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Come what may, madam, I neither acknowledge Sir William as my father, nor do I put a foot under his roof." "Malapert boy!" Mistress Holliday said angrily, "this is the teaching of Colonel Holliday." "Pardon me," Rupert said quietly. "Colonel Holliday begged me to submit to what could not be helped; but I declined. This man is not worthy of you, madam.
"He went presently to court," so Walsingham was informed by Stafford, "and dealt very passionately with the King and Queen-Mother to deny them audience, who being greatly offended with his presumptuous and malapert manner of proceeding, the King did in choler and with some sharp speeches, let him plainly understand that he was an absolute king, bound to yield account of his doings to no man, and that it was lawful for him to give access to any man within his own realm.
"Like a malapert peacock, say I," returned Ebbo; "didst not see, Friedel, how he kept his eyes on her in church? My uncle says the Bohemians are mere deceivers. Depend on it the woman had spied his insolent looks when she made her ribald prediction." "See," said Friedel, who had been watching the steps rather than attending, "it will be easy to dance it now.
Thinkest thou that every fowl of the air is a messenger from heaven? Odysseus has perished, and would that thou hadst perished with him! Art thou not ashamed to take sides with this malapert boy, feeding his passion and folly with thy crazy prophecies? Doubtless thou lookest to him for favour and reward, but thou wilt find that his friendship will cost thee dear.
"What! are we to sit here to listen to malapert railings against men of godly life and conversation?" he added, addressing himself to Winthrop. But before the Governor could reply, one of the Assistants interposed. "Let the poor man unbosom himself freely," he said, "that the whole truth may come to light."
"There never was a man so plagued as I am with a malapert knave!
Babington," observed Ned, looking up from his book with a sober twinkle in his eye, which set them all laughing, though his father declared that he ought to have his ears boxed for a malapert varlet. Will Cavendish declared that the least the fair damsel could do for her knight-errant was to bind up his wounds, but Cis was too shy to show any disposition so to do, and it was Mrs.
"Give me the oars, thou malapert knave!" cried Wyat fiercely, "and I will put myself ashore." "Keep quiet," said Fenwolf; "you must perforce abide our master's coming." Wyat gazed at the keeper for a moment, as if with the intention of throwing him overboard; but abandoning the idea, he rose up in the boat, and caught at what he took to be a root of the tree above.
"Thou hast need to be discreet," replied her mother. "Be not malapert and froward, child." "Said the messenger when she was coming?" now asked the nobleman. "On the third day from this, my lord." "'Tis but short notice for what must be done," mused Lord Stafford. "Supplies must be obtained for the queen's retinue, and pageants prepared to amuse her. Call Greville, my wife.
Be content, Sir Malapert, with their discharges;" and Prudence began tripping it away. "I'll not be content with such a discharge," muttered the soldier; then raising his voice, he called after her, "Prudence, Prudence, hasten not away so fast; there is one thing I forgot." The girl at the sound of his voice retraced her steps a little, and met Philip.
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