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Underwood shouted himself weary, without requiring any reply save what Mr. Staple's local knowledge supplied; and when the carriage was announced, the guests were dismissed with a hearty shake of the hands, and invitation to call again 'It was a comfort to talk of public matters to a young man of sense; and Lance found a sovereign in his hand. He was not sure that he was obliged.
I say, isn't it very funny that, after finding the remains in Kent some twenty miles from here, with the River Thames between, you should come here to look for the bones and go straight to Staple's Pond, where they happen to be and find 'em?" "It would have been more funny," Badger replied sourly, "if we'd gone straight to a place where they happened not to be and found them."
As early as 1818 a few newspaper editors began to decry the régime; and one of them in 1821 rejoiced in a widespread prevalence of rot in the crop of the preceding year as a blessing, in that it staved off the rapidly nearing time when the staple's price would fall below the cost of production.
There was also, perhaps with a little redolence of port wine, as it were the slightest possible twang, in Mr Staple's voice. In these days Tom Staple was not a very happy man; University reform had long been his bugbear, and now was his bane.
The inspector was apparently of the same opinion, for I saw him cast a glance of the deepest malevolence at the too inquiring disciple of St. Crispin. In fact, his turn came next, and the cobbler's hair stood up with unholy joy. The finding of the lower half of the trunk in Staple's Pond at Loughton was the inspector's own achievement, but he was not boastful about it.
That something is always wrong in a French post-chaise, upon first setting out. Or the proposition may stand thus: A French postilion has always to alight before he has got three hundred yards out of town. What's wrong now? Diable! a rope's broke! a knot has slipt! a staple's drawn! a bolt's to whittle! a tag, a rag, a jag, a strap, a buckle, or a buckle's tongue, want altering.
There was also, perhaps, a little redolence of port wine, as it were the slightest possible twang, in Mr. Staple's voice. In these latter days Tom Staple was not a happy man; university reform had long been his bugbear, and now was his bane.
So rapid was the improvement in Oscar's health, that two or three days after his trip to the Cross-Roads, Mr. Preston gave his consent to an excursion he and Jerry had planned, which was to occupy a whole day. "Old Staple's Hut," as it was called, was the place they proposed to visit.
Jessie leaned heavily on his arm, and they went quickly out of the building and into the carriage. All the way home his arm supported her, and her head leaned helplessly on his shoulder. Dorothy followed with her wraps up to Miss Staple's boudoir. "Thank you that will do," she said, wearily, dismissing her at her door, and Dorothy turned away.
"It seems to agree in character and dimensions," said Thorndyke, "and the agreement is strongly supported by a discovery made two days later." "What is that?" Mr. Bellingham demanded. "It is the lower half of a trunk which the police dragged out of a rather deep pond on the skirts of the forest at Loughton Staple's Pond, it is called.
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