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There was a slight huskiness in his voice; the round face and guileless blue eyes of his little boy, who had tried "awful hard to be good," seemed to have acquired a new dignity. The father saw in him the grown-up son who could be depended upon to look after his mother if need were. Langshaw held out his hand as man to man; the two pairs of eyes met squarely.
Who does not remember "that famous scene when Amelia is spreading, for the recreant who is losing his money at the Kings Arms, the historic little supper of hashed mutton, which she has cooked with her own hands, and denying herself a glass of white wine to save the paltry sum of sixpence, 'while her Husband was paying a Debt of several Guineas incurred by the Ace of Trumps being in the hands of his Adversary' a scene which it is impossible to read aloud without a certain huskiness in the throat."
Silence succeeded her words, and, as she waited for him to rise and spurn her, she wondered how she had ever brought herself to utter them. But she would not have recalled them even then. He moved at last, but not as she had anticipated. He gathered the tumbled hair back from her face, and, bending over her, he spoke. Even in her agony of apprehension she noted the curious huskiness of his voice.
The cough, however, was decidedly better. '18th'. The cough is better. Again apply the embrocation. '19th. The cough and huskiness have returned. Employ an emetic, and continue the embrocation. '20th'. The cough is decidedly worse. Continue the embrocation, and give the fever mixture. '23d'. The embrocation and medicine have been daily used; but the cough is as bad as ever.
Brisbille can shout, but not talk; there must be a definite pressure of anger before his resounding huskiness issues from his throat. Mame comes in. She sits on a stool to get her breath again, all the while brandishing the twisted key which she clasps to the prayer-book in her hand.
"I want everyone to talk about me," she returned composedly. Her voice was oddly attractive low-pitched and with a faint blur of huskiness about it that caught the ear with a distinctive charm. "It increases the box-office receipts. And there's no reason in the world for you to 'explain' me to people."
Resolutely the young man put an arm about her and drew her to him. Slowly, reluctantly, she let him have his way. But she would not look at him. "Oh, my dear," he whispered, kissing her hair, "don't you care a little?" She remained silent. "Won't you look at me, Mary?" There was a hint of huskiness in his voice. He raised her face to his.
There was not a trace now of any of the jollity which had marked him at supper. His face was gray and worn his voice decidedly husky. That huskiness in her father's voice went like a stab to Effie's heart. She shut the door and went and stood by his side. "Don't you think you had better go upstairs and help your mother to get to bed?" "No; she likes best to be alone," replied Effie.
For reasons best known to himself, Judge Priest, who ordinarily stickled for order and decorum in his courtroom, made no effort to quell the outburst or to have it quelled not even when a considerable number of the adults present joined in it, having first cleared their throats of a slight huskiness that had come upon them, severally and generally. Presently the Judge rapped for quiet and got it.
"Come, captain," he said, coaxingly, a little huskiness creeping into his voice, and his knees beginning to shake with tremor, "end the joke; 'tis enough to make a laugh, and my arms begin to tire I can't hold on much longer." "Harkee, Mr. Peddler," said the refugee, in a voice that would not be denied, "I want not your company.
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