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Updated: May 6, 2025
This, Sir, is my friend, Lieutenant Puddock of the Royal Irish Artillery, who does me the honour to support me with his advice and As he moved his hand towards Puddock, he saw his scalp dangling between that gentleman's finger and thumb, and became suddenly mute.
The clink of a horse-shoe drew Puddock to the window. Sturk riding into town, reined in his generous beast, and called up to the little lieutenant. 'Well, he's taken it, eh? Puddock smiled a pleasant smile and nodded. 'Walk him about, then, for an hour or so, and he'll do. 'Thank you, Sir, said little Puddock, gaily.
Poor old aunt she has been mighty kind to me no one knows how kind. So I leave to-morrow. 'Not to stay away! exclaimed Puddock, much concerned. 'I don't know, dear Puddock. I know no more than the man in the moon what her plans are.
'O'Flaherty Lieutenant I won't reproach you, began Puddock. 'Reproach me! an' who poisoned me, my tight little fellow? retorted the fireworker, savagely. Puddock could only look at him, and then said, quite meekly 'Well, and my dear Thir, what on earth had we better do? 'Do, said O'Flaherty, 'why isn't it completely Hobson's choice with us? What can we do but go through with it?
They drank together last night, they differed in opinion, that's true, but fourteen clear hours has expired, and pison being mentioned 'Why, body o' me! Sir, lisped Puddock, in fierce horror; 'can you imagine for one moment, Sir, that I or any man living could suppose for an instant, that my respected friend, Mr. Nutter!
Uttering a quivering, groan, he continued to stoop nearer to the earth, on which he finally actually sat down and hugged his knees close to his chest, holding his breath all the time till he was perfectly purple, and rocking himself this way and that. The whole procedure was a mystery to everybody except the guilty Puddock, who changed colour, and in manifest perturbation, skipped to his side.
'And a I say, Puddock Lieutenant O'Flaherty, I thought I I thought, d'ye see, just now, eh? 'He was very ill, indeed, this afternoon, general; a sudden attack The general looked quickly at Puddock's plump, consequential face; but there was no further light in it.
Between ourselves, Puddock was short and fat, very sentimental, and a little bit of a gourmet; his desk stuffed with amorous sonnets and receipts for side-dishes; he, always in love, and often in the kitchen, where, under the rose, he loved to direct the cooking of critical little plats, very good-natured, rather literal, very courteous, a chevallier, indeed, sans reproche.
No, Sir, she went on almost fiercely, and with a little stamp on the floor, 'you don't care; and why should you? you've proved it you don't, Lieutenant Puddock, and you never did.
'Madam! your most obedient humble servant, said Puddock, with another bow, still more ceremonious, flushing up intensely to the very roots of his powdered hair, and feeling in his swelling heart that all the generals of all the armies of Europe dare not have held such language to him.
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