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Updated: June 6, 2025
Hodges, a short, squat man with a prize-fighter's throat, chest, and shoulders and a wide, thin-lipped mouth, leaned forward in dirty shirt-sleeves, chewing at a moist cigar-stump. "Hello, stranger," he offered offhandedly. "What's the word?" "Know Blenham, don't you?" asked Steve quietly. "Works for old man Packard." "Sure, I know him. What about him?" "Seen him lately?" "Ten minutes ago. Why?
Chaffery astonished Lewisham by suddenly displaying a complete acquaintance with his status as a South Kensington teacher in training. "I suppose you have some money beyond that guinea," said Chaffery offhandedly. "Enough to go on with," said Lewisham, reddening. "And you look to them at South Kensington, to do something for you a hundred a year or so, when your scholarship is up?"
A moment before dinner was announced Caesar got dressed again in black, put on his patent-leather shoes, looked at himself offhandedly in the mirror, saw that he was all right, and joined his sister. The next day Caesar awoke at nine, jumped out of bed, and went to breakfast. Laura had left word that she would not eat at home. Caesar took an umbrella and went out into the street.
Some automaton within her produced in a quite unfamiliar voice the remark, "They're playing football." "It's too far for the ball to reach us," said Miss Klegg. "I didn't know Mr. Capes was married," said Ann Veronica, resuming the conversation with an entire disappearance of her former lassitude. "Oh yes," said Miss Klegg; "I thought every one knew." "No," said Ann Veronica, offhandedly.
That explanation must have sufficed. In any case, we have other things to trouble us at present." Elsie had never before heard the Spaniard speaking so offhandedly.
The days immediately preceding the game were not cheerful ones for Marjorie. She was still unhappy over her unjust dismissal from the team, and she wondered if it had been much talked of among her classmates. At home she had announced offhandedly her resignation from the team and her mother had asked no questions.
I took his hand and said, 'Hullo, Sabre. How goes it, old man? Able to do the stairs now, I see. I was down to Tidborough and thought I'd come and look you up again. "'Fine, he said, shaking my hand. 'Jolly nice of you. Then he said, 'Did you go to the office for me, Hapgood? "'Just looked in, I said offhandedly. 'Saw a clerk who said you weren't down to-day, so I came along up.
I think he knew he was on terribly perilous ground. He picked his way with care. He asked me a question back, quite offhandedly, and for the time being let the matter rest there. But the breach was in my walls, Matilda Anne, and I was quite defenseless.
A young man's feelings about women are better reading for him six or a dozen chapters farther on. Then he can sift and strain. It won't be perfectly clear, but it will do." Mr. Eglett hereupon threw the door open, and ushered in Master Leo. Lady Charlotte noticed that the tutor shook the boy's hand offhandedly, with not a whit of the usual obtrusive geniality, and merely dropped him a word.
His wife touched his arm and spoke to him in a low tone. He turned furiously upon her, mouthing foulnesses. Cochrane was formidably beside him, and Johnny Simms' expression of fury smoothed out instantly. He looked pleasant and amiable. "The fight stopped," he explained offhandedly. "It was a good fight. But one of the creatures wouldn't stay and take his licking."
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