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He eyed me steadily, the appearance of interest fading more and more, until, presently, his face assumed its wonted expressionless mask, somehow I was conscious that what he had seen in my face was not altogether to his liking. His voice was once more bland and self-contained. 'I perceive you are of opinion that I have been told a taradiddle. I suppose I have.
The further you hide it the quicker you will find it, and if anything turns up, if I hear any rumours, I'll take it to the police. Of course, that's all taradiddle; he lies like a horse, for I know this Dushkin, he is a pawnbroker and a receiver of stolen goods, and he did not cheat Nikolay out of a thirty-rouble trinket in order to give it to the police. He was simply afraid.
Considering that it was about six-thirty, I wanted to ask who was telling a taradiddle now; but I resisted the temptation, and replied, "No. And I promise not to bother you about my private affairs any more." Madge laughed again merrily, saying, "You are the most obvious man I ever met. Now why did you say that?"
The dark girl with a very long bust that raked back like a pigeon's, and with dark and sparkling eyes, tittered derisively at the magister and went on slowly rubbing a perfumed ointment into the skin of her throat and shoulders. 'Shall he bring his ragged doxies here too? she laughed. 'What a taradiddle is this of Cophetua and a beggar wench. The other maids all tittered derisively at Udal.
What was the tomfoolery she was talking to you about? Is she mad? 'No, I don't think she's mad. 'I never heard such stuff, it made my blood run cold to hear her. What's the matter with the girl? 'Well, you must excuse my saying that I don't fancy you quite understand women. 'I I don't, and I I I don't want to either. I hesitated; then resolved on a taradiddle, in Marjorie's interest.
Considering that it was about six-thirty, I wanted to ask who was telling a taradiddle now; but I resisted the temptation, and replied "No. And I promise not to bother you about my private affairs any more." Madge laughed again merrily, saying, "You are the most obvious man I ever met. Now why did you say that?"
Pirouetting before me, she led the way, and we went down the long steep stairs. A shout greeted her appearance in the doorway. "Oh, Vicky, we have missed you! Come over here and listen to Ted's latest old joke!" "No, come over here and hear this awful gossip Ariadne is telling for solemn truth. It's the very worst taradiddle she ever got off!"
Dwight, shocked at the taradiddle, and fearing its evil influence on Washington's fame, spoiled the joke by explaining in a book that "a gentleman of great respectability, who was present when General Washington made the observation referred to, told me that he said, when describing those mosquitoes to Mr.
"He was here to dinner just two weeks ago and perfectly all right. We had a nice, long chat together on the sofa. But he didn't make his party-call quite as soon as he usually does, so when I saw him at Brenda's wedding I thought of course he'd come up and tell me how busy he'd been or some other taradiddle. But he didn't come near me.
'But what is the taradiddle? don't you see I'm burning? 'Unfortunately, Atherton, I am on my honour. Until I have permission to unloose it, my tongue is tied. He picked up his hat and umbrella from where he had placed them on the table. Holding them in his left hand, he advanced to me with his right outstretched.
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