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I says to meself: 'Is that a pig-funny place for a pig to get to! an' I goes up to et, an' I see what 'twas." The old man stopped; his eyes, turned upward, had a bright, suffering look. "'Twas the maid, in a little narrer pool ther' that's made by the stoppin' of a rock where I see the young gentleman bathin' once or twice. 'Er was lyin' on 'er face in the watter.
That was when an off-shore gale blew all the water out o' the breach 'twixt the p'int and the mainland. "Ye see," said Cap'n Abe, smiling again, "Narrer P'int is re'lly an island, even at low water. But then a hoss an' buggy can splatter across't the breach. But it makes Marm Coffin seasick even to ride through water in a buggy. Marked, she is, as you might say.
Then the ideal figger of the Japanese wimmen is narrer shoulders and big waist. And though I hailed the big waist joyfully, I drawed the line at the narrer shoulders. They have long poles about their housen, with holes bored in 'em, through which the wind blows with a mournful sort of a voice, and they think that that noise skairs away evil sperits.
And I said I wondered he didn't get a new tail coat; the one he preached in Sundays was old as the hills and so outgrown it wouldn't scurcely button acrost him. 'A man bein' paid nine hundred a year, I says, 'ought to dress decent, anyhow. And that Phoebe Dawes speaks up, without bein' asked, and says for her part she'd ruther hear a broad man in a narrer coat than t'other way about.
Some of the streets of Naples are narrer and noisy as Bedlam with market men and women cryin' out their wares and all sorts of street noises. Little donkeys carryin' loads fur too big for our old mair. A sort of a big loose bag hangs on each side on 'em piled up as high as they will hold with fruit, vegetables, flowers, etc.
And besides, I always do enjoy ridin'. You could go, too, Miss Dorcas, but the sulky seat's too narrer for three. You can set in the settin' room till we get back. 'Twon't take us long. Don't say another word; I'm A-GOIN'." The number of reasons given by Mr. Bangs one after the other, to prove that it would be quite impossible for him to be Mrs.
"Cap, ye had a narrer squeak come near gittin' it from in front, and behind, too. Wisht I could have drilled that guy." The bushmen grinned. And Lourenço's next speech was amazing. "Be thankful you did not. That bullet might have killed us all." After enjoying their puzzled expressions a moment he continued. "We are nearer to a Mayoruna maloca than I thought.
His forehead was high and narrer, shewin' only a long strip o' tawny skin, in a line with his nose, the rest bein' covered with hair, as black as ink, and as iley as a seal's mane.
I don't know, but come on, me lads, and we'll do him again. "He turned in at a little narrer entry-like, and went stumblin' up a flight of dirty stairs. I caught hold of Jonadab's coat tails and pulled him back. "'Where you goin', you crazy loon? I whispered. 'Can't you see he's three sheets in the wind? And you haven't told him what Kelly you want, nor nothin'.
"I was not aware of your presence, Mr. Joltram," he said stiffly. "Noa, noa, Pazon, m'appen not, but tha's aweer on it now. Nowt o' me's zo zmall as can thraw to heaven through tha straight and narrer way. I'd 'ave to squeeze for 't!" He laughed, a big, slow laugh, husky with good living and good humour. Arbroath shrugged his shoulders. "I prefer not to speak to you at all, Mr. Joltram," he said.
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