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'Hold on, Sir; hold on, you little devil, I say, one minute, here hold hollo! While Cluffe was shouting these words, and scrambling forward, Puddock was crying 'Curth it, Cluffe, quick oh! hang it, I can't thtand it bleth my thoul! And Puddock let go, and the boat and its precious freightage, with a horrid whisk and a sweep, commenced its seaward career in the dark.
'Oh a that, she said, 'a well, you can speak to Lieutenant Puddock, if you wish. I only say for myself a life estate; Lieutenant Puddock can deal with the remainder as he pleases. And Aunt Rebecca actually blushed a pretty little pink blush.
'So dear Aunt Becky has forgiven Puddock, said Devereux, who was sauntering up to the tent between O'Flaherty and Cluffe, and little suspecting that he was descanting upon the intended Mrs. Cluffe 'and they are celebrating the reconciliation over a jelly and a pupton. I love Aunt Rebecca, I tell you I don't know what we should do without her.
'I I believe he did, some of it; but I warned him, I did, upon my honour! Now, tell him, did I not warn you, my dear lieutenant, not to thwallow, interposed little Puddock, who began to grow confoundedly agitated; but Sturk, who rather liked shocking and frightening people, and had a knack of making bad worse, and an alacrity in waxing savage without adequate cause, silenced him with
The sensation there, however, was immense; and Mistress Dorothy heard the gabble and laughter fast and furious behind her until she reached the hall. Captain Cluffe was asking for Aunt Rebecca when Puddock and the general reached the hall-door, and was surprised to learn that she was not to be seen. 'If she knew 'twas I, he thought, 'but no matter.
So away went the amorous musicians, favoured by the darkness, and talking in an undertone, and thinking more than they talked, while little Puddock, from under his cloak, scratched a faint little arpeggio and a chord, ever and anon, upon 'the inthrument. When they reached the ferry, the boat was tied at the near side, but deuce a ferryman could they see.
To be sure I have, Puddock, my boy; and the new leaf I've turned over is just this; I've begun to reap them; and they'll grow, my boy, and grow as long as grass grows; and Macbeth has his dagger, you know, and I've my sickle the handle towards my hand, that you can't see; and in the sweat of my brow, I must cut down and garner my sheaves; and as I sowed, so must I reap, and grind, and bake, the black and bitter grist of my curse.
'No, I thank you, Puddock I'll go yes I'll go myself; and so Captain Devereux went up to the door. John Tracy, at the steps, told him that he thought his master wished to speak with him; but he was not quite sure.
You remember the bill of fare don't you? at the Lord Mayor's entertainment in London. Cluffe, whose mind was full of other matters, nodded his head with a grunt. 'Well, I'll take my oath, pursued Puddock, 'you couldn't have made a better dinner at the Prince of Travendahl's table.
'He walked by the river, the river so clear The river that runs through Kilkenny; His name was Captain Wade, And he died for that fair maid. and so following. What could he mean by walking, at that hour, alone, by the river's brink? Puddock, with a sinking and flutter at his heart, unperceived, followed him down stairs, and was beside him in the street. 'The path by the river? said Puddock.
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