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"To save time you had better give me a précis of the matter. Is it important?" "Very I should say," responded Paul, emphatically. "It contains an account of Norman's life from the time he left Christchurch." "Hum." Hurd's eyes brightened. "I'll read it at my leisure, but at the present moment you might say what you can."
Precis to dine with him and take part of a bottle of claret at half-past six. But, nevertheless, Mr. Precis looked very blank. 'I am not asking the distance, you know, said Mr. Jobbles, smiling sweeter than ever; 'I am only asking how you would compute it. But still Mr. Precis looked exceedingly blank. 'Never mind, said Mr.
Traffic flows, divides, and flows on, a sparkling river. Here is that mystery, a human being, buying a cigar. Here is another mystery asking for a glass of frosted chocolate. Why is it that we cannot accost that tempting riddle and ask him to give us an accurate précis of his life to date?
Yet, in order to appreciate what followed, it seems necessary for the mind to steep itself in something of his ideas. The reader who dreads to think, and likes his imagination to soar unsupported, may perhaps dispense with the balance of this section; but to be faithful to the scaffolding whereon this Irishman built his amazing dream, I must attempt as best I can some precis of that conversation.
This work, which, unfortunately, remains in manuscript, is full of wise saws and learned instances. It ought to be published together with a précis of the doubter's answers, which were verbal. So the talk went on. If my father had lived I believe it would be going on now, for both the disputants were quite inexhaustible.
The Commissioners, to keep up his heart, promised to send him copies of their correspondence with the person who had signed the order. "Then," said Mr. Abbott kindly, "you will see your case is not being neglected." The following precis, though imperfect, will give some idea of the correspondence: 1.
As it was, his precis had left her a little vague; but she said it was perfectly splendid, and he said did she really think so. And she said yes, she did, and they were both happy. Rehearsals seemed to prey on his spirits a good deal. He attended them with the pathetic regularity of the young dramatist, but they appeared to bring him little balm.
There is nothing in the newspaper literature, on the whole, less edifying, and sometimes more amusing, than the reporter's precis of pulpit discourses, so thoroughly does he deprive them of force find vigor and point, and often of intelligibility.
She changed the elbow she leaned on, restlessly; bit her lips, turn and turn about; pulled her bracelets round and round, and watched keenly for any chance of interposing an abbreviated précis of the text, to expedite the reading.
Hayward, and asked if I knew her "clever friend Mr. Mallock." I said I had just been reading Mr. Mallock's new novel. I heard myself shouting a confused precis of the plot. The place where we were sitting was near the foot of the great marble staircase. I said how beautiful the staircase was. The Duchess of Mull said she had never cared very much for that staircase.
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