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But wasn't it a busy time in Mapleton! Busy is no word for it. Oh, the choppings, the poundings, the stoning of raisins, the projections of pies and puddings, the killing of turkeys who can utter it?
Then, with the going down of the tide, the heavy poundings of the sea grew less and the voices of the crew on the forecastle deck more audible. "Can we make it in three jumps, Terrence?" they heard. "No, ye fule. The wather's goin' down. Howld yer whist."
Ever going to get up at all?" It was the Clerk of the Rolls. Under one of his heavy poundings the catch of the door gave way, and he stepped into the room. "Degenerate Manxman!" he roared. "In bed on Tynwald morning. Pooh! this room smells of dead sleep, dead spirits, and dead everything. Let me get at that window you pitch your clothes all over the floor. Ah! that's fresher! Headache?
And then, Simmons, with various imaginary poundings of imaginary canes on the threadbare carpet beneath his chair, and with sundry half-smothered bursts of real laughter in which Fred and Oliver joined, unfolded his programme for the evening a programme which was agreed to so rapturously that the trio before dinner was over excused themselves to their immediate neighbors and bounded upstairs, three steps at a time.
His need for love, his neediness, was not so great and from this fact that he was secure in the poundings, he found the inundations somewhat titillating. It was a macabre period in his life but one to be survived intact as the distinct individual that he was.
Just as he did so, the poundings commenced again with redoubled power, this time shaking the entire room. It must be remembered that during all this time Esther lay upon the bed, almost frightened to death by what was occurring. After this state of things had continued for about two hours, everything became quiet and she went to sleep.
I had a vague impression of unfamiliar features and of a sort of cap with a visor. Then he was gone. I went to the lodge and rapped. It required two or three poundings to bring Thomas to the door, and he opened it only an inch or so. "Where is Warner?" I asked. "I I think he's in bed, ma'm." "Get him up," I said, "and for goodness' sake open the door, Thomas. I'll wait for Warner."
THOSE sounds of combat which penetrated to an anxious kitchen were deep, rasping breathings, muttered exclamations and grunts, a shuffling of feet that was not unlike a musicless dance, a swish-swishing, as if the Italian janitress were mopping up the hall floor, and a series of soft poundings. Yet the battle itself was not amounting to much.
For six days in the week it concerns itself solely with its errands of mercy such "whoas" and running up the kitchen steps with baskets of potatoes such poundings on the door such golden wealth of melons as it dispenses. Though there may be a kind of gayety in this, yet I'll hazard that in the whole range of quadricycle life no vehicle is more free from any taint of riotous conduct.
"Can I has anything" He was interrupted by a series of tremendous poundings that issued from the counting-room within. The entrance door was closed. Young Mr. Bowdoin cocked his thumb at it. "How many children has the governor got in there to-day?" "One, sir," grunted Jamie. "One child? Great heavens! who makes all that noise?" "Mr. Bowdoin do the most of it, sir," said Jamie solemnly.
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