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There was a short section of the bole of a large tree, with a flattened base, lying on the ground near the stairway. The gentleman subsided upon this airily, as though it had been made of eider-down, and, crossing his pyjamed legs, beamed upon me, where I stood before him. 'Peripatacious by habit, what might your name be, youngfellermelad?
'Has he given you a name yet? she asked, as we rose from the table, giving her head a jerk as she spoke in the direction of the little pantry, in which I gathered there was a revolving hatch communicating with the dining-room. 'Well, he called me "Nickperry," I said, 'or "Peripatacious Nick." 'Ah!
Perkins, as he rolled swiftly and silently into view from round the end of the rustic pergola, between the house yard and the big cedar. 'Aha! The Peripatacious one! Tssp! Yes. Mrs. Perkins wants a word with you, youngfellermelad. Come on this way. She's on the front verandah. I found myself involuntarily seeking to emulate Mr. Perkins's remarkable method of locomotion.
But there it is; it happens to be the name of Dursley's Omnigerentual and Omniferacious Agent, you see; and that's me. Tssp! Wharejercomefrom, Nickperry, or Peripatacious Nick? The idea of using precautions with or attempting to deceive this rosily rotund 'character' seemed far-fetched and absurd. I not only told him I came from Myall Creek, but also named the Orphanage. 'Ah!
The master waved his fat arms to demonstrate his aloofness from fancies. 'Well, we want a new handy lad, he said; 'and this peripatacious young chap comes strolling along just as Bella wants milking. The Gabbitual one says he's all right. This is an elaborate stage aside. 'And how did Bella behave, Nick? asked the mistress.
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