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I wondered vaguely whether Frank had had that eventuality in mind when he blockaded the door with his own gloomy person. "Tchah!" ejaculated Mrs. Banks with supreme contempt. "Do not talk that nonsense to me, but listen, now, to what I have to say. I will make everything quite plain to you.
"You've a past score to wipe out, my man!" he admonished him. "You've done something towards it, I confess; and you've shown your quality in doing it. That's why I offer you the governorship of Jamaica in His Majesty's name because I account you the fittest man for the office that I have seen." Blood bowed low. "Your lordship is very good. But...." "Tchah! There's no 'but' to it.
Hit me in the chest as hard as you can." I stood up in front of him, and punched him with the soft glove just below his chin. "Do you call that hard? Try again." I struck him again. "Better," he said; "but it wouldn't have killed a blue-bottle. Now you, Master Mercer." "I'll hit you hard, then, if you will not mind." "Tchah! just as if you could hurt me! Go on."
It's not a bit o' use." They turned to go back. "Well, the duckin' will be good for Potts' parki, anyhow," said the Boy in an angry and unsteady voice. "What do you mean?" "When he asked me to hand it to him I nearly stuck fast to it. It's all over syrup; and we don't wear furs at our meals." "Tchah!" The Colonel stopped with a face of loathing.
It was held in abeyance for the moment, and then became impossible, for peg, peg, peg, peg, Tom Bodger descended the steps till he was level with the gunwale of Aleck's boat, upon which one extremity was carefully planted, and careful aim taken at the first thwart. The sailor was about to swing himself in, when Aleck held out his hand "Catch hold!" he cried. "Tchah!
"Ye lads that are able Now come to the stable, And give all your horses some water and hay-y-y-y!" And the boy put his half-crippled fist to his lips and softly rang out the cavalry call. "Punch!" whispered Pen angrily, "how can you be such a fool?" "Tchah! Nobody can hear us. I wanted to cheer you up a bit. Well, it has stirred you up. There: all right, comrade. For'ard! We are safe enough here.
"Oh yes, you did; I could see what you meant. Do they bite to-day!" "I don't know," said Dexter dolefully. "But, I say, you couldn't have that boat if you wanted to." "Oh yes, I could if I liked." "But it isn't yours." "Tchah! couldn't you borrow it!" Dexter did not see how, and he climbed into the willow, while Bob went on fishing.
"Why?" returned the other. "That's a new way of receiving an invitation. Why, for pleasure sociability, you know, and all that." "I thought you were never sociable," said John in his plain way. "Tchah! It's of no use to be anything but free with you, I see," said Tackleton.
"I'm afraid I'm a great deal of trouble to you all," said Dexter, as he sat back, supported by a pillow, and looking very white, while from time to time he raised a bunch of Dan'l's choicest flowers to his nose. "Trouble? Tchah! And, look here! master said you was to have as much fruit as you liked. When'll you have another bunch o' grapes!"
And the papooses forget our tongue, and they make words out of strange drawings which the white med'cine man makes on a board. Tchah! We forget our fathers. We feed when your people give us food, and our young men are made to plough. We only hunt when we are told to hunt. Our life is easy, but it is not a brave's life." Nevil nodded, and chose his reply carefully.
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