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I could tell you, Puddock, he continued, forgetting his wrath, and letting his prisoner go, in his eager pathos the Frenchman made his escape in a twinkling 'I was the only man in our regiment that tuck the mazles in Cork, when it was goin' among the children, bad luck to them I that was near dyin' of it when I was an infant; and I was the only officer in the regiment, when we were at Athlone, that was prevented going to the race ball and I would not for a hundred pounds.
But, from some cause or other perhaps it was Miss Gertrude's rebellion in treating the outlawed Puddock with special civility that evening, Miss Becky's asperity seemed to acquire edge and venom as time proceeded. But Puddock rallied quickly.
'Swim? ay, like a stone, poor fellow! If he had only thrown himself out, and held by me, hang it, I'd have brought him to shore; but poor Puddock, he lost his head. And I you see me here don't forget to tell them the condition you found me in, and and now don't lose a moment. So off went Lillyman to give the alarm at the barrack.
Oh, dear oh, dear! and she looked this way and that in her distraction. But the squeak subsided, and Flora was not to be seen; and Aunt Becky's presence of mind returned, and she said 'Captain Cluffe, 'tis a great liberty; but you're humane and, besides, I know that you would readily do me a kindness. That emphasis was shot at poor Puddock.
'An officer! no, Aunt Becky there certainly is Captain Cluffe, who always joins your party when you and Gertrude go down to hear the band, and Lieutenant Puddock, too, who does the same but you know 'Well, my dear, all in good time. Gertrude's very secret, and proud too; but I shall know very soon.
'Lieutenant Puddock! repeated young Madam in the nightcap; and by this time the film of slumber was gone; and the suspicion struck her somehow in altogether so comical a way that she could not help laughing in her aunt's sad, earnest face. 'Fat, funny little Lieutenant Puddock! was ever so diverting a disgrace? Oh! dear aunt, what have I done to deserve so prodigious a suspicion?
'Fiddle-thtick! exclaimed the magnanimous Puddock. 'I pulled myself across little more than a year ago, and 'twas as easy as as anything. Get in, an' loose her when I tell you.
Cluffe wished the whole company, except himself, at the bottom of the Red Sea; for he was taking his revenge of Puddock, and had already lost a gammon and two hits. Little Puddock won by the force of the dice.
She had a great face and hanging chops and a very bad colour like a puddock. L.C.J. What is that, mistress? What say you she was like? S. My lord, I ask pardon; I heard Esquire Martin say she looked like a puddock in the face; and so she did. L.C.J. Did you that? Can you interpret her, Mr Attorney? Att. My lord, I apprehend it is the country word for a toad. L.C.J. Oh, a hop-toad! Ay, go on. Att.
And the two warriors, side by side, marched over the bridge, in the starlight, and both by common consent, halted silently, and wheeled up to the battlement; and Puddock puffed a complacent little sigh up the river toward Belmont; and Cluffe was a good deal interested in the subject of his contemplation, and in fact, the more he thought of it, the better he liked it.
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