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Chenery, usually expected him; then at eight o'clock, if not, as Shylock says, bid forth, he went to dine at the Athenaeum. His dinner seat was in the left-hand corner of the coffee-room, where, in the thirties, Theodore Hook had been wont to sit, gathering near him so many listeners to his talk, that at Hook's death in 1841 the receipts for the club dinners fell off to a large amount.
Our readers will see that we have received a letter from Mr. Hook, disowning and disavowing all connection with this paper.... We are free to confess that two things surprise us in this business. The first, that anything which we have thought worthy of giving to the public should have been mistaken for Mr. Hook's; and secondly, that such a person as Mr.
'Poisoned? Who could have poisoned it? 'Hook. 'Don't be silly. How could Hook have got down here? Alas, Tinker Bell could not explain this, for even she did not know the dark secret of Slightly's tree. Nevertheless Hook's words had left no room for doubt. The cup was poisoned. 'Besides, said Peter, quite believing himself, 'I never fell asleep. He raised the cup.
Through Hook's teeth came the answer: "You would have to swear, 'Down with the King." Perhaps John had not behaved very well so far, but he shone out now. "Then I refuse," he cried, banging the barrel in front of Hook. "And I refuse," cried Michael. "Rule Britannia!" squeaked Curly. The infuriated pirates buffeted them in the mouth; and Hook roared out, "That seals your doom.
It was afterwards whispered among them that on the first night he wore this suit he sat long in the cabin with Hook's cigar-holder in his mouth and one hand clenched, all but the forefinger, which he bent and held threateningly aloft like a hook.
His father, who was Colonel Hook's nearest neighbor, kept a modest country shop, in which you could buy anything, from dry goods and groceries to shoes and medicines. You would have to be very ingenious to ask for a thing which Henning could not supply. The smell in the store carried out the same idea; for it was a mixture of all imaginable smells under the sun.
Yet her face was impassive; she was the daughter of a chief, she must die as a chief's daughter, it is enough. They had caught her boarding the pirate ship with a knife in her mouth. No watch was kept on the ship, it being Hook's boast that the wind of his name guarded the ship for a mile around. Now her fate would help to guard it also. One more wail would go the round in that wind by night.
Michael was naturally impressed. 'What do you think, John? He wanted John to decide, and John wanted him to decide. 'Shall we still be respectful subjects of the King? John inquired. Through Hook's teeth came the answer: 'You would have to swear, "Down with the King." Perhaps John had not behaved very well so far, but he shone out now.
Miss Deb, she never kept my bacon warm, or anything; and somebody had eaten the meat out of the veal pie when I got back. Jan will have those horrid poor here twice a week, and if I speak against it, he tells me to hold my tongue." "But is Mr. Jan not back yet from Hook's?" "No, sir, he's not," was the resentful response.
"Hey, but why didn't thou whip the hook into him?" cried Dave. "I was trying to," said Dick ruefully; "but just as I touched his side he wagged his tail and went off!" "Niver mind, lad," cried Dave. "Let's look at the line. Ah, I thowt as much! Hook's broke." "Any chance of catching him if we threw in again?" said Tom. "Nay, he isn't worth trying for. Mebbe he'd bite; mebbe he wouldn't.
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