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Updated: May 11, 2025
"'It's the key of the gate, I ses, 'but I don't suppose it'll fit. "She went back into the state-room agin, and I 'eard her fumbling at a lock. Then she came back into the cabin, breathing rather hard, and stood thinking. "'I've just remembered, she ses, pinching her chin. 'Yes!
"She flung 'erself down in the chair agin with 'er back to me, and for nearly three-quarters of an hour we sat there without a word. Then, to our joy, we 'eard footsteps turn in at the gate. Quick footsteps they was. Somebody turned the handle of the door, and then a face looked in at the window that made me nearly jump out of my boots in surprise.
It seemed ages to me; but at last I 'eard footsteps and voices, and Bob and the cook and the other two chaps wot we 'ad met at the music'all came along and stood grinning in at the window. "'Somebody's locked us in, I ses. 'Go and fetch Cap'n Tarbell. "'Cap'n Tarbell? ses the cook. 'You don't want to see 'im. Why, he's the last man in the world you ought to want to see!
"Jerry shells like 'ell orl night an' sends over gas in shells and cloud orl day. Three 'undred casualties last week an' I 'eard that alf of 'em kicked the bucket...." "Old Jerry 'as a million troops from Russia waitin' to come over next month for his offensive...." "Yus, Sir Daggie 'Aig sez 'e must sacrifice 'is First Lines. An', wots more, yer up to the neck in water...."
"I 'ave 'eard it's a matter o' thirty pounds or thereabouts." Mr. Nathan Smith rose, and his eyes were almost expressive. He nodded good-night to the ladies and crossed to the door. Mrs. Kybird suddenly seized him by the coat and held him. "Don't be in a 'urry, Nat," she pleaded. "We ain't all as clever as you are." "Talk about looking a gift-'orse in the mouth " began the indignant Mr. Smith.
It was all the talk in the servants' 'all at Champertoun 'oo would be Lady Bidborough. There were several likely young ladies there, but 'e didn't seem partial to any of them." "Whaur's he awa to the noo?" "Back to London for a bit, I 'eard, and later on we're joining 'im at Bidborough. Beller, I was thinking to myself when they were h'all talking, what if Lady B. should be a Priorsford lady?
He brought out the paper and showed us, and soon after we 'eard all sorts o' tales of its doings. "At first we thought the tiger was a long way off, and we was rather amused at it. Frederick Scott laughed 'imself silly a'most up 'ere one night thinking 'ow surprised a man would be if 'e come 'ome one night and found the tiger sitting in his armchair eating the baby.
"One day Henery and the old man were going out a long trip over the mountain, and down the Kangaroo Valley Road that's all cut out of the side of the 'ill. And after they's gone a mile or two, Henery sees a track in the road the track of the biggest car he ever seen or 'eard of. An' the more he looks at it, the more he reckons he must ketch that car and see what she's made of.
Then, in the tones of one discussing a matter that is grave but not of surpassing gravity, he continued: "It is not that I fail to recognize that I may seem to have incurred the rigour of the law; but these matters must be formally proved against me. I have affairs to set in order against such a consummation." "Ta, ta!" snapped Feversham. "T'at not regard me. Weutwort', you 'ave 'eard my order."
"Oh yes, that's wot yer said to Poll Corcoran, an' then went skitin' that she'd do anythin' yer liked, if yer lifted yer finger. I've 'eard all about yous." Chook swore that he would never harm a hair of her head. "The worst 'arm is done without meanin' it," said Pinkey wisely, "an' that's w'y I'm frightened of yer." "Wotcher got ter be frightened o' me?" asked Chook, softly.
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