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'Leave off rattlin' that 'ere nob o' yourn, if you don't want it to come off the springs altogether, said Sam impatiently, 'and behave reasonable. I vent all the vay down to the Markis o' Granby, arter you, last night. 'Did you see the Marchioness o' Granby, Sammy? inquired Mr. Weller, with a sigh. 'Yes, I did, replied Sam. 'How wos the dear creetur a-lookin'? 'Wery queer, said Sam.
It was while buoyed up by his "great expectations," and flattered by the attentions which strangely enough began to be extended toward him by some of the "best men" who also were stockholders in the new sugar-refining process that Leonhard took a room at the Granby House, and began to manifest a waning interest in his work as a music-master.
Now and then, indeed, he seizes a very coarse and marked distinction, and gives us, not a likeness, but a strong caricature, in which a single peculiarity is protruded, and everything else neglected; like the Marquis of Granby at an inn-door, whom we know by nothing but his baldness; or Wilkes, who is Wilkes only in his squint. These are the best specimens of his skill.
You know you are afraid of cannons;" this was said beseechingly. "Thunder, mother! No, I ain't! Rosamond or the war choose quick. I hear the whistle at East Granby." He left the room went down the stairs, out at the door, through the yard, and out into the avenue, while his distracted mother looked after him through blinding tears.
This latter inn was the original of "The Marquis of Granby, Dorking," where that substantial person, Mr. Weller, Senior, lived, and under the sway of Mrs. Weller the veteran coachman smoked his pipe and practised patience, while the "shepherd" imbibed hot pineapple rum and water and dispensed spiritual consolation to the flock.
Lovell has put the management of his affairs into my hands, and the receiving of his rents; and this is, except one letter which I wrote to the author of Granby, as soon as we had finished that delightful book, the only letter of pleasure in which I have indulged myself. SONNA, April 6. Most grateful am I, my dearest aunt, for your wonderful preservation after such a terrible fall!
By this time Mrs. Fleming had dissolved into tears and buried her face in an already much bewept pocket-handkerchief. Seeing this Mrs. Granby resumed in a soothing tone and with some self-reproach. "But just hear me now rattlin' on about my neighbors' short-comin's an' me plenty of my own, me that ain't a woman of many words neither. There, Mrs.
Granby speak for herself; I must have her opinion of Griselda's promise to obey her lord, right or wrong, in all things, no reasons given, to submit in deed, and word, and look, and thought. If Mrs. Granby tells us that is her theory, we must all reform our practice." Every eye was fixed upon Emma, and every ear was impatient for her answer.
Presently he saw approaching a peculiarly tall figure, and looked at it curiously, tracing its height upward from his own stunted point of view till he encountered the cheery glance of Lawrence Granby.
He hated golf; Gloria liked it only mildly, and though she enjoyed a violent rush that some undergraduates gave her one night and was glad that Anthony should be proud of her beauty, she also perceived that their hostess for the evening, a Mrs. Granby, was somewhat disquieted by the fact that Anthony's classmate, Alec Granby, joined with enthusiasm in the rush.
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