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But this didn't quite suit his fastidious taste in another minute, being too shiny; so, as they walk up the town, they dive into Nixon's the hatter's, and Tom is arrayed, to his utter astonishment, and without paying for it, in a regulation cat-skin at seven-and-sixpence, Nixon undertaking to send the best hat up to the matron's room, School-house, in half an hour.
Cummings put some vinegar on; but through this we missed the last train, and had to drive back to Broadstairs, which cost me seven-and-sixpence. Home again. Mrs. James' influence on Carrie. Can get nothing for Lupin. Next-door neighbours are a little troublesome. Some one tampers with my diary. Got a place for Lupin. Lupin startles us with an announcement. August 22. Home sweet Home again!
"How do you know that he values it highly?" I asked. "Well, I should put the original cost of the pipe at seven-and-sixpence. Now it has, you see, been twice mended: once in the wooden stem and once in the amber. Each of these mends, done, as you observe, with silver bands, must have cost more than the pipe did originally.
His sheep had greatly increased in number; the valleys were filled with his cattle; and he could always sell his salmon for half-a-crown a pound and his pheasants for seven-and-sixpence a brace. Everything had thriven with Crasweller, and everything must belong to Eva as soon as he should have been led into the college. Eva's mother was now dead, and no other child had been born.
Then I looked at him, but his face revealed nothing; he was just the man with a quiet manner and low voice who had put himself at my service and engaged to drive me five miles out to a hill, help me to find what I wanted and bring me back in time to catch the conveyance to my town, all for the surprisingly moderate sum of seven-and-sixpence.
The ling he swung on his back over his oilskin jacket and carried it home, the head at his shoulder and the tail dangling at his legs. "There!" he cried, dropping it on the floor, "split it and salt it, and you've breakfas'es for a month." When the remittance came from Liverpool it was a postal order for seven-and-sixpence.
"It will cost five-and-sixpence. I therefore give you seven-and-sixpence, Frau Bauer. That is two shillings for your trouble. If possible, I should prefer that no one sees this telegram being despatched. Do I make myself clear?" "Yes, yes. I quite understand." "And if you are asked who gave it you to despatch, say it is a Mrs.
"But if you were on your oath, Mr. Twentyman? "Was there more than seven-and-sixpence an acre lost?" "No, nor five shillings," said Runciman. "I think Goarly ought to take his lordship's offer if you mean that," said Twentyman. Then there was a pause, during which more drink was brought in, and pipes were re-lighted. Everybody wished that Mr.
It contained some pieces of silver, as I knew from its weight and the feel of it five shillings, as I judged, or perhaps seven-and-sixpence. As his hand weighed it I saw a sudden relief on his face, and realized how grey and pinched it had been when he opened the door to me.
With much probing and plucking and many regretful murmurs the beleaguered ladies managed to produce seven-and-sixpence between them. "I am afraid this is all we've got," said Mrs. Stossen. Matilda showed no sign of coming down either to the earth or to their figure. "I could not do violence to my conscience for anything less than ten shillings," she announced stiffly.
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