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"I can prove it," said Mr. Davis, fixing her with a glittering eye. "Do you remember the serpent I 'ad tattooed on my leg for a garter?" "If you don't go at once," said the old lady, hastily, "I'll send for the police." "You used to admire it," said Mr. Davis, reproachfully. "I remember once " "If you say another word," said the other, in a fierce voice, "I'll send straight off for the police.
I then took off my garter, tied it round the tail of the skate, and dragged it to the boat, which was all ready to shove off. My finger was very bad for three weeks, and the officers laughed at me very much, saying that I narrowly escaped being made a prisoner of by an "old maid."
At home you have the Dukes and Earls jobbing and intriguing for the Garter; the Military Knights grumbling at the Civil Knights of the bath; the little ribbon eager for the collar; the soldiers and seamen from India and the Crimea marching in procession before the Queen, and receiving from her hands the cross bearing her royal name.
"Now," said he to himself, "if I can get this clever coxcomb to second my schemes, and play according to my game and not according to his own vanity, I shall have a knight of the garter for my nephew-in-law!" Meanwhile Lucy, all in tears, for she loved her uncle greatly, ran down to the squire to show him Brandon's magnificent present. Why did she love him? Curious fool, be still!
Within, it was completely lined with silk, embroidered with the various devices of the Prince: the lions of England the lilies of France the Bohemian ostrich-plume, with its humble motto, the white rose, not yet an emblem of discord the blue garter and the red cross, all in gorgeous combination a fitting background, as it were, on which to display the chivalrous groups seen in relief against it.
He made embroidery, designing his own patterns; and in that kind of work I never made anything but a kettle-holder in Berlin wool, and an odd garter of knitting, which was as black as the chimney before I had done with it. He loved port, and nuts, and porter; and so do I, but they agreed better with my grandfather, which seems to me a breach of contract.
And at half-past seven Maud came. At once she inspected Susan's swollen face. "Might be a bit worse," she said. "With a veil on, no one'd notice it." "But I haven't a veil," said Susan. "I've got mine with me pinned to my garter. I haven't been home since this afternoon." And Maud produced it. "But I can't wear a veil at night," objected Susan. "Why not?" said Maud. "Lots of the girls do.
Bartholomew's Day, when the fair is held, it is usual for the mayor, attended by the twelve principal aldermen, to walk in a neighbouring field, dressed in his scarlet gown, and about his neck a golden chain, to which is hung a golden fleece, and besides, that particular ornament which distinguishes the most noble order of the garter.
Facing the river near the Putney Steamboat Pier is a big hotel, the Star and Garter, for long a landmark at Putney, and recently rebuilt in all the splendour of red brick and gilt. Beyond this formerly stood a number of old houses Clyde House, Riverside House, Thanet Lodge, Laburnum House, Windsor House, and Point House; these had tiled roofs and bay-windows, and formed a picturesque group.
Immediately Toscato held him with a fiery eye, as though enraged, and, going up to him, took eight court cards from Henry's sleeve, a lady's garter from his waistcoat pocket, and a Bath-bun out of his mouth. The audience received this professional joke in excellent part, and, indeed, roared its amusement.
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