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Geoffrey was far more sympathetic, and said "Well, Walter, although I would not that Gaffer Giles heard me say so, I think you have had a piece of rare good fortune. It may be that you may never have cause to recall the young prince's promise to him; but should you some day decide to embrace the calling of arms, you could wish for nothing better than to ride behind the Prince of Wales.
Swindles, as he rose from the table and wiped his shaven lips with the back of his hand; "and you'd have us believe that you didn't know, would you? You'd have us believe, would you, that the Gaffer don't tell you everything when you bring up his hot water in the morning, would you?" Mr. Leopold laughed under his breath, and looking mysterious and very rat-like he led the way to his pantry.
But a real new suit, such as he had seen the schoolmaster's boy sometimes wearing! That would be a great experience! And so, lost in contemplation of the things big wages might do, the day wore on, and he was happy in his dreams. That same night Robert went to call on the "gaffer," Black Jock, and as he neared the door he met Mysie Maitland. "Where are ye goin', Rab?" she enquired shyly.
The arrival of a large dish of good cow-heel and bacon something soothed the asperity of the artist, which wholly vanished before a choice capon, so delicately roasted that the lard frothed on it, said Wayland, like May-dew on a lily; and both Gaffer Crane and his good dame became, in his eyes, very painstaking, accommodating, obliging persons.
"Ay, but ye maun mind," said Tam Tate hastily, "that men maun be treated as human bein's, even by a gaffer." "I can aye get on with the gaffer," replied Robertson, "an' I dinna see what way ither folk canna do the same."
"Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont." "And mine bairns hae been crining too, mon," replied his neighbour.
The men remained about half an hour on board, and as they were remanning their boat we saw a whole cargo of eatables carried to it from our steerage passengers. You know that these are always poor people, who are often barely supplied themselves with necessaries for their voyage. The poor are almost invariably kind and compassionate to one another, and Gaffer Gray is half right when he says
"He! he!" chuckled Old Amos, "I don't know if I du, Gaffer ye see you 'm gettin' that old " "But I did I did oh, you chaps, I tell 'ee I did!" "You 'm gettin' old, Gaffer," repeated Amos, dwelling upon the theme with great unction, "very, very old " "But so strong as a bull, I be!" added the Ancient, trying manfully to steady the quaver in his voice.
Swindles, glancing at Jim as if to assure himself that the boy was there and unable to escape from the hooks of his sarcasm, "how fast the Gaffer talks, and how he hates to be asked to repeat his words. Knowing this, Jim always says, 'Yes, sir; yes, sir. 'Now do you quite understand? says the Gaffer.
"Whenever he cometh across some poor piece of wit he straightway layeth it on the shoulders of this Gaffer Swanthold whoever he may be so that the poor goodman goeth traveling about with all the odds and ends and tags and rags of our master's brain packed on his back."
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