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"There's a run upon the Bank Stand away! For the Manager's a crank and the Secretary drank, and the Upper Tooting Bank Turns to bay! Stand close: there is a run On the Bank. Of our ship, our royal one, let the ringing legend run, That she fired with every gun Ere she sank."
They insisted on stopping at every roadhouse, tooting loudly for the bartender to come out and serve them, and tossing off, in the course of a dozen miles, an uncountable number of glasses of beer. Had it not been for the presence of the farmer, seated placidly in the tonneau of the car with the rooster on his lap, Grace would have been terrified at her predicament.
What was this curious attraction that roused the interest of all who came in contact with him? The doctor had it, Mr. Redbrook, Jabe Jenney, even Hamilton Tooting, she remembered. And he attracted women as well as men it must be so. Certainly her own interest in him a man beyond the radius of her sphere and their encounters had been strange enough!
The big grey things slid, one after another, around the curve of the Demi-Lune, and simply flew by me, raising such a cloud of dust that after I had counted thirty, I found I could not see them, and the continual tooting of the horns began to make Ninette nervous she had never seen anything like that before so, for fear she might do some trick she never had done in her life, like shying, and also for fear that the drivers, who were rushing by exactly in the middle of the road, might not see me in the dust, or a car might skid, I slid out, and led my equipage the rest of the way.
And with thousands of men working, blasts being sent off every minute or so, the puffing of engines, the tooting of whistles, the creaking of derricks and steam shovels why it was something worth seeing!" "Sorry we missed it," Joe said. "But maybe we'll get some pictures just as good." "It won't be anything like that not even if there's a big slide," the captain said, shaking his head doubtfully.
Everyone enjoyed the journey except Robert and the few people they passed on the way. These mostly went into what looked like some kind of standing-up fits by the roadside, as Anthea said. just outside Benenhurst, Robert hid in a barn, and the others went on to the Fair. There were some swings, and a hooting tooting blaring merry-go-round, and a shooting-gallery and coconut shies.
Tooting, in some alarm, perceived the eye of his chief growing virtuous and glassy. "I guess I know when I'm strung, as you call it, Mr. Tooting," he replied severely. "This cigar bill alone is enough to support a large family for several months." And with this merited reproof he turned on his heel and went back to his admirers without, leaving Mr. Tooting aghast, but still resourceful.
Gradually she became aware of men's voices, and turned with a start to perceive that the door of the library was open, and that Humphrey Crewe and another were standing in the doorway against the light. With an effort of memory she identified the other man as the Mr. Tooting who had made himself so useful at Mr. Crewe's garden party. "I told you I could make you governor, Mr. Crewe," Mr.
Christmas night, too!" Not long after she had gone, I heard, through the frequent tooting of the taxis in the street, the sound of old-fashioned waltzes being played on the piano, and then a dull thudding noise on the floor below, mingled with laughter, which told me that the old boarders were dancing. I dare say my head was becoming light.
The Honourable Hilary faced about quickly. "Yes, if you've got any spare time." "I'll go to your room at half-past nine to-night, if that's convenient." "All right," said the Honourable Hilary, starting up the stairs. Austen turned, and found Mr. Hamilton Tooting at his elbow.
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