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They heard me three times before deciding to take me on. With this formality over, rehearsals began. I soon found that my ideas of how my rôle an important one was to be acted, did not always coincide with the views of the stage director, and there were ructions.
Of all this the beats knew nothing. They kept up their warfare of backbiting and of raising petty ructions at the office when I was not there, until I hit upon the plan of putting Pat in charge. Pat was a typical Irish coal-heaver, who would a sight rather fight than eat. There was a coal office in the building, and Pat was generally hanging around, looking for a job.
And that's lucky; it'll make it easier for me to back his wife. Half-artist, and half-Forsyte, Jolyon was constitutionally averse from what he termed 'ructions'; unless angered, he conformed deeply to that classic description of the she-dog, 'Er'd ruther run than fight. A little smile became settled in his beard. Ironical that Soames should come down here to this house, built for himself!
An edict to wash would mean blue ructions in Tipperary, open rebellion would ensue, and the mighty Catholic Church would totter to its fall. The threat to wash would be an untold terrorism, the use of soap an outrage which could only be atoned by blood. Why wash? Is not soap an enemy to the faith? Do not the people suit our purpose much better as they are? Thigum thu, brutal and heretic Saxon?
Conscious that he had rather over-reached himself in presenting this picture of marital joys to my horizon, Captain Pharo resumed the subject with sprightliness. "In course the first preliminary essence o' all these 'ere ructions 'ith female grass is, 't ye've got to go a-co'tin'." "Yes."
"And now, an't ye a pretty set of boys, the whole of ye, blackguards that ye are! that ye can't dhrink yer sperrits quietly, in a lone woman's house, but you must be bringing the town on her, by yer d d ructions; and av I niver saw the foot of any of ye agin, it's little I'd be grieving for ye." "Quit that, you ould hag of the divil! or I'll give you more to talk about than'll plaze you."
I'd got a can of brandied peaches down at the sutler's, and it took all the brandy to bring him around, and I had nothing left but the peaches. Now, while I like a little variety in camp-life as well as the next man, I don't want no more ructions like last night's. I'll put you in charge of those kids, and hold you responsible for 'em.
Jolly good job he left Hereford to-day before I arrived there might have been ructions. Good Lord! He evidently takes Cynthia for an adventuress!" Yet, in spite of the chance of ructions, it would have been far better had Medenham not missed his father that morning.
She will not flaunt her decision in the parental face, nor cause ructions by tactlessly obtruding the bone of contention; but she will be firm and loyal, true to herself and to him she loves. Where the Mother Shares the Secret. Where the father is somewhat of a Spartan there is not unfrequently a gentle, sympathetic mother, who will dare much to make her child happy.
You seemed so young in experience, that I thought a little innocuous education might be an advantage before you plunged. But she snatched oh, she did! without seeming to lift an eyebrow, in her inimitable way. Very clever. In fact, she's been distinctly clever all round. She's eluded her 'coming man' on one side; and ructions over her soldier man on the other "
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