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He spoke with suavity, and hissed his s's. A long, vibrating twang quavered through the room. Swithin turned and saw Rozsi sitting at the czymbal; the notes rang under the little hammers in her hands, incessant, metallic, rising and falling with that strange melody.
It was only when he had discovered that all the B's looked like H's, and that all the G's were K's, and all the L's S's, and had, as it were, made a system for himself, that he was able to get on comfortably. 'Bless my soul, he murmured, 'why cannot girls write legibly? 'It is the real Mauleverer hand, papa, and is generally thought very pretty, said Ida.
As you ken, thae grand folk has their initials on their spoons and nichtgowns. Ay, weel, she thocht it would be mair handy to take Tibbets, because if she had ta'en the minister the T's would have had to be changed to S's. It was thoctfu' o' her." "Is Tibbets living?" asked Haggart sharply. "No; he's dead." "What," asked Haggart, "was the corp to trade?" "I dinna ken."
Why you can see," suddenly holding the letter towards him, "it isn't even like my writing. My s's, my m's they're not like that " "No, no," he said eagerly. "I see that they are not. I saw that at once." "You knew at once that it was a forgery?" "I knew at once. I never doubted for an instant." She sighed; then settled back into the pillow with a little shudder.
She was still looking for the lost Nannie. "And I live," Don continued proudly, "at number theventeen East Theventy-theventh Street." The s's were almost too much for him but he struggled manfully. "Why, that's very near where I live!" Phyllis exclaimed, relief in her voice. "I'll take you home, if we don't find Nannie."
But as I was never certain that Enriquez was not purposely mystifying me, with some ulterior object, I could not help saying a little wickedly: "Yes, I understand all that; but how about this geologian? Will he not tell your wife? You know he was a great admirer of hers." "That shall show the great intelligence of him, my Pancho. He will have the four S's, especially the secreto!"
We now continued our journey along the left bank of the river, but when in sight of Mr. S's clearing, a large pine-tree, which had newly fallen across the narrow path, brought the teams to a stand-still.
Then the full force of Miriam's words dawning on her she looked at her friend in a startled way. "I know who sent Ruth those presents. It was Elfreda herself. I'm sure of it. She knew Ruth to be too proud to accept clothes, so she sent them anonymously. Now I know why those 'a's' and 's's' looked so familiar. That's Elfreda's writing. I know she did it.
This, then, being the case, let not these scrupulous and prudish ideas trouble your imagination, but be assured that Lothario prizes you as you do him, and rest content and satisfied that as you are caught in the noose of love it is one of worth and merit that has taken you, and one that has not only the four S's that they say true lovers ought to have, but a complete alphabet; only listen to me and you will see how I can repeat it by rote.
S's sister be alive; her situation about the Queen makes it too doubtful; but endeavour to give him hope many may have escaped whose fears still detain them in concealment. People of the first rank now inhabit garrets and cellars, and those who appear are disguised beyond recollection; so that I do not despair of the safety of some, who are now thought to have perished.
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