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They were to go away on the morrow, so the young girl had been obliged to devote herself to them: "And so the poor child is sitting there at this minute," she lamented, "and must keep those two little chatter-boxes quiet while she is longing to be here instead."
After a little while they noticed a number of swallows collected together under the eaves of the roof, and as these birds are such chatter-boxes, they began to prattle with one another. Having learned the language of birds, the children knew what the swallows said.
So after this don't you presume to speak to me, for I shall never speak to you again." "Very well, then," said Percy. "I, too, will be silent forever." "Oh, I dare say," said Julia; "a chatter-box like you." "Even chatter-boxes are silent in the grave," suggested Percy; "and if we are to part like this forever to-day, to-morrow I shall be no more."
And saying, "Truly, O king! those who are called chatter-boxes people whose words have no end come to grief like this," he uttered these Verses: "Verily the tortoise killed himself Whilst uttering his voice; Though he was holding tight the stick, By a word himself he slew. "Behold him then, O excellent by strength! And speak wise words, not out of season.
He requested them to gag their empty chatter-boxes, and put the mother upon that child's cry. He was now a simple unit of the procession. Asking naturally whither they were going, he saw them point. 'St. Paul's, he heard. In his own bosom it was, and striking like the cathedral big bell. Several ladies addressed him sorrowfully. He stood alone.
A friend of mine was dining at a large dinner of clergymen, and a story, as true as the sausage story above given, was told regarding me, by one of those reverend divines, in whose frock sits some anile chatter-boxes, as any man who knows this world knows. They take the privilege of their gown. They cabal, and tattle, and hiss, and cackle comminations under their breath.
Pretty soon they return again, generally bringing some nice morsel with them. They often first alight on a small branch of the vine, below the nest, and then hop up to it. What a chirping the birdlings keep up with their mother! They like to talk as well as Eddie Dudley and some other children, whom I have heard pleasantly called little chatter-boxes.
He straightened up and started on, the water dripping down over his chin, till he wiped it away with the back of a rough hand. "I see. So that's all talk! Well, if they want to wait for me to be nasty to Tonet, they can wait till hell freezes over. Filthy, stupid, malicious chatter-boxes! That's what they are! So I must slam the door in the face of that poor boy, eh! Well, I won't!
He requested them to gag their empty chatter-boxes, and put the mother upon that child's cry. He was now a simple unit of the procession. Asking naturally whither they were going, he saw them point. 'St. Paul's, he heard. In his own bosom it was, and striking like the cathedral big bell. Several ladies addressed him sorrowfully. He stood alone.
"Two together!" cried King; "what fun that would be! We could go off on a trip or something." "Where could we stay all night?" asked Kitty, who was the practical one. "Oh, trips always have places to stay all night," declared King; "let's do it, Father. What do you say?" "I don't get a chance to say much of anything, among all you chatter-boxes. Rosy Posy, what do you say?"
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