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And Cluffe knew that he had the field to himself, and that he was a well-made, handsome, agreeable officer not so young as to make the thing absurd, yet young enough to inspire the right sort of feeling. To be sure, there were a few things to be weighed. She was, perhaps well, she was eccentric.
Then Cluffe would argue his case, and plead his excuses, and fumbled over it a good while; not that he'd have cried a great deal if Puddock had been hanged; but, I'm afraid, chiefly because, being a fellow of more gaiety and accomplishment than quickness of invention, it was rather convenient, than otherwise, to have a topic, no matter what, supplied to him, and one that put him in an amiable point of view, and in a kind of graceful, intercessorial relation to the object of his highly prudent passion.
Puddock told things in a very simple and intelligible way, and Cluffe heard him in total silence; and just as he related the crowning fact, that he, the lieutenant, was about to marry Miss Rebecca Chattesworth, having reached the milestone by the footpath, Captain Cluffe raised his foot thereupon, without a word to Puddock, and began tugging at the strap of his legging, with a dismal red grin, and a few spluttering curses at the artificer of the article.
'Trim the devil! bawled Cluffe, to whom this order of Puddock's, it must be owned a useless piece of marinetism in their situation, was especially disgusting; and he added, looking furiously ahead ''Tisn't the boat I'd trim, I promise you: you you ridiculous murderer!
It was a serenade, in short, and they had been compelled to postpone it in consequence of the broken weather; and though both gentlemen were, of course, romantically devoted to their respective objects, yet there were no two officers in his Majesty's service more bent upon making love with a due regard to health and comfort than our friends Cluffe and Puddock.
You remember the bill of fare don't you? at the Lord Mayor's entertainment in London. Cluffe, whose mind was full of other matters, nodded his head with a grunt. 'Well, I'll take my oath, pursued Puddock, 'you couldn't have made a better dinner at the Prince of Travendahl's table.
He had his own opinion about his progress with Aunt Rebecca, who had come to like his conversation, and talked with him a great deal about Puddock, and always with acerbity; Cluffe, who was a sort of patron of Puddock's, always, to do him justice, defended him respectfully.
Faw!! Fum!!! he'd 'eat him for his supper that night. 'None of the corps can represent you, Nutter, you know, said Captain Cluffe. 'It may go hard enough with Puddock and O'Flaherty, as the matter stands; but, by Jove! if any of us appear on the other side, the general would make it a very serious affair, indeed. 'Toole, can't you? asked Devereux.
'And send the young gentleman home to Connaught, pursued Cluffe. 'I'll send him first to the other place, said Nutter, in allusion to the Lord Protector's well-known alternative. In the open street, under the sly old moon, red little Dr.
'Pish! drowned, indeed! unless he's drowned in the crock of hot water he's clapt his legs into. 'Where is he where's Cluffe? 'Hang it! he's in bed, in his lodging, drinking hot punch this half-hour. 'But are you certain? 'Why, I saw him there myself, answered Lillyman, with an oath.
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