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We had all enjoyed his good-humored Irish wit. "Well, who else was in trouble this afternoon, 'Stump'?" said "Mourner," the inquisitive. "Oh, a lot of unfortunate duffers. Several who were put on the report for being slow in lashing up their hammocks got a couple of hours extra duty each.
"When I heard those two duffers ruining that joke," Cream continued, "I felt as if I wanted to run on to the stage and tell 'em how to get it over to the audience. This is how they ought to have done it!" He stood up and enacted the characters of the two back-chat comedians, and as John watched him and listened to him, he realised what a great actor the little man was.
"All for those ungrateful duffers!" As he followed to put a pillow under his sister's head Alec looked as if he would like to knock at least one of the "duffers" down. "She's had all she could do to keep up, for twenty-four hours!" cried Bob, pulling a small knit rug over Sally's feet. She managed to smile at them, choking back quite unwonted tears Sally was no baby, to cry at a touch of fatigue.
Thousands have travelled the self-same way; not one has ever returned. The lower rapid of the Coho hardly deserves its name. Half a mile farther on it is an estuary across which stretches the boom. The crews assembled on each side of the pool. The logs were pricked into slow movement. This being duffers' work was assigned to the less experienced.
If we are not quick-witted, it does not follow we have no wits, and if we only use them carefully, we shall be no greater duffers than some of our sharp fellows. The great philosopher Newton once appeared in the light of a great duffer. He had a cat, and that cat had a kitten, and these two creatures were continually worrying him by scratching at his study door to be let either in or out.
For nigh four miles he held tight behind two duffers who, while up on top-notchers, pulled their mounts so heavily that they took a top rail off nearly every fence they rose to and swerved for low wall-gaps, till he'd got Molly's nerves up a bit.
It's too late to remedy the evil. You can't pay them back" "Of course," said Dan, lighting his pipe, "we couldn't hunt up every one of the duffers and hand 'em back the right change. There's an awful lot of 'em buying bread all the time. Funny taste they have I never cared for bread especially, except for a toasted cracker with the Roquefort.
Afterwards Professor Henry discussed the new class with his assistants as they crossed the square together. 'The usual lot, said Dr. Spenser 'half a dozen scholars, perhaps one man among them with real brains. The rest are either idlers or, what is worse, duffers. 'I hit on one man with brains, said Dr. Henry. 'Oh! Thompson, I suppose. I saw that you took him. He did well in his degree exam.
"I couldn't," I assured him. "For one thing, I'd be a fish out of water. My dear sir, perhaps you don't know that my nickname since the age of five has been 'Duffer? I'm proud of it. I take pains to live up to it " "I bet you do. I bet it opens doors and lays down velvet carpets for you. Why, a duffer with a title is exactly what I want! Duffers are the rage nowadays.
They gave superciliously, handing down their alms from a top lofty altitude of Tory superiority, and the Radicals down below sniffed or growled even while they grudgingly took these gifts that was all nonsense. These aristocratic or tuft-hunting philanthropists were the veriest duffers.
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