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Then, turning over a few more pages, he came at the end of the volume to a few passages collected by Monsieur de la Brière, among them these reflections on the Eucharist culled from a manuscript of the fifteenth century: "Not every man can assimilate this meat; some there be who eat it not, but swallow it down in haste.
When the Queen stayed at Petit Trianon the passion of this unhappy man became still more annoying. He would hastily swallow a morsel at some eating-house, and spend all the rest of the day, even when it rained, in going round and round the garden, always walking at the edge of the moat.
"Roger has fainted with hunger, and lies a pallid heap on the floor, and Obadiah is gnawing his boots in his agony." "As long as he does not swallow the nails," said Bell, calmly, "it will do him no harm. Have the babes got the table ready?" "All ready, sister!" cried Kitty. "Cups and saucers and plates, and oh, Willy, we have forgotten the butter! Why do we always forget the butter?"
Lady Feng saw very well that she could not advance any excuses, and necessity obliged her to swallow the contents of two cups. In quick succession, however, the various young ladies also drew near her, and lady Feng was constrained again to take a sip from the cup each held.
"I heard by chance to-day that young Hennion had fallen a victim to the camp fever," he told the squire, "and only held my tongue before the ladies through not wishing to be the reporter of bad tidings though, as I understood it, neither Mrs. Meredith nor Miss Janice really wished the match." The father took time over a swallow of Madeira, then said: "'T is a grievous end for the good lad."
"Is there much stealing of diamonds by the miners?" demanded Mr. Parker. Handsome nodded. "Lots of it. They have to watch 'em all the time. They resort to all kinds of tricks to conceal stones they find. They used to swallow them, but when they were forced to take powerful emetics and other drugs, they soon got tired of that game. They also try to smuggle them across the border line.
"He comes and tells me now as that strip has always been the apple of his eye. . . . It's my belief he wants to grow roses against me; and what's more, it's my belief he'd swallow up all Rilla if he could; which is better land than his own, acre for acre. It angers him to live alongside a woman and be beaten by her at every point o' farmin'."
Women in civilized countries are at liberty to make their own lives; that is the supreme privilege of democracy. But the victims of the propelling power of the world are greatly to be pitied and Society should come to their rescue. I know that the obvious answer to this is "Socialism." But before the rest of us can swallow Socialism it must spew out its present Socialists and get new ones.
The shore was luxuriant, and the sun shone intemperately on the sea and the land, covering all with a fine beautiful haze, like the most exquisite powder sifted through the air. All on board the Bridgwater Merchant and the Swallow were in hearty spirits. There had been some sickness, but the general health of the expedition was excellent.
Ha! the desperate victim has the best of it; gripe harder, Jennings; she has twisted her fingers in your neckcloth, and you yourself are choking: fool! squeeze the swallow, can't you? try to make your fingers meet in the middle lower down, lower down, grasp the gullet, not the ears, man that's right; I told you so: tighter, tighter, tighter! again; ha, ha, ha, bravo! bravo! tighter, tighter, tighter!
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