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I hope so too," added Squire Pemberton. The squire thought, evidently, that this ought to settle the question. If he hoped so, that was enough. "Then you are a traitor, too. That's all I've got to say," replied Tom, boldly. "You scoundrel! How dare you use such a word to me!" roared the squire, as he moved towards the blunt-spoken little patriot.
"Ay, and so't ought to," retorted the blunt-spoken old skipper. "I've served you now a matter of over thirty years, and you've never yet had to find fault wi' my judgment. And you won't find it wrong either in that there matter o' Garge." After which the subject was dropped, and the pair proceeded to the discussion of various matters which have no bearing upon the present history.
He knew that the horrors suggested by Dyer were true, and the knowledge that his brother was exposed to such frightful perils might even at that precise instant be the victim of them held him tongue-tied, for how could he confirm this blunt-spoken sailor's statement, knowing that if he did so he would be condemning his dearly-loved mother to an indefinite period of heart- racking anguish and anxiety that might well end in destroying her reason if indeed it did not slay her outright?
His parents already knew something about the proposed journey, so they were not much surprised. They had seen Mr. Fowler and talked it over with the manufacturer. Mrs. North did what she could to get Jack's outfit ready for him. "I'll be glad to leave such fellows as Fret Offut behind," said Jack, to his father. "Fret Offut is a bully and a fool," said Mr. North, who was a blunt-spoken man.
And one day a blunt-spoken rustic neighbor, observing him at his toil early and late, had said: "John Crawford, you are a fool! You do too much work! You have a fine constitution, and think that you can take liberties with it; but some day it will pay you, mark my words!
Scot was a man of uncommonly serious temperament, a plain, blunt-spoken, church-going Englishman who covered the whole ground of superstition without turning one phrase less serious than another. His pupil, if so Harsnett may be called, wrote earnestly, even aggressively, but with a sarcastic and bitter humor that entertained the reader and was much less likely to convince.
It was a sturdy attitude no doubt; but the Court of Charles was hardly a scene in which it could be assumed with safety. In that tainted atmosphere blunt-spoken sincerity could scarcely breathe. Clarendon had attempted to make the House of Lords a buttress to the royal prerogative.
With Wilkin Flammock, Henry held much conference, particularly on his subject of manufactures and commerce; on which the sound- headed, though blunt-spoken Fleming, was well qualified to instruct an intelligent monarch.
Now, you see, I'm a plain, blunt-spoken sort of chap I ask people straight questions. What did you go into his room to talk to him about?" "Business!" she replied, with a directness which impressed both men. "Mere business. He and I had several conversations on board the Perisco I made out he was a clever business man.
While cruel, treacherous, and a killer, The Spider had nothing small or mean about him. And subtle to a degree, he hated the blunt-spoken, blustering Malvey, but for reasons unadvertised, called him friend. "Have a drink?" "Thanks." And Pete poured himself a noticeably small quantity. "This is Malvey Bull Malvey," said The Spider, hesitating for Pete to name himself. "Pete's my name.
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