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Updated: June 13, 2025
"Well, I can't see why it should make any difference whether the man is a tragedian, or a comedian, or a familiar figure to railroad men," said Mr. Whitechoker, firmly. "In any event, he would be an extremely objec " "It makes a great deal of difference," said the Idiot.
But gi'en, by coortesy like, he hed a word i' the case, he cudna objec' that is, gien he hae onything o' the gentleman left intil him, which nae doobt may weel be doobtfu' for wasna he a byous expense wi' his drink an' the gran' ootlandish dishes he bude to hae!
There was a mild sadness in the tone, a sort of "the world's in an awfu' state, but no doot it's a' for the best, an' I'm resigned to my lot, though I wadna objec' to its being a wee thing better, oo-ay," feeling in it, which told of much sorrow in years gone by, and of deep humility, for there was not a shade of complaint in the tone.
There all the women and most of the men took the part of the boy that loved his dog. "What be you a-shovin' at?" bawled a huge country-man, against whom Gunn made a cannon as he rushed in pursuit. "Aw'll knock 'ee flat aw wull! Let little un an's dawg aloan! Aw be for un! Hit me an'ye choose aw doan't objec'!"
Na, na, my son! gien I hae ony pooer to read the trowth o' things, the life 'at's gien is no taen; an' whatever come o' the cratur, the love it waukent in a human breist,'ill no more be lost than the objec' o' the same.
Oh, I was rale vexed for her, I tell ye, but when she took the mattress aff ma bed to protect her sewin' machine frae bombs, I says to masel': 'If I've got to dee, I wud like to dae it as comfortable as I can, an' I'm sure ma Maker'll no objec' to that . . . an' so, at last, I jist tied up ma things in the broon paper, an' said I had enjoyed masel' fine, but was anxious aboot the shop a terrible falsehood, dearie! an' gaed to catch the sax o'clock train, an' catched the yin afore it. . . . An' here I am.
"That's not what I mean, at all," snapped Captain Hazzard. "Was it moving or standing still?" "Oh, ah see what yo' mean, Captain Hazzard, no, sir, der was no circumlocution ob de objec', in fac', sah, it was standin' still." "For how long did you watch it?" "Wall, sah, it jes flash lak de wink ob an eye and den it was gone."
Maybe ye wadna objec', sir, to gang and speir efter the laddie, an' gie him some guid advice?" "I'll do that," returned Mr Bigg. "Are we to have the pleasure of your company in our conventicle tomorrow?" he added, after a little pause. "Dr Blare is going to preach." "Will ye hae me, Mr Bigg?"
Ye canna objec' to that, surely, for I'll be your prisoner as muckle as you'll be mine and that'll be fair play, for we'll leave the swurd lyin' on the brae to keep the bit stick company." "Well, I agree to that," said Wallace, in a tone that indicated surprise with a dash of amusement. "An' ye promise no' to try to get away when you're tied to when I'm tied to you?" "I promise."
The out-of-town papers would literally teem with witty extracts from our comedian's plays, which we should immediately recognize as the dicta of my poor self." "All of which," put in Mr. Whitechoker, "but proves the truth of my assertion that such a person would be an extremely objec "
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