arvie

Updated: June 5, 2025

"Well, I must be goin'; thank yer fur yer trouble, mum." "No trouble, my boy mind the step." "It is gone. I'll bring a piece of board round some night and mend it for you, if you like; I'm learnin' the carpenterin'; I kin nearly make a door. Tell yer what, I'll send the old woman round to-night to fix up Arvie and lend yer a hand." "No, thank you.

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils

I wonder whether he was changed after all or, was it I? A man does seem to get out of touch with the bush after living in cities for eight or ten years. "Does Arvie live here, old woman?" "Why?" "Strike me dead! carn't yer answer a civil queschin?" "How dare you talk to me like that, you young larrikin! Be off! or I'll send for a policeman." "Blarst the cops! D'yer think I cares for 'em?

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils

There was something wrong with the alarm-clock, or else Mrs Aspinall had made a mistake, for the gong sounded startlingly in the dead of night. She woke with a painful start, and lay still, expecting to hear Arvie get up; but he made no sign.

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils

The touching incident was worn out in another paragraph, which left no doubt that the benevolent society lady was none other than a charming and accomplished daughter of the House of Grinder. It was late in the last day of the Easter Holidays, during which Arvie Aspinall had lain in bed with a bad cold. He was still what he called "croopy."

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils