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Bessie looked through the keyhole after a long pause, and saw the two walking up and down as usual, Torpenhow's hand on Dick's shoulder. Hereat she said something so improper that it shocked even Binkie, who was dribbling patiently on the landing with the hope of seeing his master again.
He did not even get the prize poem, which all his friends said he was sure of. After leaving college he became Private Secretary to Lord Binkie, and was then appointed Attache to the Legation at Pumpernickel, which post he filled with perfect honour, and brought home despatches, consisting of Strasburg pie, to the Foreign Minister of the day. Then he became a friend of Mr.
'You'll be buried in Kensal Green, Dick, one of these days, if it isn't closed by the time you want to go there buried within two feet of some one else, his wife and his family. 'Allah forbid! I shall get away before that time comes. Give a man room to stretch his legs, Mr. Binkie. Dick flung himself down on the sofa and tweaked Binkie's velvet ears, yawning heavily the while.
She and Sir Pitt performed the same salute with great gravity; but Rawdon, having been smoking, hung back rather from his sister-in-law, whose two children came up to their cousin; and, while Matilda held out her hand and kissed him, Pitt Binkie Southdown, the son and heir, stood aloof rather and examined him as a little dog does a big dog.
No, she shall laugh right out of the canvas, and every man and woman that ever had a sorrow of their own shall what is it the poem says? 'Understand the speech and feel a stir Of fellowship in all disastrous fight. "In all disastrous fight"? That's better than painting the thing merely to pique Maisie. I can do it now because I have it inside me. Binkie, I'm going to hold you up by your tail.
I never saw Bink again he joined the flying corps and came down in Flanders with five bullets through his head. Well, after Binkie went, I didn't care a hang what happened. We put in another twenty-four hours in the trenches and then we started on our long march up north.
Haggistoun, Colonel Haggistoun's widow, a relation of Lord Binkie, and always talking of him, struck the dear unsophisticated girls as rather haughty, and too much inclined to talk about her great relations: but Rhoda was everything they could wish the frankest, kindest, most agreeable creature wanting a little polish, but so good-natured. The girls Christian-named each other at once.
He turned over a few half-finished sketches, drummed on a new canvas, cleaned three brushes, set Binkie to bite the toes of the lay figure, rattled through his collection of arms and accoutrements, and then went out abruptly, declaring that he had done enough for the day. 'This is positively indecent, said Torpenhow, 'and the first time that Dick has ever broken up a light morning.
"Jump in, grey girl and avaunt all seriousness. Do you mind having Binks on your lap?" "Do I mind?" she answered reproachfully. "Did you hear that, Binkie? He's insulting you." But Binks was claiming his share of the Blue Bird and refused to take offence. He just opened one brown eye and looked at her, and then he went peacefully to sleep again.
Binkie. He pitched him on the Nilghai's stomach, as the big man lay at ease, and Binkie pretended to destroy the Nilghai inch by inch, till a sofa cushion extinguished him, and panting he stuck out his tongue at the company. 'The Binkie-boy went for a walk this morning before you were up, Torp.
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