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Updated: May 11, 2025
Grizzle, who, since her arrival in the country, had been engrossed by a double care, namely, that of finding a suitable match for her brother, and a comfortable yoke-fellow for herself. Neither was this aim the result of any sinister or frail aggression, but the pure dictates of that laudable ambition, which prompted her to the preservation of the family name.
'What do you mean? he snarled. 'I had the advantage of you at Memmert, in spite of acoustic obstacles. You can arrest us if you like, but the secret's in safe hands. 'You lie! He was right there; but he could not know it. 'Do you suppose I haven't taken that precaution? But no names are mentioned. He gave a sort of groan, sank into a chair, and seemed to age and grizzle before our very eyes.
You'll just love Reggie, chérie. He's my exact ideal of what a man ought to be the best friend I have, next to you. Well, it's a bargain then, isn't it? You'll come and help dance with the kids you promise? That's my own sweet chérie! And now you mustn't grizzle here in the dark any longer. I believe my cab is at the door. Come down and see me off, won't you?" Yet again she was irresistible.
This answer was calculated for the benefit of the stranger, who would certainly have suffered for his imprudence by the resentment of Mrs. Grizzle, had her sister expressed the least relish for the fruit in question. It had the desired effect, and re-established the peace of the company, which was not a little endangered by the gentleman's want of consideration.
This was the paragon of the three yet remaining wigs of the parish, which differed, as Monkbarns used to remark, like the three degrees of comparison Sir Arthur's ramilies being the positive, his own bob-wig the comparative, and the overwhelming grizzle of the worthy clergyman figuring as the superlative.
A silence fell between them. Then Nan's hand stole out and clasped his. She had never imagined a world without this good comrade in it. The bare thought of it brought a choking lump into her throat, robbing her of words. Presently St. John spoke again. "I've nothing to grizzle about. I've known love and I've known friendship the two biggest things in life.
Suddenly Grizzle saw a fine big duck swimming towards them, and she called out: "Duck, duck, come to me, Johnnie and Grizzle depend upon thee; Take Johnnie and Grizzle on thy back, Or else they'll be eaten " And the duck said, "Quack! Quack!"
A battered felt hat, gray-green with wind and sun, was pulled well down to his ears, pressing against his forehead and neck thin locks of gray hair. A grizzle of beard edged his chin, a poor and scanty growth that showed the withered skin through its sparseness. His face, small and wedge-shaped, was full of ruddy color, the cheeks above the ragged hair smooth and red as apples.
In daily life people let fairly normal circumstances come and go without much heed as matters of course. If they have been lucky they make a note of it and try to repeat their success. If they have been unfortunate but have recovered rapidly they soon forget it; if they have suffered long and deeply they grizzle over it and are scared and scarred by it for a long time.
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