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"Yeth," lisped the Deacon; "if a man canna afford to College his son, he had better put him in hith business if he hath ainy business left to thpeak o', that ith!" The brake swung on through merry cornfields where reapers were at work, past happy brooks flashing to the sun, through the solemn hush of ancient and mysterious woods, beneath the great white-moving clouds and blue spaces of the sky.
You mutht thee our people, my dear, afore we thpeak of bithnith, or they'll break their hearth ethpethially the women. Here'th Jothphine hath been and got married to E. W. B. Childerth, and thee hath got a boy, and though he'th only three yearth old, he thtickth on to any pony you can bring againtht him.
To thpeak plain to you, my opinion ith that you had better cut it thort, and drop it. They're a very good natur'd people, my people, but they're accuthtomed to be quick in their movementh; and if you don't act upon my advithe, I'm damned if I don't believe they'll pith you out o' winder. Mr. Bounderby being restrained by this mild suggestion, Mr.
"'That's right, says the cook. 'Tumm, you're right. "'T' thpeak t' me! says she. "I wisht she hadn't spoke quite that way. Lord! it wasn't nice. It makes a man feel bad t' see a woman hit her buzzom for a little thing like that. "'Ay, Liz, says I, 't' speak t' you. An' I'm thinkin', Liz, says I, 'he'll say things no man ever said afore t' you. "'That's right, Tumm, says the cook.
Tommy shook her head. "I'm tho thorry I teathed you, Buthter, but you know that you do need exerthithe," repeated Tommy. "Tommy!" expostulated Margery hopelessly. "There! You did thpeak to me! you did thpeak to me!" cried Tommy, dancing about and clapping her hands. "You didn't mean it at all. You thee, I knew you didn't really and truly mean it. Oh, I'm tho glad!"
You proceed in exactly the same manner with the other cardinal points, East, South and West, and that is what is called 'boxing the compass. Do you think you understand, Miss Burrell?" "I have at least a start," replied Harriet smilingly. "I haven't," declared Tommy with emphasis. "I couldn't thpeak at all if I repeated that awful thtuff."
"Ess?" said the Deacon unpleasantly. He puckered his brow and blinked, pretending not to understand. "Oh, a cuddy, ye know," said Toddle, colouring. "Gourlay'th stupid enough," lisped the Deacon; "we all know that. But there'th one thing to be said on hith behalf. He's not such a 'demned ess' as to try and thpeak fancy English!"
"They are watching us," announced the captain, who had been examining the oncoming ship through his glass. "They think we may be coming out to speak to them," he added with a chuckle. "We don't thpeak thhipth in the daylight," answered Tommy, drawing a quick glance from the captain.
More than that: thith ith a prethiouth rathcal, and belongth to that bluthtering Cove that my people nearly pitht out o' winder. It'll be a dark night; I've got a horthe that'll do anything but thpeak; I've got a pony that'll go fifteen mile an hour with Childerth driving of him; I've got a dog that'll keep a man to one plathe four-and-twenty hourth. Get a word with the young Thquire.
On the morning on which we take up our Glanyravon narrative Miss Nugent is inflicting herself upon Miss Gwynne, who longs to tell her to go away, but is too polite to do so. 'You know, Freda, she says, 'I have been longing to be of age for yearth. Mamma ath been tho thrict, and kept me tho clothe, that I never dared to thpeak to a gentleman. Now I can do ath I like.
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