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At this the other consented to come. Together they staggered out, not seeing Sir Robert, and went off down the street, "'Enery" talking as they went. The General stood and listened as the man's voice died down. "Good for yer, old pal. But 'E died to save us hall, 'E did. Made a bloomer of it, I reckon. Didn't save us from the bloody trenches not as I can see, any'ow.
Meanwhile, if I were you, I should spread a mattress underneath that perch of his before I went to bed. I should like him handed over to me in reasonable repair." "It will deaden the sound a bit, any'ow," agreed Mrs. Postwhistle. "Success to temperance," drank Mr. Clodd, and rose to go. "I take it you've fixed things up all right for yourself," said Mrs.
"I got one, fer keeps, any'ow," said Horace in the silence that followed the brief racket; "I see 'im drop 'is knife an' fall back'ards...." Perfect silence and then ... bang ... and a man standing beside Horace grunted, coughed, and scuffled on the ground. "Get down! Get down! You fools," cried Horace, who was himself standing up. "Wha's the good of a square sungar if you stands up in it?
Nesbit's voice clipped out some pert objection. "Potted the beggar, any'ow see for yourself go-down 's afire." "Saves us the trouble of burning it." The other voice moved away, with a parting rebuke. "No more of that, sniping and squandering. Wait till they rush you." Rudolph lifted his head from the dust. "Maurice!" he called feebly. "Maurice, let me in!"
Come, bathe, old fool, and be young, and a companion fer me, and we'll stay here fer ever! "'Course, I knew he must be barmy though 'ow he got me up that cliff certainly is a mystery! Any'ow, I thought I'd better 'umour 'im a bit. So I starts to undress; and then I pauses. "'Any beer here? I asks. "'Beer, what do you want vile beer for, when there's necktie fit fer the gords to drink? says 'e.
"Don't dine on the professor's old papers by mistake," he cried, as he vanished down the street. Dr. Laidlaw went up to his study at the top of the house. Half way down he met his housekeeper, Mrs. Fewings. She was flustered and excited, and her face was very red and perspiring. "There've been burglars here," she cried excitedly, "or something funny! All your things is just any'ow, sir.
"'Ave you read the papers?" said he. "Sometimes," I said, "We 'ad read the papers, an' we put hup a faked decoity, a a sedukshun." "Abdukshin, ye cockney," said Mulvaney. "Abdukshin or sedukshun no great odds. Any'ow, we arranged to taik an' put Mister Benhira out o' the way till Thursday was hover, or 'e too busy to rux 'isself about p'raids.
An' 'e'll get the best o' my grass till 'e goes." "Rubbish!" said Bob, much embarrassed. "Awfully good of you, Mr. Howard, but that wasn't the agreement. I know I'm not worth wages yet." "Oh, ain't you?" Joe asked. "Well, there's two opinions about that. Any'ow, 'e's yours, an' I've christened 'im Captin, so there ain't no way out of it." He rose, cutting short further protests.
'Ortheris, I answered sternly, for I knew what was in his mind,'do you mean to say that 'I didn't mean to arx money o' you, any'ow, said Ortheris; 'I'd 'a' sold you the dorg good an' cheap, but but I know Mulvaney'll want somethin' after we've walked 'im orf, an' I ain't got nothin', nor 'e 'asn't neither. I'd sooner sell you the dorg, Sir. 'S trewth I would!
He ain't a beauty, any'ow." "Is he tall?" "Tall? Well, no, I shouldn't say tall, Mr. Anne." "Well, then, is he short?" "Short? No, I don't think I would say he was what you would call short. No, not piticular short, sir." "Then, I suppose, he must be about the middle height?" "Well, you might say it, sir; but not remarkable so." I smothered an oath. "Is he clean-shaved?" I tried him again.
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