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So the horse ate his head off in idleness, and George's heart went farther and farther down in the direction of his boots. He had so bothered Mrs. Freeze that she had washed her hands of him, and had bidden him worry it out on his own line. In less than a month the crisis came. Miss Davidson could not bring herself to think of poor George as affording the makings of a husband. She told Mrs.
If you'll pay me back four quid at the end of term, you shall have the two pounds. How does that strike you? It struck Farnie, as it would have struck most people, that if this was Monk's idea of strict business, there were the makings of no ordinary financier in him. But to get his two pounds he would have agreed to anything. And the end of term seemed a long way off.
But truly, I was very nice with her; yet to keep her now a little off from me in the spirit; and so to teach her that-wise, that she was somewhat of a dear naughty maid; but also, as I do think, I was this way, because that in part I would tease her, in great love of her prettiness and her makings up to me; and so maybe even that I make her to be the more defying of me.
Only don't think I frivol about it, Torp. I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell, thanks. There was an uncomfortable pause. Then Torpenhow said blandly, 'What did the Governor of North Carolina say to the Governor of South Carolina? 'Excellent notion. It is a long time between drinks. There are the makings of a very fine prig in you, Dick, said the Nilghai.
"Yes, it always does one good to see a man," answered Prince Martin. "They tell me you're a prince." "That is all." The captain measured him slowly with his eyes. "Makings of a man as well, perhaps," he said, doubtfully. Then he turned to cast an eye over the Olaf. "Tin-kettle of a thing!" he observed, after a pause. "My little cargo won't be much in her great hold. Hatches are too small.
"I am going to enter the preparatory class at the college in October, and take what the Dean calls supplementary lessons from him along special lines. I don't quite know all that this means, but I guess I can weather it. It probably has to do with what Rex called the 'cosmic makings, geology and all sorts of prehistoric stuff.
"You are above gossip and I prefer the men to the books. You'll ruin your pretty eyes, and you had the makings of a fine bluestocking when I rescued you. A successful woman with her husband and with Society has only sparkling shallows in her pretty little head. Now, I must run. I really shouldn't have come all the way up here for lunch."
“You have the makings of a fine strong man,” he said, “and ought to turn out a good sailor. The training you have had in the fishing-boats will be all in your favour. Well, I will let you know when the lieutenant makes his rounds. I am sure there will be no difficulty in shipping you. Boys ain’t what they were when I was young.
Indeed, he could hardly have done so, as the policemen were manifestly in a hurry. The carriage was got away at a snail's pace; but there remained in the spot where the carriage had stood the makings of a very pretty street row. Bunce had striven hard to shake hands with his hero, Bunce and some other reformers as ardent and as decent as himself.
He had to suffer the arrangement to be made; but that night when he and Bunker withdrew to their own room, the Count perceived the makings of an argumentative evening. "Sometimes you interfere too moch," the Baron began without preamble. "Do you mind being a little more specific?" replied the Count with smiling composure. "Zere vas no hurry to lonch mit Maddison." "I didn't name the date."
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