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He became lost in a great wonder as to what under heaven this little Four-eyes meant by standing there and staring at him with that white and entirely unfrightened face. Queed was, in fact, in the grip of a brand-new idea, an idea so sudden and staggering that it overwhelmed him. He could not thrash Mr. Pat. He could not thrash anybody.
Of those who had brought me from the jolly-boat, I recognised two besides "Four-Eyes" as men whom I had seen in Paris, but the Irishman appeared to be the captain of them; and, in lack of other leader, he spoke when all were aboard, but it was in a monosyllable.
The matron repeated the words, but Moses could not understand the English. Old Four-Eyes arrived a mild spectacled young man. He looked at the doctor, and the doctor's eye told him all. "Ah, Mr. Coleman," said Benjamin, with joyous huskiness, "you'll see that Our Own comes out this week as usual. Tell Jack Simmonds he must not forget to rule black lines around the page containing Bruno's epitaph.
Frank consulted Sikaso who merely said: "Little fat white boy, with round, glass four-eyes talk too much." "Well," laughed Frank, "I think I can promise for him that he won't do any talking that will cause any harm this evening."
"I for one am not going to stand calmly by and have my throat cut, or worse still be taken prisoner by this old Muley-Hassan." Old Sikaso glanced approvingly at him. "Well spoken, Four-eyes," said he; "spoken like a son of a warrior."
During this day, and until we sighted the Shetlands, the small screw tender kept our course, and we exchanged signals with her every morning, her purpose being explained to me by "Four-Eyes," on the fourth morning out, in his child-like phraseology. "Faith, she's Liverpool bound, and we'll pick her up again south of the Scilly when she's tidings of ships out.
It might have been a mad hope, but yet it was a hope; and I argued: Is it better to clutch at the veriest shadow of a chance, or to sit down and end my life amongst scoundrels and assassins? Unless the man "Four-Eyes" deliberately deceived me, Black would connive at the murder of fifty British seamen before another twenty-four hours had sped.
Next morning the poker was found broken in two. This uncle used to wear spectacles, and Corney used to call him derisively, "Four-eyes." An uncle named Richard came to sleep one night, and complained in the morning that the clothes were pulled off him. Corney told the servants in great glee, "I slept on Master Richard's feet all night." Finally Mr.
But just stamp your feet a little if they freeze. No, do it outside the door; grandmother's asleep. Why didn't you write to me you were coming?" "I didn't know. Old Four-Eyes that's one of our teachers was going up to London this afternoon, and he wanted a boy to carry some parcels, and as I'm the best boy in my class he let me come.
The man Four-Eyes, who was always the immediate "go-between" so far as the captain and crew were concerned, at once put chairs for us near the huge fireplace, setting a great armchair for the skipper, with a small table whereon were many papers, and a small wooden hammer such as the chairman of a meeting commonly uses.
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