sharply upon the speaker.
"I don't know. That is what I am trying to find out." "My grathiouth! Maybe the captain is going to run away with the 'Thilly Thue'." "No. Come to think of it, I believe he must be getting the boat ready for our sail to-morrow." "Not without a light. There ith thomething else going on. Oh, look!" Following a period of silence, blue sparks began sputtering from the masthead of the "Sister Sue."
They were all right when well handled, and this Rolf could do better than Van, for he was "raised on oxen," and Van's over voluble, sputtering, Dutch-English seemed ill comprehended of the massive yoke beasts. The simpler whip-waving and fewer orders of the Yankee were so obviously successful that Van had resigned the whip of authority and Rolf was driver.
The whole procession staggered in, a choking, coughing, sputtering crowd, and from one end of the line to the other rose imprecations on the weather, in every language known to Europe. As E and I stood there, beating the dust off our clothes and looking for some sign of S , one of the foreign ministers came up to us, raising an immaculate gray hat, in sharp contrast to a very dusty overcoat.
For decoration there were a beautiful copy of the Sistine Madonna, several photographs signed with names well known out in the great world beyond the mountains, and a festoon of pine cones such as a child might gather and hang. From the little lean-to kitchen the sound of the sputtering suddenly ceased, and at the door appeared a pair of dark, wistful eyes. "Daddy!" called the owner of the eyes.
Besides, the lady doubtless expected to be entertained at Verrey's or possibly even at Charbonnel's. But Julian had resolved to throw himself upon the lady's hospitality. "It's an awful day," he said. The lady assented, adding that she had not been out. "We are very cosey here," Julian continued, gazing at the small fire that was sputtering in the grate. The lady looked gratified.
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