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At noon Maggie came upstairs, holding at arm's length a book. She kept her face averted, and gave me a slanting and outraged glance. "This is a nice place we've come to," she said, acidly. "Murder in the telephone and anti-Christ in the fruit cellar!" "Why, Maggie," I expostulated. "If these books stay, I go, and that's flat, Miss Agnes," was her ipse dixit.
"They say that she's delighted," said Winsome. "That's a lee, at ony rate!" said the mistress of Craig Ronald, without a moment's hesitation. She knew the Lady Elizabeth, "They say," said Winsome, "that Jess can make them do all that she wants at the Castle." "Gin she gars them pit doon new carpets, she'll do wonders," said her grandmother, acidly.
"My dear fellow," he said acidly, "I'll bet you half a crown that wherever that milkman comes to a real stop I'll find out something curious." "My resources are equal to that risk," I said, laughing. "Done." We walked on for about a quarter of an hour in silence in the trail of the mysterious milkman.
'Oh, she's a decent enough little girl, I can see. But you're a silly fellow for all that. You couldn't have deceived me, you know. If there'd been anything you understand? I should have spotted it at once. 'I don't relish this kind of talk, observed Widdowson acidly. 'In plain English, you supposed I was going to marry some one about whom I couldn't confess the truth. 'Of course I did.
"Which," said Calhoun acidly, "would give you some satisfaction but not an ounce of food! And food's more important than satisfaction. Now, I'm going to take off for Weald again. I'll want somebody to build an emergency device for my ship, and I'll want the four pilots I've trained and twenty more candidates. And I'd like to have some decent rations!
"It takes a long time to get custom out of the blood, especially when it is part of the religion. I'm afraid that expediency isn't the motto of those who try to civilise the Orient and the East." "I believe in struggling openly for principle," she observed a little acidly. "Have you succeeded?" he asked, trying to keep his gravity. "How about your own household, for instance?
"I cry you mercy!" said she acidly, and rustled to the bench. "Be seated, pray." She continued to watch them with her baleful glance. "We have heard fine things from you, sir, of what you have both done for my Lord Rotherby," she gibed, mocking him with the spirit of his half-jest. "Shall I tell you more precisely what 'tis he owes you?" "Can there be more?" quoth Mr.
They'll be sendin' ambassadors round in half a shake to beg us not to tell the school. It's a deuced serious business for them," said McTurk. "Poor Sixth poor old Sixth!" "Immoral young rips," Stalky snorted. "What an example to pure-souled boys like you and me!" And the Sixth in Carson's study sat aghast, glowering at Tulke, who was on the edge of tears. "Well," said the head-prefect acidly.
"Pacing the quarter-deck, my boy. Scanning the horizon. That is what one usually does at sea, I believe." "You'll be wanting us to call you Admiral next," said the Sea Monster acidly. They steamed on. Twenty minutes and seventy-six large breakfast fish later they sighted the island a little smudge on the horizon, dead ahead. "Land ho!" a voice croaked. "Thank heavens." David turned in surprise.
I think it's the prettiest name in the world." Which he hadn't meant to say at all. In fact, he was perfectly aghast to find himself saying it. But he meant it. At supper he passed her things, and stared, until everybody laughed again, and Eva said acidly, "Why don't you feed her?" It wasn't that Emily had an air of helplessness.
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