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"I have missed you nearly all winter from the church on the Sabbath day," I replied, leaving no room for further uncertainty. Geordie capitulated slowly: "I'll grant ye I've no' been by-ord'nar regglar," he admitted, "but I hae a guid excuse. I haena been ower weel. Ma knee's been sair. To tell ye the truth, minister, half the time 'twas a' I could dae to get doon to curl."
I felt the icy death-tide hiss around me in its first returning wave, rise to my knee's height, then sink away down its unearthly beach. What I had dimly known all day, underlying Vere's sturdy cheerfulness and our plans and efforts, was the truth.
Keep hold of me, and I'll keep hold of them horses. I'll look out if they jump." For some reason of their own the team became less fractious. He limped along the road, his hand at the bit of the more vicious. She could feel him limp. "You're hurt they did jump on you!" she reiterated. "Knee's busted some, but we'll git along. Don't you mind. Anyhow, we're here.
Evangeline broke in gloomily with explanation. "No'm, not knittin', Mother wrote Stefana. Kind of of unravelin' instead. An' Mother's caught it." Miss Theodosia turned appealing eyes to Stefana. "Her knee's bad, too. Maybe it's just rheumatism, but she borrows Aunt Sarah's crutches when they're empty. I don't see how she'd get home " "Don't send for her!" Miss Theodosia directed.
"Come on, here, you lazy freak, and work," cried Yan, and flung a handful of mud to emphasize the invite. "My festered knee's broke out again," was the reply. At length Yan said, "I'm not going to do it all alone," and straightened up his back. "Look a-here," was the answer. "I've been thinking. The cattle water here.
"My knee's sound enough to teach this countryman manners, b'gad; you heard him say my coat was filthy?" "So it is, Sling, my boy, devilish dirty! So are your knees look at 'em! But if you will dismount head over heels into a muck-heap, my dear fellow, what the dooce can you expect?" The Captain merely swore.
"But it certainly was a queer experience. An' I'd like to know who that one-eyed feller is." "How badly is your leg hurt?" asked Drew. "Might have been worse," answered Tyke. "Doctor says my knee's wrenched an' the ligaments torn, but there's nothing that can't be mended. I'll be off my pins for the next month or two, they say.
And I ain't lettin' any jack-knives get my goat so you can chalk that up in yerr little old noddle!" "I guess that's the trouble," Tom began; "my head aches " "Can you swim now?" Archer demanded. "You go," said Tom; "my knee's too stiff." "If you everr say a thing like that to me again," said Archer, his eyes snapping and his freckled face flushing scarlet, "I'll "
Start, boys, off chase him, lie into him azy, curse yez, take time gettin out; that's it keep to him don't wait for me; take care you little salpeens or you'll brake your bones, so you will: blow the dust of this road, I can't see my way in it." "Oh! murdher, Jem, agra, my knee's out' o' joint." "My elbow's smashed, Paddy.
"Here's a couple of poker sticks," said he. "I reckon maybe you'll need to use one onct in a while to kind of feel around with. Well, it's the same with me I'm going to need something, kind of, my own self. That knee's going to leave me lame a while, I believe." A sudden feeling that they two were little better than lost children came to her as she turned toward him.
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