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Bear witness to me, Varney; I subdue my wishes of retirement, not because I am moved by the call of private ambition, but that I may preserve the position in which I may best serve my country at the hour of need. Order our horses presently; I will wear, as formerly, one of the livery cloaks, and ride before the portmantle.
If I had got even my second- best hat, it wouldn't be so bad. 'It makes no difference, said Mountclere inanimately. 'Or I might have brought my portmantle, with some things. 'It really is not important. On reaching the station they found there were yet a few minutes to spare, which Sol made use of in writing a note to his father, to explain what had occurred. Mrs.
Take that portmantle upon thine owne shoulders to ease the poore Beast." And in our own time it is told of an Irish exciseman with a keg of smuggled whisky. How such stories came to be transferred to the men of Gotham, it were fruitless to inquire.
There was a dead silence. Yuba Bill executed a wild war dance of helpless rage. "Blank the blank ENCHANTED thing to blank!" "Who did it?" asked Thatcher. Yuba Bill did not reply, but dashed up again to the box, unlocked the "boot," and screamed out: "The man that stole your portmantle, Wiles!" Thatcher laughed: "Don't worry about that, Bill. A 'biled' shirt, an extra collar, and a few papers.
That portmantle didn't cost more than three half-crowns altogether, and ten pound wouldn't ha' got anything so strong from a portmantle maker, would it, Dan? 'Well, no. 'And then you see, Berta, Sol continued in the same earnest tone, and further exhibiting the article, 'I've made this trap-door in the top with hinges and padlock complete, so that
He then aided him to fasten on the saddle the small portmantle which contained his necessaries, opened a postern door, and with a hearty shake of the hand, and a reiteration of his promise to attend to what went on at Cumnor Place, he dismissed his guest to his solitary journey.
The spy looked at him with a moody eye, plucking thoughtfully at his lip with thumb and forefinger. Then he brightened suddenly. "There's your man," said he, flashing a quick eye upon Leduc, who looked up with a quiet smile. "True," said Mr. Caryll, "and there's my portmantle above-stairs, and my saddle on my horse in the stables.
Caryll's carriage, from which Leduc, Mr. Caryll's valet, was in the act of removing a portmantle. His mobile mouth fell into lines of satisfaction. Still mopping himself, he entered the inn, and, guided by the drone of voices, sauntered into the bar. At sight of Mr.
In a few hours came the turnkey, quite captured by Darthea, and no doubt the richer for a good fee. He fetched a portmantle just come, and an order to put me in a room alone. I left Delaney with sorrow, but hoped for some way to help him.
Producing a small box from a battered portmantle that stood in a corner, he produced certain pigments from it, and, facing a cracked fragment of unframed looking-glass that served for a mirror, proceeded with the skill of an experienced actor to make certain changes in his appearance.
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