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At efening I shall gif a little lesson with much gladness, for look you, Mees Marsch, I haf this debt to pay."
When comes the efening, I sit down and make him a label; while my wife, she sit down and write of the Aztec. Ah, my friend, you shall say of the geology it ees a fine, a BEAUTIFUL study; but the study of the wife, and what shall please her, believe me, ees much finer! Believe your old Uncle 'Ennery every time! On thees question he gets there; he gets left, nevarre!"
"The geologian would not that he should break up the happy efening of his friends by thees small detail. He put aside his head so; he say, 'A leetle freestone, a leetle granite, now and then, for variety; they are building in Montgomery Street. I take the hint, like a wink to the horse that has gone blind. I attach to myself part of the edifice that is erecting himself in Montgomery Street.
"It's evident he doesn't look in his glass before coming down," thought Jo, with a smile, as he said "Goot efening," and sat soberly down, quite unconscious of the ludicrous contrast between his subject and his headgear, for he was going to read her the Death of Wallenstein.
"Ah, Miss Dolly, if you knew how much, how very much you haf enlarged my happiness, and made this efening shine for me, you would more often be a little friendly, for this winter has been all summer to me, since I knew you and your kind home, and now I haf no sorrow but that after the next lesson I come no more unless you gif me leaf.
So I was opedient to his vord, and ta next efening I tid kneel town in Sassenach and I tid make begin. But, ochone! she wouldn't go; her tongue would be cleafing to ta roof of her mouth; ta claymore would be sticking rusty in ta scappard; for her heart she was ashamed to speak to ta Hielan'man's Maker in ta Sassenach tongue.
"Laties and shentlemen," said he, "we haf come here dis efening as drue philossophers not for our own selfish bleasure enti-er-lee, but" Mr. Margent looked uneasy, and fidgeted in his chair "in order to hellp in de solution of one of de great questions of de day de Indian question. I haf met some off dese obbressed and downdrodden beoble.
"Goot efening, Mr. Mortimer," said the tall man in a guttural voice, "this is Behrend" he indicated the young man by his side "you haft not meet him no?" Then, leaving Behrend to shake hands with Mortimer, he literally rushed at Desmond and shook him by the hand exactly as though he were working a pump handle. "My tear Pellward," he cried, "it is a hondred year since I haf see you, not?
The marquis took the proffered hand kindly: "I have come to apologise," he said. "Not one vord more, my lort, I peg," interrupted Duncan. "My lort is come, out of his cootness, to pring her a creat kift; for he'll pe hearing of ta sad accident which pefell her poor pipes one efening lately. Tey was ferry old, my lort, and easily hurt."
If not, should I have given her twenty thousand francs?" "Ver' goot, it is a pargain. Till dis efening." The Baron repeated the bridal toilet he had already once achieved; but this time, being certain of success, he took a double dose of pillules. At nine o'clock he found the dreadful woman at the appointed spot, and took her into his carriage. "Vere to?" said the Baron. "Where?" echoed Asie.
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