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"You've got a deuced open way of speaking," he observed. "Deuced open, is it?" cried Hollanden. "It isn't near so open as your devotion to Miss Fanhall, which is as plain as a red petticoat hung on a hedge." Hawker's face gloomed, and he said, "Well, it might be plain to you, you infernal cat, but that doesn't prove that all those old hens can see it."
The Worcester girls had such vivid contempt for his expressed unwillingness that they neglected to tell him of any appreciation they might have had for his noble struggle. As Hawker and Miss Fanhall proceeded slowly they heard a voice ringing through the foliage: "Whoa! Haw! Git-ap, blast you! Haw! Haw, drat your hides! Will you haw? Git-ap! Gee! Whoa!"
The lash flicked and flew over the broad backs of the animals. "Hello, father!" said Hawker. "Whoa! Back! Whoa! Why, hello, William, what you doing here?" "Oh, just taking a walk. Miss Fanhall, this is my father. Father " "How d' you do?"
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