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I was not long in the Court, but I had to look at the controversy about the descent of the Douglas family, then I went to Cadell and found him still cock-a-hoop. He has raised the edition to 17,000, a monstrous number, yet he thinks it will clear the 20,000, but we must be quiet in case people jalouse the failure of the plates. I called on Lady J.S. When I came home I was sleepy and over-walked.
Only, look here, governor," continued the man, addressing Morris, who was not far off, "I don't know whether he's your son or your scholar I wash my hands of it. I warn you; he's a vicious beast, and I aren't a-going to pay no damages if my young cock-a-hoop comes to grief." Singh laughed a curious, disdainful laugh.
When The Babe's two hundred pounds were spent, he came to us and asked for a job. He said, I remember, that he was the son of an archdeacon, and that he could trust us to bear that in mind. We were so impressed by his guileless face and cock-a-hoop assurance, that we had not the heart to turn him away. At the end of a fortnight Ajax took pencil and paper, and computed what The Babe had cost us.
I said that his excellency should find me more cock-a-hoop with Shakespeare than with myself. 'Well, well, he answered, with a severe look, 'our Company has need of great men for hard tasks. To this I made no answer, for I got a warning look from the young lady, a look which had a sort of reproach and command too.
But I know not how it was, thy skull got harder, I think, and my knuckles became softer; not to mention that at length thou didst begin to show about thee a spark of something dangerous, which I was bound to respect at least, if I did not fear it. And while I speak of this, it is not much amiss to advise thee to correct a little this cock-a-hoop courage of thine.
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