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She could not refrain from bursting in upon them at this critical instant, and in less time than it takes to tell it she had bounded into the room. "A-hem, a-hem!" she coughed, pantingly; "but if you please, miss," turning and addressing herself to Iris, "the housekeeper is looking for you, and wants you to come to her."
All at the table, Master Kerneguy excepted, who seemed to think that good food of any kind required no apology, held up their hands in token of amazement. "Ay," said Wildrake, "the a-hem! I crave the lady's pardon again, from tip of top-knot to hem of farthingale but the cursed creature proved to be a parish nurse, who had been paid for the child half a year in advance.
"No, no, my dear sir; really, I I have a cold already. A-hem ach-oo!" The man of science, it seemed, had really developed serious bronchial trouble in record time. "Why, professor," said Jack mischievously, "haven't I heard you say that you'd like a chance to investigate such a phenomenon as this?" "Hum, yes yes, my young friend. I may have said so, yes.
No less changed was the lady's countenance. Mrs. Todd was mistified. But she was not long in doubt. "A-hem! Mrs. Todd, we have come to to as friends mutual friends to ask you" The lady's voice broke down; but two or three "a-hems!" partially restored it, and she went on. "To ask why you refused to to speak to Mrs. Jones?" "Why I refused to speak to Mrs. Jones?" said Mrs. Todd, her cheek flushing.
She always called me Sammy when she wanted to come over me. "Me tell? A person who can keep her own secrets can keep yours, Sammy. There are some things I never told your father." "Such as what?" sais I. "A-hem," said she. "A-hem such as he oughtn't to know, dear. Why, Sam, I am as secret as the grave! How is it, dear?" "Well," sais I, "I will tell you.
'Amen! said Barnes, as to a matter-of-fact affair. Some minutes after, the two were joined by Grossby, the confectioner, who listened to the news, and observed: 'Just like him! I'd have sworn he'd never take doctor's stuff'; and, nodding at Kilne, 'liked his medicine best, eh? 'Had a-hem! good lot of it, muttered Kilne, with a suddenly serious brow.
Said Stalky to Beetle: "I say, Beetle,quis custodet ipsos custodes?" "Don't ask me," said Beetle. "I'll have nothin' private with you. Ye can be as private as ye please the other end of the bench; and I wish ye a very good afternoon." McTurk yawned. "Well, ye should ha' come up to the lodge like Christians instead o' chasin' your a-hem boys through the length an' breadth of my covers.
'Amen! said Barnes, as to a matter-of-fact affair. Some minutes after, the two were joined by Grossby, the confectioner, who listened to the news, and observed: 'Just like him! I'd have sworn he'd never take doctor's stuff'; and, nodding at Kilne, 'liked his medicine best, eh? 'Had a-hem! good lot of it, muttered Kilne, with a suddenly serious brow.
And Gerda told her all; and the old woman shook her head and said, "A-hem! a-hem!" and when Gerda had told her everything, and asked her if she had not seen little Kay, the woman answered that he had not passed there, but he no doubt would come; and she told her not to be cast down, but taste her cherries, and look at her flowers, which were finer than any in a picture-book, each of which could tell a whole story.
"A-hem, sir," replied the ambassador, clearing his voice, while he arranged a suitable answer, in which the mild strain of diplomacy might be properly maintained; "not utterly hostile, I suppose, sir, is the invitation, though it be such as must be construed in the commencement rather bellicose and pugnacious.
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