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Updated: May 7, 2025
Dinner was almost over when Dan, still looking hungry, grinned and asked Dave if he was n't going to have some BREAD? Whereupon Dad jumped up in a tearing passion. "D n your insolence!" he said to Dan, "make a jest of it, would you?" "Who's jestin'?" Dan answered and grinned again. "Go!" said Dad, furiously, pointing to the door, "leave my roof, you thankless dog!" Dan went that night.
Pegtop was very fond of this word, "massa," and could never get accustomed to any other title used by the whites. "Listen, friend," said I to Pegtop, "now that you have got the guns; is your master really going to fight?" The negro stood still, rolling his eyes, and expressing in his countenance the greatest astonishment. "Massa Bangs fight! Golly, massa, you jestin? Massa Bangs fight?
'Ye must git t' roses back t' yer cheeks, he exclaimed, with a short laugh, 'I canna be takin' a ghost t' church. She smiled tremulously, and he continued, laying one hand affectionately on her shoulder: 'Nay, but I was but jestin'. Roses or na roses, ye'll be t' bonniest bride in all Coomberland. I'll meet ye in Hullam lane, after church time, tomorrow, he added, moving towards the door.
"Come, come, Zeb, we want no jesting," interrupted Rosalind. "Dar 'tis ag'in. Who war jestin'? Dat's what I t'ink is de best. Give 'em a good lickin', and set 'em to work clearin' off de wood till dar spunk is gone." "Fudge!" said George, impatiently, turning his back toward Zeb, whose head ducked down with a chuckle.
Oliver looked at the man in some surprise, for he spoke gruffly, almost angrily, and was evidently in earnest. "You are jesting," said he incredulously. "Jestin'; no I ain't, maister. Do 'ee see the boat out over?" he said, pointing to a small craft full of men which was being rowed swiftly round a point not more than half a mile distant; "the villains are after me.
"Don't be rude, Campbell, de-ah," said McTurk, "or you'll catch it again!" "You are devils, you know," said Campbell. "What? for a little bullyin' same as you've been givin' Clewer! How long have you been jestin' with him?" said Stalky. "All this term?" "We didn't always knock him about, though!"
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