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Only that his throat hurt too bad to swallow; so Maw tied up his topknot so tight it near pulled it out: that was to lift his palate, because dropped palates make sore throats. "Georgie didn't get any better. When the teachers come Monday morning to tote us to the Center, they begged to take Georgie to the doctor.
What hour it was or what time had passed I cannot say, when a bird that was chained on a perch before me a very quaint bird, with a topknot awry, and black, heavy bill, and ragged gorgeousness of plumage the only object between my lids and darkness, suddenly, in the midst of the singing, let loose a hoarse laugh that was followed by peals of laughter from the other birds.
Thus crying, the heralds made the circle of the village. The guests soon arrived. In front of the tent was a pole stuck in the ground and painted red, and at the top of the pole was fastened the bird of variegated colors; its wings stretched out to their full length and the beautiful white waving so beautifully from its topknot, it was the center of attraction.
Each took a pinch, and the gentlemen sneezed like mortars. “Reverendissime,” said Skoluba with a sneeze, “that is fine tobacco, it goes way up to your topknot. Never since I have worn a nose”—here he stroked his long nose—“have I met its like”—here he sneezed a second time. “It is real Bernardine, doubtless made in Kowno, a city famous throughout the world for tobacco and mead. I was there in——”
"Oh, what a load is lightened. Oh, days to come!" Voices in the conservatory suddenly made her heart beat violently. He was coming! She heard James say oh, the rogue! "Yes, it's rather nice. We put it up directly we came. Lucy's idea. Mind the little step at the door, though." Urquhart, Francis Lingen were in the room Francis' topknot stood up like a bottle-brush.
The Japanese advisers instituted a number of sumptuary laws that stirred the country to its depths, relating to the length of pipes, style of dress, and the attiring of the hair of the people. Pipes were to be short, in place of the long bamboo churchwarden beloved by the Koreans. Sleeves were to be clipped. The topknot, worn by all Korean men, was at once to be cut off.
This had gone on for a week, when one day, after we had placed the Englishman on guard and were tramping back into the timber to see what our eyes and muskets could find, Pierre pointed to a bent tree. "It looks like a cow's back," he ruminated. "Trees are queer. Today, where we made camp, I saw a tree that looked like a Huron with his topknot." I stopped. "Where?" "I told the master.
"Well, I didn't tell, Hollis Clifford!" "So you didn't," said Grace. "But wouldn't it be nice if somebody should ask you to go somewhere to spend Christmas?" "Well, there is!" "O, Topknot," cried Horace, in mock distress, "you said you could keep a secret." Flyaway looked frightened. "What'd I do?" cried she; "I didn't tell nuffin 'bout the letter!"
Whether he ever did, you shall hear one of these days. "O, Topknot," said he, "your hair looks like a mop. Do you want all creation laughing at you? You'll mortify me to death." "You ought to water it. If you don't take better care o' your little sister, I won't never ride with you no more, Hollis Clifford!"
Now, Dessauer being bald and quite practicable as to his topknot, they endued him with the full dress of a monk. But at that time I saw not what was done with the Prince. For my conductor, a laughing, frolicsome lad, came for me and carried me off all in good faith, telling me the while that he hoped we should lodge together.
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