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Errum!" and Private Peter Pegg's lower jaw dropped, and his eyes, as he fixed them upon the subaltern's face, opened in so ghastly a stare of dread that, in spite of his annoyance, Ensign Maine's hands were clapped to his mouth to check a guffaw.
"A er er a little experiment, Samuel," he continued. "Yes, sir," said the man quietly. "Er errum Samuel," said the doctor; "the fact is, I er we er we do not wish this that you have seen just now talked about downstairs."
The doctor frowned a little, and then helped the boy pretty liberally. "Oh, I say! Just look at the gravy," he cried. "Have you got plenty, Miss!" "Oh yes, Dexter," said Helen. "May I " "Don't give it all to me, Mister," cried the boy. "Keep some for yourself. I hate a pig." "Errum!" coughed the doctor, frowning. "Miss Grayson was going to ask if you would take some vegetables!" "What? taters?
The sight of a hot leg of lamb, however, when the cover was removed, made him seize his knife and fork, and begin tapping with the handles on either side of his plate. "Errum!" coughed the doctor. "Put that knife and fork down, Dexter, and wait." The boy's hands went behind him directly, and there was silence till Maria had left the room, when the doctor began to carve, and turned to Helen
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