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If so, it might be worth his own while to await the good man's coming, if only he could manage to hold his own for the next few minutes. Changing his tactics, he turned his back on the snuggery and surveyed the offended woman, with just a touch of maudlin sentiment. "I say," he cried, just loud enough to attract the attention of any one within ear-shot.
The Epeira, who displays such astonishing industry to give her eggs a dwelling-house of incomparable perfection, becomes, after that, careless of her family. For what reason? She lacks the time. She has to die when the first cold comes, whereas the eggs are destined to pass the winter in their downy snuggery. The desertion of the nest is inevitable, owing to the very force of things.
He'll bluff it out if he can, but he's just admitted to me " Mitchington thrust Bryce aside, almost roughly. "We know all about that!" he said. "I shall have a word or two for you later! Come on, now " The men crowded up the stairway into Folliot's snuggery, Bryce, wondering at the inspector's words and manner, following closely behind him and the detective and Glassdale, who led the way.
The doors stood open, and Griselda found them quite big enough, or herself quite small enough which it was she couldn't tell, and as it was all a matter of fancy she decided not to trouble to inquire to pass through quite comfortably. And inside there was the most charming little snuggery imaginable.
"'No, sir. "'Yes, so I thought, you were saying something will soon pass away. "I thought this dialogue, on the part of M'Slime, too characteristic to be lost. I accordingly stole somewhat near the snuggery, until I got into a position from whence I could see them clearly, without being seen myself.
She ran into his snuggery now like a girl, and broke into the liquid Spanish which formed such an effective defence against the ears of aides-de-camp or English-speaking servants. "You are tired, my Arturo. The sitting has been very long. Were the Durbar open to reason?"
The unfortunates who are short of a sovereign or two must look up their old friend in the back shop smelling of bacon, tallow, pepper, tea, and whisky, just as their social superiors seek the intrepid sixty per cent. man of St. James's, whose snuggery is perfumed by the best Havannahs that other people's money can buy.
Having deposited hat, cane and ulster in their respective places there was a place for everything or it would have been quite impossible to abide in that snuggery he sank into one of the easy chairs, rolled a cigarette with meditative deliberation, lighted it and blew the smoke into the moonlight where it assumed a thousand fantastic forms.
Bone, smoking his pipe at the garden-gate, looks at the house with drowsy complacency. He calls it all "Mist' Dode's snuggery," now: he does not know that the rich, full-toned vigor of her happiness is the germ of all this life and beauty.
I shall be happy to see you both any day at five, and to bury all unkindness with a chop and glass at the Pot and Poker, in Bow Street." "I'm sure you're very kind," said Cradell. "And Mrs Lupex will join us. There's a delightful little snuggery upstairs at the Pot and Poker; and if Miss Spruce will condescend to " "Oh, I'm an old woman, sir." "No no no," said Lupex, "I deny that.
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