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The other night, on my return from my aunt Van Cloth's, he questioned me very seriously on the subject. As to my disappointing his hopes, he knows that the idea of such a thing would not even occur to me. That is a matter of honour between us. I spoke of a further delay before preparing my poor Kondjé-Gul for the blow.
Compare that family gathering at my aunt Van Cloth's with those unhealthy stolen pleasures of debauched husbands who feel ashamed and tremble with the fear of being surprised. My uncle is a patriarch and takes no part in the licentiousness of our times. So much for this subject.
"Na, ye needna gang in there, the cloth's been removed an hour syne, and the Colonel's at his wine; but just step into my room, I have a nice steak that the cook will do in a moment." "Exorciso te!" said Sampson, "that is, I have dined." "Dined! it's impossible wha can ye hae dined wi', you that gangs out nae gate?" "With Beelzebub, I believe," said the minister.
Farrell's young man has come for the windmill he says you've had it two hours," replied Benjamin. "The deuce be with Mr. Farrell's young man! he does not suppose we can part with the mill before the cloth's drawn tell him to mizzle, or I'll mill him. 'Now's the day and now's the hour'; who's for some grouse? Gentlemen, make your game, in fact. But first of all let's have a round robin.
His superiors in the church, and his brother priests, looked with doubt or ridicule upon the labors for which he shunned their company, while he gave up the other social joys, few and small, which a priest might know in the Venice of that day, when all generous spirits regarded him with suspicion for his cloth's sake, and church and state were alert to detect disaffection or indifference in him.
'Na, ye needna gang in there, the cloth's been removed an hour syne, and the Colonel's at his wine; but just step into my room, I have a nice steak that the cook will do in a moment. 'Exorciso te! said Sampson; 'that is, I have dined. 'Dined! it's impossible; wha can ye hae dined wi', you that gangs out nae gate? 'With Beelzebub, I believe, said the minister.
His brother followed him: his wife had never seen him so nervous or excited: he stood close to the convict, smoothing his coat on the shoulder, taking off his cap. "Why, why! this cloth's too thin, even for summer; I Oh, Stephen, these are hard times, hard! But I mean to do something for you, God knows.
"I put it there so's to have it handy," screamed Grandma, leaning back in great satisfaction against her pillows again. Mrs. Pepper, feeling quite worn out, got the court plaster and cut off a piece. "Now then, Joel," she said, coming up to him. "The cloth's all wet and soppy," said Joel, beginning to twitch at the bandage.
"Courtin' ought to hev some decent clothes," he said. "I kain't set in the nabob's parlor, with all thet slick furnitur', in Nick Thorne's cast-off Sunday suit." "The cloth's as good as ever was made, an' I cut 'em down myself, an' stitched 'em all over." "They don't look like store clothes, though," objected Skim. The widow sighed. "Tain't the coat that makes the man, Skim."
You looked so funny, rubbing them together, that I couldn't help laughing." Jed regarded her solemnly. "It's emery paper," he said; "like fine sandpaper, you know. And the cloth's got ile in it. I'm cleanin' the rust off this screwdriver. I hadn't used it for more'n a fortni't and it got pretty rusty this damp weather." The child looked at him wonderingly.
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