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That made a laugh, in which most of The Teacups, myself included, joined heartily. Through it all I heard the sweet tones of Number Five's caressing voice; not because it was more penetrating or louder than the others, for it was low and soft, but it was so different from the others, there was so much more life, the life of sweet womanhood, dissolved in it. "He? Who?"
I am afraid it may be suggested that I am drawing Number Five's portrait too nearly after some model who is unconsciously sitting for it; but have n't I told you that you must not look for flesh and blood personalities behind or beneath my Teacups? I am not going to make these so lifelike that you will be saying, This is Mr. or Miss, or Mrs. So-and-So.
"'The dates are those on which I acquired the respective specimens, I answered. "'Oh, indeed. He reflected, with a profoundly speculative eye on Number Five. I judged that he was trying to recall a date furnished by Number Five's cousin and that he would have liked to consult his note-book.
There are innumerable rhymes as to the signification of numbers where magpies are concerned, but the most complete I have heard runs thus: "One's joy, two's grief, Three's marriage, four's death, Five's heaven, six is hell, Seven's the devil his own sel'."
She knows when a subject has been knocking about long enough and dexterously shifts the talk to another track. It is true that I am the one most frequently appealed to as the highest tribunal in doubtful cases, but I often care more for Number Five's opinion than I do for my own. Who is this Number Five, so fascinating, so wise, so full of knowledge, and so ready to learn?
Presently, being a five's player, and ambidexter, he shifted his hand, and the tremendous whacks resounded on the bull's left side. The bull, thus belabored, and resounding like the big drum, made a circuit of the field, but found it all too hot: he knew his way to a certain quiet farmyard; he bolted, and came bang at Zoe once more, with furious eyes and gore-distilling nostrils.
He has a confused recollection of having, immediately on starting, received a violent blow in the small of the back from the butt-end of number five's scull, at the same time that his own seat seemed to disappear from under him by magic, and leave him sitting on the boards.
There may be some play to this that we don't savvy." "Rats! They've got a bellyful, I tell you. Five's the bunch, ain't it? all but that one we got. I ain't going to stay cached here all day. I want some grub." But McHale persuaded him to wait ten minutes. Then, after exposing a hat and a rolled-up coat as decoys without the least result, they emerged from their fortress.
I'm a downright man and never take ten minutes where five's enough, so there it is. It came over me last night as a thing that must be like the conversion of Paul. And I'll go further; I won't have you beat about the bush, Nelly. You're the sort of woman that can make up your mind in a big thing as quick as you can in a small thing.
The Countess, suspecting what they had been after, resumed the conversation as soon as Mr. Jorrocks was seated. "You shall manger cinque fois every day," said she; "cinque fois," she repeated. "Humph!" said Mr. Jorrocks to himself, "what can that mean? cank four four times five's twenty eat twenty times a day not possible!" "Oui, Monsieur, cinque fois," repeated the Countess, telling the number off on her fingers "Café at nine of the matin, déjeuner
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