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Griff afterwards declared churchgoing to be as good as a comedy, and we all had to learn to avoid meeting each other's eyes, whatever we might hear.
He appears, however to revive, and is distinct enough in his enunciation of the following words, though very slow. 'My son Howel is come back, Mr Rowland, and do promise to be study. 'I am very glad to hear it; it must be a great comfort to you, 'But I am not seure of him. He will be spending my money that I have been takking such pains to make. 'I hope he may do good with it, Uncle Griff.
So entirely was Griff expected that the gig was sent to meet him at seven o'clock the next morning, but there was no sign of him. My father and Clarence went without him to the gathering, which showed how deeply the good old man was respected and loved. It was the only funeral Clarence had attended except Miss Newton's hurried one, and his sensitive spirit was greatly affected.
He managed to take the initiative by declining to remain any longer with the Robsons, saying they had been spoilt by such a model lodger as Clarence, who would let Gooch feed him on bread and milk and boiled mutton, and put on his clean pinafore if she chose to insist; whereas her indignation, when Griff found fault with the folding of his white ties, amounted to 'Et tu Brute, and he really feared she would have had a fit when he ordered devilled kidneys for breakfast.
Afterwards, in our own domain, we extracted a good deal more from them. Griff told us how the two elders started on politics, and denounced Brougham and O'Connell loud enough to terrify any save the most undaunted ghost, till Henderson said 'Hush! and they paused at the moan with which the performance always commenced, making Mr.
The bouquet was for Lady Peacock; I felt bound to do something to atone for mamma's severe virtue. It is all right, you best of brothers. It was consolatory that all the dates were prior to the Hillside fire, except that of the bouquet. As to the earrings, we all knew that Griff could not see a pretty girl without talking nonsense to her.
These were Pete Peters, a handsome griff, with just enough Indian in his blood to give him an air of distinction, and a French-talking mulatto who had come up from New Orleans to repair the machinery in the sugar-house, and who was buying land in the vicinity, and drove his own sulky.
'And, I put in, 'I know somebody who won a victory last night over himself and his two brothers. Surely DOING that is a sign that he IS more than he used to be. 'If he were, it would not have been an effort at all, said Clarence, but with his rare sweet smile. Just then Griff called him away, and Emily sat pondering and impressed.
'As far as I can see, said Clarence diffidently, but quite restored to himself, 'Griff is only like most of his set, young men who go into society. 'Oh! said my father, in a 'that's your opinion' kind of tone; and as at that moment the yell of a newsboy was heard in the street, he exclaimed that he must go and get an evening paper.
It will almost break the good old soul's heart for Griff to leave her; but she expects to have him in hand as if he was in the nursery. She is ever so much worse than she was with me, and he is really good-nature itself to laugh off her nagging as he does- -about what he chooses to put on, or eating, or smoking, or leaving his room untidy, as well as other things. 'And those other things?
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