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He knew there would be no laughing and daffing about the work, if Thora Ragnor had the doing of it." "Is there any reason to refrain from laughing and daffing while at that work?" "At God's altar there should be nothing but prayer and praise. You know what girls talk and laugh about.
It made no change in him; and it was in his old spirit of mockery and daffing that he began the interview. "A braw good day to ye again, Mr. Drummond," said he. "What'll yon business of yours be just about?" "Why, the thing being private, and rather of a long story," says James, "I think it will keep very well till we have eaten." "I'm none so sure of that," said Alan.
"Hamish," she cried, "did you ever look at a lass like that before it is a wonder to me you are not married long ago," and then with a frown on her face, but half laughing yet, "I ken," she cried, "she was married already, poor Hamish was it Belle?" But I was thinking it was time to be putting an end to her daffing. "Listen, my dear," said I; "I ken another likely lass." "Oh?" "Helen," said I.
Ha, ha, ha! Ah! these were merry days!" "Hout awa', auld carle," said the old dame, "to speak sic daffing to young folk. But, Jean fie, woman, dinna ye hear the bairn greet? I'se warrant it's that dreary weid has come ower't again."
Ludovic," said his captain, "hush! thou beast, man! If thou dost not respect my gray hairs, because I have been e'en too much of a routier myself, respect the boy's youth and innocence, and let us have no more of such unbecoming daffing."
With a foolish pride, born of his great disappointment and anger, he turned his back on his broken hopes, and went sullen and sorrowful back to his fishing-boat. He had never been even in his family a very social man. Jokes and songs and daffing of all kinds were alien to his nature.
He was somewhat pleased, but not at all abashed, by this attention; and one night, in the midst of his famous performance of "Billy Keogh," I saw him spin half round in a pirouette and throw an audacious wink to an old gentleman above. This was the more characteristic, as, for all his daffing, he was a modest and very polite little fellow among ourselves.
O, naething legal, ye understand; just gentlemen daffing at their wine. Well, I keepit that bit money separate it was a great expense, but a promise is a promise and it has grown by now to be a matter of just precisely just exactly" and here he paused and stumbled "of just exactly forty pounds!"
O, naething legal, ye understand; just gentlemen daffing at their wine. Well, I keepit that bit money separate it was a great expense, but a promise is a promise and it has grown by now to be a maitter of just precisely just exactly" and here he paused and stumbled "of just exactly forty pounds!"
Lagardere changed his phrase: "Then you come of a bad house, and deserve to be hanged!" In a second the little marquis dropped his daffing manner. "If you were a gentleman, sir," he cried, "and had a right to the sword you presume to carry, I would make you back your words!" Lagardere smiled ironically.
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