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'Take a seat by the fire, were her hospitable words when she had got him in; 'men of your calling are always welcome here. 'Thankee, said the man. His manner was the manner of a sailor, and his hands were the hands of a sailor, except that they were smooth.
"Well, I got more noos for 'ee, Peter gert noos!" "And what is it this time?" "I be allus full up o' noos, bean't I?" he repeated. "Yes, Ancient," said I, and sighed; "and what is your news?" "Why, first of all, Peter, jest reach me my snuff-box, will 'ee? 'ere it be in my back 'ind pocket thankee! thankee!" Hereupon he knocked upon the lid with a bony knuckle.
'I am very glad indeed to hear it, observed Miss Tox. 'Will you take a little bread and butter, and a cup of tea, before we go, Robin? 'Thankee, Miss, returned the Grinder; who immediately began to use his own personal grinders in a most remarkable manner, as if he had been on very short allowance for a considerable period.
Tucker looked from one to the other in silent misery; then, shielding his eyes with his hand, he averted his head. Mrs. Bowman, with her hands folded in her lap, regarded him with anxious solicitude. "I thought perhaps you ought to know," said Mr. Clark. Mr. Tucker sat bolt upright and gazed at him fixedly. "I wish you joy," he said, in a hollow voice. "Thankee," said Mr.
Attired in a triangular strip of birds-eye linen and emitting savage yells, I repeatedly stormed and captured the most magnificent breast-works ever built in Kentucky and ravenously appropriated whatsoever I found therein without so much as a thankee mum.
'Now, my dear friend 'I began. 'Thankee, thankee, kind sir, he said, grasping my hand in both of his. 'If she should make her way to London, which is likely for where could she lose herself so readily as in this vast city; and what would she wish to do, but lose and hide herself, if she does not go home? 'And she won't go home, he interposed, shaking his head mournfully.
'Here is your purchase, Mr Wegg, says Venus, politely handing it over, 'and I am glad to restore it to the source from whence it flowed. 'Thankee, says Wegg. 'Now this affair is concluded, I may mention to you in a friendly way that I've my doubts whether, if I had consulted a lawyer, you could have kept this article back from me. I only throw it out as a legal point.
"If you take me home, Sam, you shall see her, and be forgiven by her, too." "Thankee, miss," said the gratified steward. "And what about your foot, Wilks?" said Hardy, somewhat taken aback by this arrangement. "Foot, sir?" said the unconscious Mr. Wilks; "wot foot?" "Why, the bad one," said Hardy, with a significant glance. "Ho, that one?" said Mr.
"Stop, Jerry, stop!" cried my uncle; "have a glass of grog before you go?" "No, thankee, cap'en," answered Jerry. "I must keep a clear head on my shoulders. If I once takes a taste, maybe I shall want another as I pass the Blue Posteses." Uncle Kelson did not press the point, and the old man took his departure.
Thus set forth, with the additional embellishments of a very little tail to his coat, and a yawning gulf at his waistband, Sloppy stood confessed. 'And how is Betty, my good fellow? Mrs Boffin asked him. 'Thankee, mum, said Sloppy, 'she do pretty nicely, and sending her dooty and many thanks for the tea and all faviours and wishing to know the family's healths. 'Have you just come, Sloppy?
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