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The question came up every spring, the first warm days of March, when Bragdon developed fag and headaches. Then it was he would suggest "chucking the whole thing," but that obviously, with their present way of living, they could not do. So it resolved itself into a discussion of boarding-places.
If it had been a great object to him for life to win Sophy's filial affection, he would not have bored himself for five minutes each day to gain that object. Besides, he had just enough of shame to render him uneasy at the sight of the child he had deliberately sold. So after chucking her under the chin, and telling her to be a good girl and be grateful for all that Mrs.
I was thinking about something else.... I'm chucking the Fact, Jane. 'How d'you mean, chucking the Fact' Jane lit a cigarette. 'What I say. I've resigned my job on it. I'm sick of it. 'Oh, sick.... Every one's sick of work, naturally. It's what work is for.... Well, what are you doing next? Have you been offered a better job? 'I've not been offered a job of any sort.
Simonne listened with the greatest interest to this fresh piece of information. As to Clarisse, she had been raging for a week past. Just fancy, that beast La Faloise, whom she had succeeded in chucking into Gaga's venerable embrace, was coming into the fortune of a very rich uncle! It was just her luck; she had always been destined to make things cozy for other people.
"As good as a gold-mine," said Breezy Jim, who every day became breezier, so that he threatened to develop into a gale of good humour. "Better than splitting coco-nuts at the Mission Station," said Billy Boolah. "Do you ever feel like chucking Mammerroo overboard now?" Another fortnight saw another big load on the way to the agents.
I've half a mind to show my contempt for it now by filling it with some of that beastly claret they have at the table d'hote here, and chucking the whole thing into the lake. It was an insult to offer those things to us." "I think you are unjust, Parton," I said. "He certainly did look as if he had been in a maul with somebody.
'There, Ben' he'd say to me, chucking me the rein, and jumpin' off as light as a feather, 'we've worked our spirits h'off Ruby and me! When the old squire were alive, he'd have all three young gentlemen up, and then he'd mount them and bring them down to Ruddocks stream, and see them jump it.
"Why didn't you tell me, then?" ses Ted choking. "It 'ud ha' been no good," ses the cook, smiling and shaking his 'ead. "Wot I see must 'appen. I on'y see the future, and that must be." "But you stood there watching me chucking the bottle about," ses Ted, getting out of 'is bunk. "Why didn't you stop me?" "You don't understand," ses the cook. "If you'd 'ad more eddication "
He was to measure for scientific purposes 100 of the Indians, in the order in which they chanced to present themselves. After such wheedling as it must have taken infinite practice to acquire pattings of the Zapotec back, hugging of the men, chucking the children, with elaborate explanations the thing "took" and the people fell into the spirit of it.
His Eminence, the Cardinal, was announced. He entered with great suavity of manner, and, after shaking hands with everybody, asking after their relatives, and chucking the more delicate females under the chin with a high-bred grace peculiar to his profession, he sat down, saying, "And how do we all find ourselves this evening, my dears?" in several different languages, which he spoke fluently.
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