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'He has been denied! exclaimed she in consternation. 'Hein! Before we go out, sit down and write a note for me. And he dictated 'Dear Sir I will not trouble you to call again this afternoon, as I have decided on reflection that there is no employment on my estate suited to my nephew, Mark Egremont.
Daren't you tell?" Rowdy's lids drooped ominously. "If you call that a dare," he said grimly, "I'll tell you, fast enough. I was a friend to him when he needed one mighty bad. I helped him when he was dead broke and out uh work. I kept him going all winter and to show his gratitude, he gave me the doublecross, in more ways than one. I won't go into details."
I found the man who accompanied the carriage talking to one of his mates at the door of the theatre, and this made me think that the princess had come to the opera. We got down at the inn, and I whispered to the man to take his horses home and to call for us at three o'clock; for the cold was intense, and both horses and men had to be considered.
All visitors who intend to remain in Bombay for any length of time are expected to call upon the governor and his wife, but it is not necessary for them to drive out to Malabar Point for such a purpose. On a table in the reception room of the government building down-town are two books in which you write your name and address, and that is considered equivalent to a formal visit.
Once he put his hand up to his mouth, as if he was going to hail me, as he would a man at the masthead; but he again let it drop, having apparently changed his mind, and, returning his hands to his trousers pockets, he rolled away with the unmistakeable air of a British seaman. I longed to call after him to tell who I was; but, afraid of being heard by others, I restrained myself.
"Most like off the nor'-west coast o' 'Stralia, among the reefs and islands there. It's like it is on the nor'-east coast, a reg'lar coral sea. "Ha!" continued Bostock, when they were once more in shelter. "S'pose we take turn and turn now to watch young Master Carey. We're both worn out, sir. You take fust rest; you're worst." "No; lie down till I call you, my man." "Do you order me to, sir?"
I suggest you proceed regularly and call the meeting to order," said McNish quietly. Simmons, recognising that it was Greek meeting Greek, agreed to this. Clumsily and hesitatingly Brother Phillips began stating the business of the Committee. He had not gone far before Simmons interrupted. "Mr. Brother Simmons' tone suggested infinite pity for the lumbering efforts of the chairman.
But look again he is smaller; the spots on the breast are more joined together like stripes; the rump and tail are a very reddish-brown like ripe chestnuts, different from the greenish-brown on the back and head. You will be sure to notice this, for the Hermit jerks his tail about when he feeds on the ground, giving a little warning call that sounds like 'chek! chek!"
"We will not differ about terms, sir," said the colonel, haughtily. "I spoke as duty to my sovereign prompted; but do you not call the loss of a commander a misfortune to a party?" "It certainly may be so," said the trooper, with emphasis. "Miss Peyton, will you favor us with a toast?" cried the master of the house, anxious to stop this dialogue.
You talk of experience here it is. And with these facts and this experience before us, I call on those soi-disant men of experience those men who scoffed at us who laughed to scorn at what they called our visionary, theoretical schemes schemes that never could be carried into effect without rebellion and the loss of the colonies I say, my lords, I call on these experienced men to come forward, and, if they can, deny one single iota of the statement I am now making.