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Updated: June 27, 2025
These letters and papers are signed, respectively, by the following names: Alexander Van Dusen; Thomas Boult & Co.; E. F. Mayo; Geo. P. Harper; Browne, Sherman & Co.; Hammett & Co.; Charles A. Herbert; Geo.
Here is the right royal seal of Pantagruel, clean-cut and clearly stamped, and unincrusted with any flake of dirt from the dubious finger of Panurge. In the comic parts of those plays in which the humour is rank and flagrant that exhales from the lips of Lucio, of Boult, or of Thersites, there is no trace or glimpse of Rabelais.
Bessie is not strong," Bessie's mother would plead; and George Boult would snort the suggestion to scorn. "A little extra work would be the best physic for Miss Bessie." She had put on a good stone of flesh since he had seen her last, he would declare. Work never killed half the women that idleness killed.
He was a rich man himself, and going, he would see to it, to be richer, but the income of the Forcuses he knew was perhaps seven times as much as his own; and he was one of that large body of good sort of people who love to be in the society of men richer than themselves. "We so much enjoyed the concert, Mr. Boult," Deleah said to him. "The concert?" Mr. Boult repeated.
"You are extremely well known to me by sight," he went on, still exercising the visitor's hand. "I should say there are few people in Brockenham better known to me by sight." "I go past your place pretty often," Reggie admitted. "You'd see me four or five times a day if you were looking out." "Oh, I'm not always behind my own shop window," Mr. Boult said, not too well pleased.
But even if the tendency of criticism had run the other way, this ballad would have gone far to prove itself. I can well understand the reluctance of worthy persons in this matter; for of course it is unpleasant to think of a man of genius as one who held, in the words of Marina to Boult- "A place, for which the pained'st fiend Of hell would not in reputation change."
When these four documents are placed together, each with its inclosure, a story is told that seems clear enough to explain itself to the greenest fool in the world. These fellows Boult and the rest of them, I mean are lottery sharks. Now, those who buy lottery tickets are very silly and credulous, or very lazy, or both. They want to get money without earning it.
"I wish we could chuck it in his face," Bernard said; he was well on his way, poor boy, to exemplify the truth of the proverb that scornful dogs eat dirty puddings. "Of all the people who have given, Mr. Boult is the one I would most love to send his money back to," Bessie agreed.
"You shouldn't shake hands with a lady with your glove on, Mr. Boult." At that he drew back the hand, put on his hat, and walked away. "Good-afternoon, Mr. Boult." "Yah! Yah!" Mr. Boult responded from the landing. And as he went down the dark staircase and out at the private door he said to himself some words the reverse of complimentary to Miss Bessie. When Beauty Calls "Oh, Reggie!"
When at length he took to coming in again for his screw of sweets, Mrs. Day would look away from him resentfully, leaving him to Mr. Pretty to serve. She could not bring herself to speak to the child who was alive and well, and happy with his acid-drops, while Franky lay in his grave. Of the company of Mr. Boult at that time the Days had more than enough. Mr.
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