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Updated: May 13, 2025
Uncle Jake, a hired man, and Andrew were very busy on the farm, and we none the less engaged in the house, where every article of furniture was made a receptacle for drapery and haberdashery, and where the wedding was the only subject. It so often gave Andrew the "pip" that his constitution must have been seriously impaired by such frequent attacks of this complaint.
To my surprise, he seemed at once to be principally if not solely interested in Drummle. "Pip," said he, putting his large hand on my shoulder and moving me to the window, "I don't know one from the other. Who's the Spider?" "The spider?" said I. "The blotchy, sprawly, sulky fellow." "That's Bentley Drummle," I replied; "the one with the delicate face is Startop."
The three girls looked tearful and protesting; Pip had just been brought to book for speaking disrespectfully of his father, and was looking sullen; and Bunty, not knowing what else to do at such a crisis, had fallen to catching flies, and was viciously taking off their wings. It was a wretched meal: The bell sounded for the downstairs breakfast, and Esther had to go.
Judy grasped the General's small. fat hand in a determined way, and opened the gate. "Oh, I say," remarked Pip, "we'll get in an awful row, you know, Fizz. I don't think we'd better I don't really, old girl." "Not a bit," said Judy, stoutly "at least, only a bit, and the Aquarium's worth that.
"Oh, you scamps, you bad, wicked imps!" she said, reaching out to box all their ears, and of course failing. She sat down on the bottom stair to laugh for a second, then she handed the General to Pip. "To-morrow," she said, standing up and hastily smoothing the rich hair that the General's hands had clutched gleefully "to-morrow I shall beat every one of you with the broomstick."
And the sheep were all over the right of way last night because of that break, and here that filthy pip, S. Behrman, comes down here this morning and wants to make trouble for me." Suddenly he cried out, "What do I FEED you for? What do I keep you around here for? Think it's just to fatten up your carcass, hey?" "Why, Mr. Annixter " began Delaney.
"Seems to have got the pip," Mr. Fendihook remarked cheerfully. Barbara, with icy politeness, offered him tea. He refused, explaining that unless he sat down to a square meal, which, in view of the excellence of his lunch, he was unable to do, he never drank tea in the afternoon. "Could I have a whisky and soda, old pal?" The drink was brought.
"Oh, Father expressly stipulates for Pip as well, because he is a scamp." "Upon my word, Esther, your parents have a large enough fund of philanthropy. Anyone else included in the invitation?" "Only Nell and Bunty and Baby. Oh, and Mother says if you can run up at any time for a few days shooting you know without her telling you how pleased she will be to see you."
But of this part it is enough to say that Pip, Owd Bob, and Red Wull were selected to fight out the struggle afresh. The course was altered and stiffened. On the far side the stream it remained as before; up the slope; round a flag; down the hill again; through the gap in the wall; along the hillside; down through the two flags; turn; and to the stream again.
"Coconuts," Pip said, "and tarts and toffee, and save the rest for a football?" Judy shook her head. "Where do I come in?" she said. "You'd keep the football at school. I vote pink jujubes, and icecreams, and a wax doll." "A wax grandmother!" Pip retorted; "you wouldn't be such a girl, I hope." Then he added, with almost pious fervour, "Thank goodness you've always hated dolls, Fizz."
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