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As I am too civil not to agree with the ladies on all occasions, I have committed myself most horribly with both parties by abusing their opponents. I might manage to reconcile this to my conscience, which is a truly accommodating one, but I cannot to my apprehension: if the Lambs and Trotters ever come to a reconciliation and compare notes, I am ruined!
How perfectly lovely it would be!" "I fancy as I can keep your trotters moving, child," said he, gaily. Upon this, two spinsters, the Misses Webber, wearing duplicates of one anxious visage, supervened, and, with strange magic gestures, beckoned Mrs. Prockter away.
"What's that?" he said. "Listen!" Vibart listened and heard a distant storm of hoof-beats. A moment later, a buggy drawn by a pair of trotters swung round the turn of the road. It was about thirty yards off, coming toward them at full speed. The man who drove was leaning forward with outstretched arms; beside him sat a girl. Suddenly Vibart saw Mr.
Finally, in the teeth of remonstrances from Tess, Dick cocked a pistol and, with his lantern in the other hand, strode in boldly. Trotters followed him, and Tom Tripe next. Then Utirupa. Then the women. Nothing happened. The passage was about ten feet long and a yard wide.
Consequently he became the topic of conversation; and the three, who thought they knew him, vied in his praises. In the morning an expedition was planned, and Uxmoor proffered his "four-in-hand." It was accepted. All young ladies like to sit behind four spanking trotters; and few object to be driven by a viscount with a glorious beard and large estates. Zoe sat by Uxmoor.
What Tom Tripe saw kept him to his quarters, where Trotters watched him in dire misery. The three beggars, Bimbu, Pinga and Umra, saw three amber moons in a purple sky, for they said so. They also said that all the world was lovely, and Yasmini was a queen of queens, out of whose jeweled hand the very gods ate.
Tom Tripe, dismounting from his horse in a hurry and throwing the reins over the dog-cart lamp, was first to step through. "Where's my dog?" he demanded. "Where's that Trotters o' mine? Did Akbar get him?" A cold nose thrust in his hand was the answer. "Oh, so there you are, you rascal! There lie down!" That was all the ceremonial that passed between them, but the dog seemed satisfied.
Bitter rivalry has also broken out as to the most fashionable part of Little Britain, the Lambs standing up for the dignity of Cross-Keys Square, and the Trotters for the vicinity of St. Bartholomew's.
He was quite overcome by this treatment of a penniless young Yankee. The Colonel did not talk politics such was not his notion of hospitality to a stranger. He talked horse, and no great discernment on Stephen's part was needed to perceive that this was Mr. Carvel's hobby. "I used to have a stable, Mr. Brice, before they ruined gentleman's sport with these trotters ten years ago.
Frank examined the pictures around the walls. There were ballet dancers who were standing on one toe, famous trotters, painted pictures of celebrated fighting cocks, hunters in red coats leaping five-barred fences, and so forth. As he looked over the pictures he became aware that Diamond was saying something that was intended for his ears.
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