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You forgive me?" "I'm much obliged to you," said Felicite quickly. "You should have made them die of fright. My husband is a big sly-boots. Come and see me some morning, when I am alone." Then she turned away, as though this meeting with the marquis had determined her. From head to foot the whole of her little person betokened implacable resolution.
"Oh, but the sun is an old sly-boots," she answered. They came up to dress her. She kept stumbling against things, and then laughing in a faint way. The dress was the new one, and when they had put it on they stood back from her and shouted with delight. She took up the little broken hand-glass to look at herself. Her great eyes sparkled piteously. The church bells began to ring her wedding-peal.
"Let us postpone all decision until we are better informed," was the advice of that Fabius in a dressing-gown, whose prudent reflections revealed to him the meaning of these moves on the Tourainean chess-board. He tried to enlighten Birotteau on the dangers of his position; but the wisdom of the old "sly-boots" did not serve the passions of the moment, and he obtained but little attention.
'Tum-pa, tum-too; Tum-pa, tum-too! Every animal and bird he met asked him the same question 'Drumikin! Drumikin! Have you seen Lambikin? And to each of them the little sly-boots replied 'Lost in the forest, and so are you, On, little Drumikin! Tum-pa, tum-too; Tum-pa, turn-too; Tum-pa, tum-too! Then they all sighed to think of the tender little morsel they had let slip.
"If they could all be put to some steady work it would be the best thing for them," said Judith. "Idleness is the mother of mischief. Blasi is not an ill-meaning fellow, but he is lazy, greatly to his own injury. Long Jost is the worst of the two; a sly-boots, and a rare one too. It is to be hoped that he will break his own leg, when he's trying to trip some one else up with it."
"Prompted probably by this evil thought, she carried her victims one after the other into Duchess's kennel and left them there. The coachman, who was up betimes cleaning his harness, saw her do this. After which the old sly-boots retired to her own lair and went to sleep as if nothing had happened." "Did you ever owe your life to a dog?" inquired Colonel Hamilton, turning to Lady Constance.
It was quite true; the green on his back had changed to gray-white, and his pretty spots were fading. "He looks awfully; is he going to die?" "Yes and no. Come this afternoon and see what will happen." But when they came, Blacky and Sly-boots were not to be seen. Their summer residence, empty and uncovered, stood out in the sun, and two of the flower-pots were covered with netting.
Perhaps he likes her!" "Well, it's the first I've seen of it. He's a sly-boots if he does. Somehow it doesn't seem to fit in with Bevis. I'm cross with him. When did Clive take this amazing snap? I wonder he didn't send it on to us before. I think it's not worth keeping, if you ask me!" and Merle, tearing the photo into bits, tossed it into the waste-paper basket.
In June Greeny and Blacky came out of their shells, but no one saw them do it, for it was in the night; but Sly-boots was more obliging. One morning Miss Ruth heard a rustling, and lo! what looked like a great bug, with long, slender legs, was climbing to the top of the box. Soon he hung by his feet to the netting, rested motionless a while, and then slowly, slowly unfolded his wings to the sun.
"It's just as well," he declared quietly. Heywood loosed a great breath, a sigh of vast relief. "My word!" he cried, grinning. "So you're there, too, eh? You young Sly-boots! If you're another expert Bravo! We'll beat him at his own game! Hoist with his own what-d'-ye-call-it!
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