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Updated: May 31, 2025
"The essence o' strategy bein' forethought, the essence o' tattics is surprise. Per'aps you didn't know that? My forethought 'avin' secured the initial advantage in attack, it remained for the old man to ladle out the surprise-packets. 'Eavens! What surprises!
But scarcely had he taken three steps when he paused suddenly and stood rigid and motionless, his staring gaze fixed upon the nearest window; for from the shadowy world beyond came a sound, faint as yet and far away, but a sound there was no mistaking the dismal tooting of an automobile horn. "'Eavens an' earth!" exclaimed Mr. Brimberly, and crossing to the window he peered out.
'Thank 'eavens there's relief at last! exclaimed he, as on rising Gimmerhog Hill he saw Farmer Saintfoin's southdowns wheeling and clustering, indicative of the fox having passed; 'thank 'eavens, there's relief at last! repeated he, reining up his horse to see the hounds charge them. Mr.
His face went from red to white, and he looked as if he would like to break a vase or tear something to pieces. "'Eavens, awnt, don't make a scene. I wouldn't a' awsked 'im, h'if I 'adn't needed more money. I'll pay him to-morrow." Mrs. Gray and David were too surprised to speak. It was plain that, when Tom Gray was angry, he dropped his h's.
'eavens, this is hagony!" he groaned, jumping up and stamping, while Dikkop almost fell off his horse with laughing. To hide his mirth he bolted off in pursuit of Jerry's charger, which he soon caught and brought back, looking supernaturally grave. "We will rejoin the 'unters, Dikkop," said Jerry, in the tone of a man who endeavours to conceal his sufferings. "Ja, Mynheer," said Dikkop.
'Eavens and earth a winder ow? Where? Wot for?" "Say, mister," said Spike, breaking in upon Mr. Brimberly's astounded questioning, "is he nutty?" And he jerked his thumb toward the door through which Mr. Ravenslee had gone. "Nutty!" said Mr. Brimberly, staring. "Yes I mean is he batty? Has he got wheels?" "W'eels?" said Mr. Brimberly, his eyes rounder than usual.
Who wants to throw at a wooden image you can't 'urt a wooden image, can you if you throwed 'eavens 'ard at a wooden image that there wooden image wouldn't flinch, would it? When a man throws at anything 'e likes to 'it it that's 'uman and when 'e 'its it 'e likes to see it flinch that's 'uman too, and when it flinches, why 'e rubs 'is 'ands, and takes another shot and that's the 'umanest of all.
Kybird, who had just entered the room and was standing with his back to the door holding the handle, regarded him expectantly. "It's been worrying 'im some time," pursued Mr. Smith. "'E 'asn't got nobody belonging to 'im, and for a long time 'e couldn't think 'ow to leave it. Wot with 'ouse property and other things it's a matter of over ten thousand pounds." "Good 'eavens!" said Mr.
"'Oly 'eavens!" he murmured, glancing from the cloudless sky to me and back again. "An' sich a whipper-snapper 'oly 'eavens!" "A weevily worm?" I enquired. "Sir, I takes it back!" he answered, tenderly feeling his chin. "There ain't a weevil breathin', no, nor yet a worm as could ha' knocked me off my pins so neat an' true! I takes back weevil an' likewise worm, sir."
Then off goes a barker and off go the coves, and there's m'lud 'olding onto 'is harm and swearing 'eavens 'ard. And that's all, sir." "And these men were trying to get at the horses?" "Ah! Meant to nobble 'Moonraker, they did, 'im bein' one o' the favorites, d' ye see, sir, and it looked to me as if they meant to do for your 'oss, 'The Terror', as well." "And is the Viscount much hurt?"
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