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He who could take a basting got but few; he who rord and wep because the knotty boys called him nicknames, was nicknamed wuss and wuss. I recklect there was at our school, in Smithfield, a chap of this milksop, spoony sort, who appeared among the romping, ragged fellers in a fine flanning dressing-gownd, that his mama had given him.
But never in all the experience of the family had the favourite meal been so jolly, so prolific of spoony and porcelain accidents, so chatty, and so generally riotous, as it was on a certain evening in June of the year 1870, shortly after the return home of Robin and his companions.
"I shouldn't have thought it was very difficult," he answered bitterly. "Did any of the girls see you waiting for me?" "I don't know and I don't care." "They all laugh at you, you know. They say you're spoony on me." "Much you care," he muttered. "Now then, quarrelsome." At the station he took a ticket and said he was going to accompany her home.
And the worthy gentleman, growing more garrulous and confidential with his nephew as he grew older, told many affecting instances of the evil results consequent upon this want of caution to many persons in "Society;" how from using too ardent expressions in some poetical notes to the widow Naylor, young Spoony had subjected himself to a visit of remonstrance from the widow's brother, Colonel Flint; and thus had been forced into a marriage with a woman old enough to be his mother: how when Louisa Salter had at length succeeded in securing young Sir John Bird, Hopwood, of the Blues, produced some letters which Miss S. had written to him, and caused a withdrawal on Bird's part, who afterwards was united to Miss Stickney, of Lyme Regis, etc.
"Spoony femmes?" inquired Anstey. "Spooniest ever!" Dick declared. "Not on your coming shoulder-straps!" retorted Prescott, an eager look in his eyes. "And say, Anstey, you're going to the hop tomorrow night, aren't you? "Hadn't thought so," replied the other quietly. "Anything else on?" "Nothing particular." "Then be at the hop, Anstey, old bunkie do!
They were real spoony on me, but I wasn't spoony on them one bit, Eliza, at least, not in my heart, which having been given to you, remained yours intact; but I sort of feel a qualm to think how their respected pa would jaw them if those billets-doux were found and handed over.
"I saw what any one could have seen who had taken the trouble to watch you for ten minutes during your visits to this house." "Was my unhappy state so very conspicuous?" exclaimed Valentine, laughing. "Was I so obviously spoony? I who have so ridiculed anything in the way of sentiment. You make me blush for my folly, Diana.
"All this I told quite frankly to Maggie I mean Margaret Louise, because I had no secrets from her and never thought there was any reason why I shouldn't. Stevie has a horrid brother, also, who has been up here to dances. All the girls hate him because he is so spoony. He isn't as spoony as Margaret Louise's brother, but he's quite a sloppy little spooner at that.
Parson never struck me as being one of the spoony kind." "No, he wasn't a bit. He wrote to her every week, but her letters kept coming all the time regular continued stories; but he wouldn't stand chaffing about them and didn't fancy remarks, so I quit." "Know anything about her? Ever see her picture?"
"Dragging a femme" is to escort a young woman to the hop. If she be "spoony," that means that she is pretty. But an "L.P." is a poor dancer. "Hotel?" inquired Greg. "Yes," nodded Mr. Furlong, turning to leave. "Miss Wilton. I don't believe you've met her. Unless she dislikes your looks I may present you to her." "Do," begged Greg. "I'd enjoy going through a few dreamy numbers." Mr.
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