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Updated: June 5, 2025
At the end of the first day we camped at the Mohammedan village of T'ao-üen, literally "Peach Garden," but the peach trees might once have been, though now certainly they are not. It was cold when we left, 38° F., hard frost. All the world seemed buttoned up and great-coated; the trees seemed wiry and cheerless; the legs of the pack-horses seemed brittle, and I felt so.
Flog my Jemmy my own, dear, darling Jemmy a nasty lean " "Go down below, Moggy," said Jemmy Ducks, pushing her towards the hatchway. "Snivelling, great-coated " "Go below," continued Jemmy, shoving her. "Ferret-eyed, razor-nosed " "Go down below, will you?" cried Jemmy, pushing her near to the hatchway. "Herring-gutted, bare-poled " "Confound it! go below." "Cheating rip of a wagabond!
The Seine washes around its motionless boats; two great-coated policemen patrol the bank and wake the echoes with their tramp. The fountains have ceased to play, and their basins are dry. The air is chilly, and sick with evil odors. The whole drive is like a bad dream. Such was my drive from the Gare de Lyon to my rooms.
By this time my castle-yard was filled with a crowd of "great-coated suitors," who were all come to see could they see my lordship? or waiting just to say two words to my honour.
Rogers is ready, strapped and great-coated, with a flaming eye in the middle of his waist, like a deformed Cyclops. Lead on, Rogers, to Rats' Castle!
He came home one night, leaving neither his stick nor hat in the outer hall, and sat down in the dining-room, muffled and great-coated, the picture of dejection. Patty, kneeling before him, removed his hat, smoothed his hair, and began to unbutton his overcoat. 'Papa! she cried suddenly, 'what is the matter with you? Why are you so changed?
Flog my Jemmy my own, dear, darling Jemmy a nasty lean " "Go down below, Moggy," said Jemmy Ducks, pushing her towards the hatchway. "Snivelling, great-coated " "Go below," continued Jemmy, shoving her. "Ferret-eyed, razor-nosed " "Go down below, will you?" cried Jemmy, pushing her near to the hatchway. "Herring-gutted, bare-poled " "Confound it! go below." "Cheating rip of a wagabond!
It was the camp of the Lancashire Artillery, Mac learned, who had arrived from England a month since. The sergeant-cook soon joined the great-coated circle round the fire. "Yus," he said, with the confidence of a host to whom deference should be paid, "Yus.
And yet it was one of the good traits in her character, that, while she drew back in shuddering aversion from any dose personal relation to him, she at the same time bad generous, regretful pity, and, if she could be kind to him at a distance, would be a very faithful friend. But why did her eyes tarn so often and so wistfully up to the tall great-coated form before her? She did not know.
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