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A man rejoices in working them up. That's as it should be," I said. "Bayly's saying the very same to those F. S. pups," said Verschoyle. The Boy was behind us, between two young F. S. officers, a hand on the shoulder of each. "Yes, that's all doocid interesting," he growled paternally. "But you forget, my sons, now that your men are bound to serve, you're trebly bound to put a polish on 'em.
"Now, as to yourself, my dear Beverley," continued the Marquis authoritatively, "you 're doocid late, y' know; but then " "He can ride," said the Viscount. "And he's game," nodded the Captain. "And, therefore," added the Marquis, "we'll see what can be done about it." "And b'gad, here's wishing you luck!" said the Captain.
'It seems to me, said that acute observer, Lord Lynmouth, to his special friend and confidante, the lady's-maid, 'that Hilda makes a doocid sight too free with that fellow Le Breton. Don't you think so, Euphemia? 'I should hope, my lord, Euphemia answered demurely, 'that Lady Hilda would know her own place too well to demean herself with such as your lordship's tutor.
Oh, doocid clever I call it what!" "Er by the way, Brim," said Mr. Stevens, his glance roving toward the open window, "where does he happen to be to-night?" "Where?" repeated Mr. Brimberly, fingering a slightly agitated whisker, "where is Young Har, sir? Lord, Mr. Stevens, if you ask me that, I throws up my 'ands, and I answers you 'eavens knows!
"Well, I want you to do me a favor, my dear fellow, and I don't know how to ask you doocid big favor ah I was wondering if you would consent to act for me?" "Act for you?" repeated Barnabas, wholly at a loss. "Yes, in my little affair with Carnaby poor old Sling, d' you see. What, don't you twig, Beverley, haven't you heard?"
"My dear Beverley," said he, "I like your earnestness. A race especially this one is a doocid serious thing; for some of us, perhaps, even more serious than we bargain for. It's going to be a punishing race from start to finish, a test of endurance for horse and man, over the worst imaginable country.
Two men could get out of that there place without no bed to 'elp 'em." "By Jove, yes!" Percy scratched his forehead and left furrows of white in the general darkness. "By Jove, yes; you're quite right what? Break one's heart to lose the blighters, don't you know. You're a doocid clever fellow to think of that, Jenkins."
"My dear old boy," remarked the proud inventor vaguely, "it generally opens 'pon my soul, it does." He turned his torch on to the reluctant trench-board and examined it through his eyeglass. "By Jove! that's it, dear old son, there's the trouble. The dud shell has slipped forward and got wedged in the rafters. How doocid funny what?" "What is doocid funny, you blithering ass?"
By jingo! when I was a youngster and joined my ship for the first time, I remember, I was glad enough to get a mouthful of salt junk and hard tack, without any of your bloaters and marmalade and foreign kickshaws ay, and thought myself doocid lucky, I can tell you, if I didn't get a thrashing from one of the oldsters in the mess, if I grumbled, to make me relish my grub the better.
"Then I shall be devilish sorry to have to beat you, Sling, my boy!" drawled the Marquis, "yes, doocid sorry, still " "Eh what? Beat the 'Rascal, Jerny? Not on your weedy 'Clinker, b'gad " "Oh, but dooce take me, Sling, you'd never say the 'Rascal' was the better horse? Why, in the first place, there's too much daylight under him for your weight besides "
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