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"That is false; you yourself inserted the advertisement. But, on your own system, bad as it is, what did you want with the coat?" "It belonged to a man who had done me an ill-turn." "His name?" "I do not know his name; that is just what I wanted to find out I might have found his tailor's name on the coat, and then have discovered for whom the coat was made."
Poupart, though a most devoted adherent of the Cinq-Cygne family, had been sounded during the last day or two, by Colonel Giguet's valet, with so much cleverness and perseverance that he thought he was doing an ill-turn to the Comte de Gondreville, the enemy of the Cinq-Cygnes, by giving his influence to the election of Simon Giguet; and he was now conversing on that point with the man who accompanied him, an apothecary named Fromaget, who, as he did not furnish his wares to the chateau de Gondreville, desired nothing better than to cabal against the Kellers.
That is, you will acknowledge it if you think fit," hastily added the soldier "I have no right to dictate to you in anything." "And why the devil should any one do you this ill-turn?" "I do not know, Mr. Burgomaster but " "You do not know well, nor I either," said the burgomaster impatiently. "Zounds! what a many words about the carcass of an old horse!"
'I know him, said Sir John at length, and the tone of his voice made Larralde glance up with a sudden gleam in his eyes. There thus sprang into existence between them the closest of all bonds a common foe. 'The man has done me more than one ill-turn, said Larralde after a pause, and he drummed on the table with his cigarette-stained fingers.
And the Senora came to me, and said she, 'Juan Canito, you have been a long time in our house; but if ever I hear of your mentioning aught concerning the Senorita Ramona, on this estate or anywhere else in the country, that day you leave my service! And you'd not do me the ill-turn to speak of it, Alessandro, now?" said the old man, anxiously.
You're so new to me here in Tiverton! I want to get acquainted." Miss Dorcas suddenly felt as if she had been talking a great deal, and an overwhelming shyness fell upon her. "There isn't much to tell," she hesitated. "I don't know's anything'd happened to me for years, till father had his ill-turn in the spring, and we called you in. He don't seem to realize his sickness was anything much.
And so Edward bade his estimable parent farewell and departed. Nor in truth did he require any admonition from Mr. Cossey, Senior, to make him anxious to do Colonel Quaritch an ill-turn if the opportunity should serve. Mrs.
Sheriff," said Ralph, making the officer his politest bow, "to send a message to my father, who is probably anxious about us?" "And who is your father, young man?" asked the sheriff, not unkindly; "I should think you were doing him an ill-turn in taking to poaching at your early age." "My father is Mr. Hoyer, of Solheim," said the boy, not without some pride in the announcement.
Well, I was surprised like at his asking for my hand, and I doing him such an ill-turn. So then he said, 'Mr. Hodges, says he, 'why not? I never took away your bed from under you, so you can give me your hand, if I can give you mine." "Oh! what a beautiful nature! Ah! these are golden words. I hope for the credit of human nature you gave him your hand?" "Why, of course I did, sir.
Poor little harmless Maggie, who had never done her an ill-turn in her life. Really David had been too absurd when he proposed that Maggie should be sent home. David was a nice boy enough, but he was not to suppose that every one was to bow down to his Queen Flower.
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