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'Ah! said Mr Buckstone Wopples, with his mouth full, 'I knew it would knock 'em; that business of yours, father, with the writ is simply wonderful. All the family chorused 'Yes, and Mr Wopples admitted, with a modest smile, that it was wonderful. 'Practise, said Mr Wopples, waving a fork with a piece of cold beef at the end of it, 'makes perfect.
My dear Vandeloup, if you will permit me to call you so, my son Buckstone is truly a wonderful critic. Vandeloup smiled at this, and came to the conclusion that the Wopples family was a mutual admiration society. However, as it was now nearly twelve o'clock, he rose to take his leave.
Laura dressed and went out, thinking she was perhaps too early for Mr. Buckstone to come from the house, but as he lodged near the bookstore she would drop in there and keep a look out for him. While Laura is on her errand to find Mr.
Buckstone got the floor again and moved that the rules be suspended and the bill read a first time. Mr. Trollop "Second the motion!" The Speaker "It is moved and " Clamor of Voices. "Move we adjourn! Second the motion! Adjourn! Adjourn! Order! Order!" All those in favor " Voices "Division! Division! Ayes and nays! Ayes and nays!" It was decided to vote upon the adjournment by ayes and nays.
He was, indeed, very reluctant to sell any part of the land at any price; and indeed this reluctance was justifiable when one considers how constantly and how greatly the property is rising in value. What the South needed, continued Mr. Buckstone, was skilled labor.
Buckstone got the floor again and moved that the rules be suspended and the bill read a first time. Mr. Trollop "Second the motion!" The Speaker "It is moved and " Clamor of Voices. "Move we adjourn! Second the motion! Adjourn! Adjourn! Order! Order!" All those in favor " Voices "Division! Division! Ayes and nays! Ayes and nays!" It was decided to vote upon the adjournment by ayes and nays.
When the House had voted upon the acceptance or rejection of the report upon all but it, and the question now being upon its disposal Mr. Buckstone begged that the House would give its attention to a few remarks which he desired to make.
Thus Covent-Garden is the garden, Drury-Lane the lane, the Victoria the vic, and the Olympic the pic. Actresses, too, are always designated by their surnames only, as Taylor, Nisbett, Faucit, Honey; that talented and lady-like girl Sheriff, that clever little creature Horton, and so on. In the same manner he prefixes Christian names when he mentions actors, as Charley Young, Jemmy Buckstone, Fred.
There were strong signs of a general curiosity, and Buckstone said: "Well, you have whetted us up pretty sharp, Wilson, and I'm free to say that if you don't mind telling us in confidence " "Oh, I'd as soon tell as not, Buckstone, but as long as the twins and I agreed to say nothing about it, we must let it stand so. But you can take my word for it, you won't be kept waiting three days.
Buckstone is a worldly sort of a fellow, but he has charitable impulses. If we secure him we shall have a favorable report by the committee, and it will be a great thing to be able to state that fact quietly where it will do good." "Oh, I saw Senator Balloon" "He will help us, I suppose? Balloon is a whole-hearted fellow. I can't help loving that man, for all his drollery and waggishness.
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