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Many of the inhabitants are descended from some of those English pirates whose headquarters were, for nearly a hundred years, on the island of Madagascar, but who, about the middle of the seventeenth century, growing weary of their lawless calling, settled here. As their wives were mostly from Madagascar, they are somewhat darkish, but not bad-looking.
You will be prevented by one excuse or another from meeting the lady till the wedding-day. We shall choose a darkish church, you will have a plaster on your face and the deed is done!" "Not a fault can I find," commented the Baron sagely. "Essington, I congratulate you."
Again Spargo felt his shin kicked and made no sign. "One of their friends, perhaps," answered Breton. "What was he like?" The landlord ruminated. He was not good at description and was conscious of the fact. "Well, a darkish, serious-faced gentleman," he said. "Stranger hereabouts, at all events. Wore a grey suit something like your friend's there.
Being utterly ignorant of the particular locality into which he had penetrated though well enough acquainted with the main thoroughfares of the city his only care was to put as many intricate streets and lanes as possible between himself and the detectives. This was soon done, and thereafter, turning into a darkish passage, he got rid of the paint-pot and borrowed costume.
"Well, since you put it so," says Nancy, hanging fire, "we thought we did see him; but it was darkish, and we was frightened, and of course it might not have been he." "Nancy, you needn't mind letting it out, though 'tis kept back in kindness. And he didn't come out of church again: I know it as well as you." 'Nancy did not answer yes or no to that, and no more was said.
I thought at first that she would have gone over with the shock, but she didn't not that it would have made much odds, for there was a snag through her bottom, and the water pouring in like a sluice. It was darkish, but we could make out there was some trees a boat's-length or two ahead which had been caught as they rolled down by another snag, and hung there.
In spots the precious metal showed in darkish streaks, instead of yellow. But these dark streaks showed admixtures of silver. "Run and get me a hammer, one of you," cried Tom, breathing fast. When the miner returned with the chisel-nosed hammer he found the young engineer eagerly exploring the whole length of the new wall thus laid bare.
We could see it all from the poop, although the night was darkish, because the whiteness of the sails made everything stand out in relief against their snowy background; and, as he fell, with a shriek that seemed to go through my heart, I held my breath in agonised suspense, expecting the next moment to hear the dull thud of his mangled body on the deck below.
She had rather darkish brown hair, and she was tall and straight as an arrow. This she was, by the way, even into old age. She surprised, shocked, and attracted all the sober persons in our circle. Her ways were not their ways.
I was afraid they would think we were pirates, and not venture to come near us, for we'd only got black flags, and it was a very, very long time, but at last, just as it got a little darkish, and Armie was crying -poor little chap- that steamer came by that always goes between Porthole and Kyvemouth on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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