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Updated: May 14, 2025
"Well, Missis Dashwood, I'll have to be goin', though I haven't got no business to attend to still, a man must keep movin' about, you know, specially w'en he's had no breakfast, an' han't got nothin' to buy one." "That's a sad condition," said Mary, pursing her lips, for she knew the man. "It is, missis. You couldn't lend me half-a-crown, could you?"
Holroyd heard a click, and the spin of the armature changed. "What are you dewin' with that switch?" he bawled in surprise. "Han't I told you " Then he saw the set expression of Azuma-zi's eyes as the Asiatic came out of the shadow towards him. In another moment the two men were grappling fiercely in front of the great dynamo.
"Ay, pancakes they is, made of flour an' wather fried in grease, an' the best of aitin', as ye'll find; but, musha! they've all stuck together from some raison I han't yet diskivered: but they'll be none the worse for that, and there's plenty of good thick molasses to wash 'em down wid." "And this," said Jack, pointing to a battered tin kettle, "is the the " "That's the coffee, sur."
Or that, if found, it may cause me some inconvenience?" "There's a quag on t'other side o' the Castle here. I han't time to go round an' point it out; but 'tis to be known by bein' greener than the rest o' the turf. What's thrown in there niver comes up, an' no man can dig for it. The folks'll give the press-gang the credit when I'm missin' " "You forget the mare and cart."
Religion I han't much overhauled; and we tars laugh at your polite conversation, thof, mayhap, we can chaunt a few ballads to keep the hands awake in the night watch; then for chastity, brother, I doubt that's not expected in a sailor just come ashore, after a long voyage sure all those poor hearts won't be d ned for steering in the wake of nature. As for a sweetheart, Bet Mizen of St.
"No, I han't," the pert fellow rejoined. "Then I wish yo' had. It mak's me fair jumpety yo' watchin' me so like ony cat a mouse." "Niver yo' fash yo'sel' account o' me, ma wench," he answered calmly. "Yo' wench, indeed!" she cried, tossing her head. "Ay, or will be," he muttered. "What's that?" she cried, springing round, a flush of color on her face. "Nowt, my dear.
"A file!" said Ellen. "You han't forgot what it means, I s'pose," said Nancy, somewhat scornfully " 'cause if you think I'm a-going to swallow that, you're mistaken. I've seen you file off tables down yonder a few times, han't I?" "Oh, I remember now," said Ellen, smiling; "it is so long since I heard the word that I didn't know what you meant.
But, dear heart, I forgot; you han't known him from child to man as I have, I have had him hundreds o' times on my knees, the same as this, and washed him from top to toe in luke-warm water." And she swelled with conscious superiority; and Margaret looked meekly up to her as a woman beyond competition. Catherine looked down from her dizzy height and moralized.
The Captain, swearing terribly, said, with great fury, "You would much sooner be taken for her wash-woman." "Her wash-woman, indeed?-Ha, ha, ha, why you han't no eyes; did you ever see a wash-woman in such a gown as this?-Besides, I'm no such mean person, for I'm as good as Lady Howard, and as rich too; and besides, I'm now come to England to visit her."
It's not likely, however, that they'll be here to-night, considerin' the pace you say you came at, so we'll make our minds easy, but with your leave we'll cut our sticks to-morrow, an' make tracks for Fort Enterprise. We han't got much in the way o' grub to start wi', it is true, but we have enough at least for two days' eatin', and for the rest, we have our guns, and you to be our guide."
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