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"I dink dot boetry vos make me tizzy already," came from Hans, as he sat down on a nearby chair, his face growing suddenly pale. "Hullo, Hans is sick!" cried Tom. "Hans, I thought you had better sea legs than that." "I vosn't sick at all, Dom, only vell, der ship looks like be vos going to dake a summersaults already kvick!" "You're seasick," said Sam. "Better go to your stateroom and lie down."
Somers be telling us that we'd have saxpence each day as long we war here afore daylight? said I, yer honer; 'an' shure an' wasn't it black night when we war here this blessed morning, and devil a fear of the tizzy? said I. But it's mortial cowld, an' it'd be asier fur uz to be doing a spell of work than crouching about on our hunkers down on the wet ground." All this was true.
SOPHY. "Not without a livelihood! the what did you call it? independent income, that is, the Three Pounds, Grandy?" "Sensible child. That is true. Yes, Heaven is very good to me still. Ah! what signifies fortune? How happy I was with my dear Lizzy, and yet no two persons could live more from hand to mouth." "tizzy?" "My wife. She was only spared to me two years: such sunny years!
The grasshoppers and butterflies scattered; the paper dried rapidly in the hot sun, as the kite lay on the grass while the string was fastened, Tizzy having the delightful task of rolling the ball along the grass to unwind enough for the first flight; and then, after Ned had thrown a stray goose-feather to make sure which way the wind blew, this being towards the tall poplars, Tizzy was set to hold up the kite as high as she could.
Tizzy placed her arms round her brother's neck and clung tightly while he played the restive steed, and raised Cook's ire to red-hot point by purposely kicking one of the Windsor chairs, making it scroop on the beautifully-white floor of the front kitchen, and making the queen of the domain rush out at him, looking red-eyed and ferocious, for the onion-juice had affected her.
"And the grounds are showed too," said the Boots, "if so be you has a mind to stay and see 'em. But don't you go to the gardener, he'll want half a crown; there's an old 'Oman at the lodge who will show you all that's worth seeing the walks and the big cascade for a tizzy.
No Englishman could get before you; I am quite sure of that." "Don't you be impertinent, miss," said Kate. "You can easily see, Mr. Green, that papa spoils my sister Eliza." "Do you hunt in top-boots, Mr. Green?" said Tizzy. To this I made no answer.
What would poor Mamma do?" "Die?" he said confusedly. "Why what? Here," he cried, as recollection came back with a rush, "oh, Tizzy, don't say you've lost the kite!" "Lost the kite!" cried Cook, furiously now. "Oh, you wicked, wicked boy! What will your Mar say?" "As she was precious glad I was a-comin' by," said the man, grinning. "There: don't scold the youngster, missus.
What! you'll lend my Paul three crowns, will you, when you knows as how you told me you could not pay me a pitiful tizzy? Oh, you're a queer one, I warrants; but you won't queer Margery Lobkins.
It's a forger; and I didn't send them off on a false scent O no! I thought there was no use in having them over our way; so I give them "very valuable information," Mr. Lavender said, and tipped me a tizzy for myself; and they're off to Luton. They showed me the 'andcuffs, too the other one did and he clicked the dratted things on my wrist; and I tell you, I believe I nearly went off in a swound!
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