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"Well, I didn't," sais I, "I was as innocent as a child; but nobody is so ignorant as not to know a splendiferous gall when he sees her," and I made a motion of my head to her, as much, as to say, "Put that cap on, for it just fits you."
She spoke a few words to him, inquired about his wife, his flowers, &c., and then turned away with the aunt, as if to terminate the interview. But Tom could not take his eyes off her, and he stood, gaping and admiring, and every now and then passing the back of his hand across his lips. "What do you think of my choice, Tom?" asked Scatterly, confidentially. "O, splendiferous!" said the gardener.
I shall merely accept a highly responsible situation under government; for you see, Jack, I'm fond of having an enormous salary and nothing to do." "But suppose there are no natives?" "Then we'll build a charming villa, and plant a lovely garden round it, stuck all full of the most splendiferous tropical flowers, and we'll farm the land, plant, sow, reap, eat, sleep, and be merry."
"Yea verily, verily and yea!" cried Ralph, snuffling through the nostrils, but assuming an air of extreme indignation: "Strannger, I've heerd of you! You're the man that holds it agin duty and conscience to kill Injuns, the redskin screamers that refuses to defend the women, the splendiferous creatur's! and the little children, the squall-a-baby d'avs!
"Jes see what splendiferous idees that chile Miss Elsie hab, Vic," she cried, shaking the flounces into place over her enormous crinoline. "Now 'serve she never wore dis sumptious dress more en once, but sent it down here good as new; 'sides de turban, jes see it shine. Yes, Vic, I forgives yer, so don't rub dem knuckles in yer eyes no more."
They spoke of calling, and while I could not help being grateful, I knew how fallen my poor mother would think me to welcome the notice of Pippa and Hippo. Most enthusiastic was the latter as she rode behind with me, looking at the proportions of Harry and his horse, some little way on before, with Dora on one side, and Pippa rattling on the other. "Splendid! Splendiferous!
Excuse me," he would say to his work, "while I do a dance." He rose impulsively and brought his papers nearer her. With a table between them she was several feet away from him, which was more, he said, than he could endure. "Sit down for a moment, Grizel, and let me look at you. I want to write something most splendiferous to-day, and I am sure to find it in your face.
If it isn't the perfectly marvelous Mr. David Carroll!" Carroll bowed instinctively. Then his lips expanded into the first wholesome smile he had experienced in forty-eight hours. "Miss Evelyn Rogers!" "You did recognize me, didn't you? How simply splendiferous! I'm awfully glad we met!" "So am I, Miss Rogers." She dropped her voice confidentially.
'You may break, you may shatter The vase if you will; But the scent of the Romans Will cling round it still. Denny sat down amid applause. It really was a great idea, at least for HIM. It seemed to add just what was wanted to the visit of the Maidstone Antiquities. To sell the Antiquities thoroughly would be indeed splendiferous.
Steve boy, you're going it some. More bluggy drunkables? Will immensely splendiferous stander permit one stooder of most extreme poverty and one largesize grandacious thirst to terminate one expensive inaugurated libation? Give's a breather. Landlord, landlord, have you good wine, staboo? Hoots, mon, a wee drap to pree. Cut and come again. Right. Boniface! Absinthe the lot.
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