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Should no engagement occur, the money remains in my charge until the following year, when it is added to the new pool. Hitherto I have 'ad the misfortune to draw nothing but married gentlemen, but on this occasion I have secured you, sir. And I may tell you, sir, he added, with stately courtesy, 'that, in the opinion of the servants' hall, your chances are 'ighly fancied, very 'ighly.
Well, in course it would never do to let 'im go off alone, or with only a 'eavy stoopid, conceited slow-coach of a Bobby at 'is tail." "No, no," responded Little Jim; "that would never do. Quite out of the question. 'Ighly himproper." "Therefore," said the Bloater, with emphasis, "you and I shall 'ave to keep our heyes on 'im, shan't we?"
But even the charms of the railway had been unable to tear the children away from the neighbourhood of the interesting stranger. So they had not been to the station for three days. They went now. And, to their surprise and distress, were very coldly received by Perks. "'Ighly honoured, I'm sure," he said when they peeped in at the door of the Porters' room. And he went on reading his newspaper.
Ah, an' by hookey, I would, whether or no, if I was th' bloody rogue ye tell me for, 'stead of an 'ighly respectable genelman o' the road with a eye to business. So now turn out your pockets all an' quick about it." It was strange to see with what apparent eagerness each man stripped himself of such valuables as he possessed, all of which the highwayman appraised with expert eye.
Betts a gold medal and there was an American gentleman who spoke and he said as how this place of Mr. Betts next to that place, Harpenden way Rothamsted, I think they call it was most 'ighly thought of in the States and Mr. Betts had done fine. And that's the cattle-station over there, miss, where they fattens 'em, and weighs 'em.
"Then, in Scotland, sir, we 'ave your castle of Drumlochie, sir rocks, turrets, battlements, 'ighly grim and romantic, sir!" "Ha!" sighed his young master, frowning at his cigar.
"We will now," said Keggs, herding the mob with a gesture, "proceed to the Amber Drawing-Room, containing some Gobelin Tapestries 'ighly spoken of by connoozers." The obedient mob began to drift out in his wake. "What do you say, George," asked Billie in an undertone, "if we side-step the Amber Drawing-Room? I'm wild to get into that garden. There's a man working among those roses.
"'Admired, Gandish goes on, never heeding her, 'I can show you what the papers said of it at the time Morning Chronicle and Examiner spoke most ighly of it. My son as an infant Ercules, stranglin the serpent over the piano. Fust conception of my picture of 'Non Hangli said Hangeli. "'For which I can guess who were the angels that sat, says father. Upon my word, that old governor!
'I think it 'ighly possible, sir, that Miss Elsa and Mr Barstowe may be on the hisland in the lake, sir. About half a mile from the house was a picturesque strip of water, some fifteen hundred yards in width and a little less in length, in the centre of which stood a small and densely wooded island.
"Very 'ighly indeed! Your youth is most becoming to you! If you only 'ad a little more chick, there'd be nothing left to desire!" "A little more what?" asked Britta, opening her blue eyes very wide in puzzled amusement. "Chick!" replied Briggs, with persistent persuasiveness. "Chick, Miss Britta, is a French word much used by the aristocracy.
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