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Vidoeq said to his man, 'You are served'; that's funnier, for it means the guillotine." A nudge from Bixiou made Gazonal all eyes and ears. "Does monsieur grease my paws?" asked Fromenteau of Gaillard, in a threatening but cool tone. "And the rapscallions?" said the man. "What rapscallions?" asked Gaillard. "Those I employ," replied Fromenteau calmly. "Is there a lower depth still?" asked Bixiou.
Come, black eyes, one kiss, and I'll send the men to right about." Janice caught the whip from its socket and raised it threateningly, just as another officer from a newly arrived company came spurring up and, without warning, began to strike right and left with the flat of his sword. "Off with you, you damned rapscallions!" he shouted. "Leftenant Bromhead, where are your manners?"
The druggist scowled. "Boy foolishness. That don't mean nothing." "He, he, he! It don't, hey?" drawled Walky, chirping to Josephus to start him. "Wal mebbe not. But if I was you, and had plate glass winders like you've got, an' no insurance on 'em, I wouldn't let that crowd of young rapscallions hear my opinion of Mr. Haley."
If he did an' he yered de rumpus dese rapscallions kicked up yes dat's you I'm talkin' to" and he looked toward the dogs "he'll be roun' yere 'fo' ye gits fru yo' bre'kfus'. Dey do say as how Marse Harry's mighty sweet in dat quarter. Mister Langdon Willits's snoopin' roun' too, but Miss Kate ain't got no use fer him. He ain't quality dey say."
Beyond this there was a first hall, empty and devoid of furniture, excepting for immensely long wooden counters; and as I jumped through to the warehouses beyond, I saw dimly in the darkened room those dozens of city rapscallions whom we had unleashed hurl themselves on to the counters and literally tear them to pieces. They knew!
"Yes, monsieur," said the spy. "Some people give us information without knowing they do so, and without getting paid for it. I put fools and ninnies below rapscallions." "They are often original, and witty, your rapscallions!" said Leon.
These petty rapscallions, on the other hand, sought protection behind the majesty of the law. They struck, but no one was permitted to strike back, for behind them were the prison cells and the clubs of the stupid policemen paid and professional fighters and beaters-up of men. Yet he was not bitter.
And right glad I am to be rid of such a trollop, drawing all the rapscallions of the port in here, and bringing my tavern into disrepute." He spoke so bitterly that I believe he was trying to talk himself into thinking he had profited by her departure.
Will Hazeldean is not the man to give way to a set of thankless rapscallions." "I think," said the parson, "that you will allow that the House of Tudor, whatever its faults, was a determined, resolute dynasty enough, high-hearted and strong-headed. A Tudor would never have fallen into the same calamities as the poor Stuart did!" "What the plague has the House of Tudor got to do with my stocks?"
It seems strange, because he was here, befriended by monarchs, and very strong and handsome and self-confident, hardly two hours ago. Is that his blood upon your sleeve?" "But of course not! I told you I was vexatiously detained, almost at your gates. Yes, I had the ill luck to blunder into a disgusting business. The two rapscallions tumbled out of a doorway under my horse's very nose, egad!
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