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I never know'd till this minute that Ben had any blunt at all did I, Ben? and I only brought him and Rover here to sup, because I thought it neighbourly and kind-like." Poor Tom had till now been very silent: some how the pheasants lay heavy on his stomach. "Is it true, Ben, is it true? the lad isn't a thief, the lad isn't a murderer? Oh, God! Burke, tell me the truth!
"Yes, ma'am, he's gone! He was kind-like to mother when she wer here below, sending her the best ship-coal, and hardly any ashes from it at all; and taties, and such-like that were very needful to her. I seed en go down street on the night of your worshipful's wedding to the lady at yer side, and I thought he looked low and faltering.
As soon as he recognized them he started. "What, Abel Whittle; is it that ye are heere?" said Farfrae. "Ay, yes sir! You see he was kind-like to mother when she wer here below, though 'a was rough to me." "Who are you talking of?" "O sir Mr. Henchet! Didn't ye know it? He's just gone about half-an-hour ago, by the sun; for I've got no watch to my name." "Not dead?" faltered Elizabeth-Jane.
Then 'a said, 'Whittle, what do ye follow me for when I've told ye to go back all these times? And I said, 'Because, sir, I see things be bad with 'ee, and ye wer kind-like to mother if ye wer rough to me, and I would fain be kind-like to you. Then he walked on, and I followed; and he never complained at me no more.
I never know'd till this minute that Ben had any blunt at all did I, Ben? and I only brought him and Rover here to sup, because I thought it neighbourly and kind-like." Poor Tom had till now been very silent: some how the pheasants lay heavy on his stomach. "Is it true, Ben, is it true? the lad isn't a thief, the lad isn't a murderer? Oh, God! Burke, tell me the truth!
"Did he say when when he expected you to give up the Briars?" asked Rose Mary in a guarded tone of voice, as if she wanted to be sure of all the facts before she told of the climax she saw had not been even suggested to Uncle Tucker. "Oh, no; Gid handled the talk mighty kind-like.
"That ain't all," continued Hardy, with a gloating chuckle. "Th' Old Man, 'e sez 'Belt's bein' invalided, McCullough's gettin' 'is third stripe, an' Dyvis is goin' dahn t' th' Corp'ril's Class at Regina, but that there young Redmond worries me! I don't know wot t' do abaht 'im, 'e sez jes' like that sorter kind-like not a bit like th' O.C. o' a Division torkin' t' a buck private.
She ast me where I was going, and I says, 'To London, miss. Says she, smiling kind-like, 'Could you post a letter for me, certain sure? Says I, 'You can depend upon me. An' then she give me the arf-sovering, an' says, says she, 'Mind, it's VERY par-tickler; if the gentleman don't get it, 'e'll fret 'is 'eart out. An' through 'aving a young man o' my own, as is a groom at Andover, o' course I understood 'er, sir.
But a kind-like appeal from his imperial patron drove him at once from his intention, and fixed him where he was. It was afterwards hinted to him that he might, at least, have taken this opportunity to stipulate for a better provision for himself. "Satan himself," he replied, "would hardly have thought of bargaining at such a moment."
I listened close, but I couldn't make out whether he stood for sprinklin', pourin', or sousin' clean under. So after he finished I went up an' axed 'im about it. I never shall forget how the feller grinned I reckon I remember it because it made me feel better. He ketched hold o' my hand, he did, an' while he was rubbin' it good an' kind-like, he said: 'Brother, don't let that bother you.
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