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"There be guides and guides. I'll say nathin' about th' others, but there's nobody knaws this part of Cornwall like me. I was born and bred and knaw every inch of it. Before the waar I've had London ladies say to me: ''Ave you ever seen the Bay of Naples, or the Canaries? Oh, you should see them, Mr.
Where do you come from?" said my companion, a French officer. They stared uncomprehendingly. He spoke again, this time in Flemish: "Van waar komt gy? Waar gaat gy heen?" The man pointed with his hand vaguely in the direction of the Menin ridge. There followed a conversation of which I could make but little.
"Oi didn't mean to let out as it waar Luke," Bill said in confusion; "and oi promised him solemn to say nowt about it." "Well," Ned said, turning sharp round and starting on his way back to the village, "I must see Luke himself." Bill in great perplexity followed Ned, muttering: "Oh, Lor'! what ull Luke say to oi? What a fellow oi be to talk, to be sure!"
"Seize him, I say!" shouted Assheton, irritated at the resistance offered. "Keep off," cried Ashbead; "yo'd best. Loike a stag at bey ey'm dawngerous. Waar horns! waar horns! ey sey." The arquebussiers looked irresolute. It was evident Ashbead would only be taken with life, and they were not sure that it was their leader's purpose to destroy him.
But it is in no sense a prison-camp, for people are coming and going freely all the time, and the only rules within are those of decency and good order. "Capacity, ten thousand," says the commandant, sweeping his hand around the open circle, "quite a city, niet waar? I will show you the various arrangements."
The shrewd Peter Alrichs came to the widow's abode and asked to see Nanking. He brought with him the worshipful Beeckman, lord of all South River, except New Amstel's little territory, which reached from Christine Hill to Bombay Hook. They both put long questions to Nanking, and he showed them his burnt heel, still scarred by the fagots of the Susquehannocks. "Ik houd dat voor waar!
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