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With that name upon his lips, the brave old soldier sank back upon my bosom, and, with his hands still clasped, yielded up his soul. The greeting Queer figure Cheer up The cheerful fire It will do The sally forth Trepidation Let him come in. 'One-and-ninepence, sir, or the things which you have brought with you will be taken away from you!
‘I never saw you before in all my life,’ said the fellow, though his countenance seemed to belie his words. ‘That is not true,’ said I; ‘you are the man who attempted to cheat me of one-and-ninepence in the coach-yard, on the first morning of my arrival in London.’
‘One-and-ninepence, sir, or your things will be taken away from you!’ he said, in a kind of lisping tone, coming yet nearer to me. I still remained staring fixedly at him, but never a word answered. Our eyes met; whereupon he suddenly lost the easy impudent air which he before wore.
"One-and-ninepence, or my things will be taken away from me!" said I to myself, musingly, as I followed the porter to whom I had delivered my scanty baggage; "am I to expect many of these greetings in the big world? Well, never mind; I think I know the counter-sign!" And I clenched my fist yet harder than before.
'That is not true, said I; 'you are the man who attempted to cheat me of one-and-ninepence in the coach-yard, on the first morning of my arrival in London. 'I don't doubt it, said the other; 'a confirmed thief'; and here his tones became peculiarly sharp; 'I would fain see him hanged crucified. Drag him along.
She enclosed one-and-ninepence in the missive: and so obtained her work-box after all it being, by a miracle, still unsold. It was exactly seven weeks later that is to say, on the evening of June 18th, 1811 that as I stood in the doorway whistling Come, cheer up, my lads, to Mrs. Trapp's tame blackbird, the old Jew slop-dealer came shuffling up the alley and demanded word with my master.
He glanced, for a moment, at my fist, which I had by this time clenched, and his features became yet more haggard; he faltered; a fresh ‘one-and-ninepence,’ which he was about to utter, died on his lips; he shrank back, disappeared behind a coach, and I saw no more of him.
With that name upon his lips, the brave old soldier sank back upon my bosom, and, with his hands still clasped, yielded up his soul. ‘One-and-ninepence, sir, or the things which you have brought with you will be taken away from you!’ Such were the first words which greeted my ears, one damp misty morning in March, as I dismounted from the top of a coach in the yard of a London inn.
He glanced, for a moment, at my fist, which I had by this time clenched, and his features became yet more haggard; he faltered; a fresh 'one-and-ninepence, which he was about to utter, died on his lips; he shrank back, disappeared behind a coach, and I saw no more of him.
"That is not true," said I; "you are the man who attempted to cheat me of one-and-ninepence in the coach-yard, on the first morning of my arrival in London." "I don't doubt it," said the other; "a confirmed thief;" and here his tones became peculiarly sharp; "I would fain see him hanged crucified. Drag him along."
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