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Updated: May 14, 2025
"Penny in pocket's a merry companion," says the old English proverb, and Sir Bale felt in better spirits and temper than he had for many a day as he replaced the guineas in the purse. It was long since he had visited either the race-course or any other place of amusement.
Pocket's dignity was so crushing, that I felt quite abashed, as if I myself had done something to rouse it. "Belinda," remonstrated Mr. Pocket, from the other end of the table, "how can you be so unreasonable? Jane only interfered for the protection of baby." "I will not allow anybody to interfere," said Mrs. Pocket.
Pocket's rooms, where a bed had been sent in for my accommodation; I was to remain with young Mr. Pocket until Monday; on Monday I was to go with him to his father's house on a visit, that I might try how I liked it.
"My pocket's so remote, in case I should desire to sneeze or anything, that I thought 't would be convenient for carrying my handkerchief and pocket-book; an' then I just tucked in a couple o' glasses o' my crab-apple jelly for Mis' Timms. She used to be a great hand for preserves of every sort, an' I thought 't would be a kind of an attention, an' give rise to conversation.
"It was a mean trick," said the policeman, who was a favorable specimen of his class. "Is this the first time you have seen him?" "Yes." "Tell me what you want to do." "I want to get my money back." "Probably he has spent it. How long since he robbed you?" "Three weeks." "Not much chance, then. Probably his pocket's empty, unless he's fleeced somebody else in the meantime.
I presented him with a half-share in my boat, which was the occasion of his often coming down to Hammersmith; and my possession of a half-share in his chambers often took me up to London. We used to walk between the two places at all hours. When I had been in Mr. Pocket's family a month or two, Mr. and Mrs. Camilla turned up. Camilla was Mr. Pocket's sister.
Again, Celia wishes to have a "Lilliputian to play with," so she is promptly told that her lover would doff five feet of his tall stature, to meet her pleasure, and "Then when my Celia walks abroad I'd be her pocket's little Load: Or sit astride, to frighten People, Upon her Hat's new fashion'd Steeple." Nay, to be prized by Celia, who would not even take the form of her faithful dog Quadrille.
"Master Alick and Miss Jane," cried one of the nurses to two of the children, "if you go a bouncing up against them bushes you'll fall over into the river and be drownded, and what'll your pa say then?" At the same time this nurse picked up Mrs. Pocket's handkerchief, and said, "If that don't make six times you've dropped it, Mum!" Upon which Mrs.
"I wish you'd step into Lihu's such a poor, sufferin' creetur as he is with these," said Grandma, appearing from the pantry with some eggs in her apron. "I wish you could take the consolations of religion with you, Madeline," she continued gravely, as Mrs. Philander was closing the door. "Lord, ma! my pocket's full now!" exclaimed Madeline. "Besides, they might break the eggs!"
His apron was loaded to bursting with bread, fish, cheese, potatoes, and other edibles; the necks of bottles protruded from all his pocket's, from the bosom of his jacket and from the fob of his breeches, and round his neck hung a ponderous chain of onions.
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