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A costermonger of the name of Rackstraw also received some severe contusions, but if we may trust the report of his son, an intelligent lad of thirteen, he is very little the worse by his misadventure." Although "no serious result was anticipated" in Mrs. Burr's case in the newspaper sense of the words, which referred to the Coroner the results were serious enough to Mrs. Burr.
I am, indeed, in the situation of Ralph Rackstraw in 'Pinafore, 'I love, and love, alas! above my station, and now that you know half, you may as well know all. It arose out of that unfortunate ball given by the Duchess of Chiselhurst which will haunt me all the rest of my life, I fear," said Jennie, still without looking up. Mr.
There were other sides, too, to Mr Rackstraw's character, but for the moment let him go as a multi-millionaire City man and Radical politician. Not that it is satisfactory; it is too mild. The Radical politics of other Radical politicians were as skim-milk to the Radical politics of Radical Politician Rackstraw.
Told me his name was Ikey." Miss Hawkins pointed out that Ikey and Micky were substantially identical. But she was unable to make the same claim for Rackstraw and Ekins, when told that Micky had laid claim to the latter. She waived the point and conducted the beer-bearer back the way he came, handing him the brown jug over the wall, not to spill it.
He had, in fact, been seeing the Metropolis, as an exponent or auxiliary of his father's vocation as a costermonger; and had made himself extremely useful, said Mr. Rackstraw, in the manner of speaking. Only the manner of speaking, strictly reported, did not use the expression extremely, but another one which we need not dwell upon except to make reference to its inappropriateness. Mr.
"What's this boy's name, and no lies?" he added after muttering to himself on the same lines volcanically. "How often do you want to be told that, Mr. Wix? This boy's Micky Rackstraw, lives with his grandmother next door.... Well her sister then! It's all as one. Ain't you, Micky?" "Ah! Don't live there, though. Comes easy-like, now and again. Like the noospapers." "He's a young liar, then.
The look on his face was anxious, but not wrathful. He sighted Clarence, and hurried up to him. 'Jones, he said, 'I've been looking for you. I want a word with you. 'A thousand, if you wish it, said Clarence, courteously. 'Now, look here, said Mr Rackstraw. 'I want to explain to you just what this game means to me.
They argued at length, figuring out the odds with the aid of stubs of pencils and the backs of envelopes, but they were not confident. Out of all those frenzied millions two men alone had no doubts. Mr Daniel Rackstraw said that he did not desire to be unfair to Manchester United.
'I am a preposterous excrescence on the social cosmos, said Clarence, eyeing him doubtfully. 'Then I'll be one too, cried Mr Rackstraw. 'I own I've set my face against it hitherto, but circumstances alter cases. I'll ring up the Prime Minister on the phone tomorrow, and buy a title myself. Clarence's last scruple was removed. Silently he gripped the old man's hand, outstretched to meet his.
Rackstraw was not a man of many words, so he had to fall back upon the same very often or hold his tongue: a course uncongenial to him. This word was a pièce de résistance a kind of sheet-anchor.
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