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"You 'eard ... I 'olds by w'at I said." "I am to understand, then, you think it time for me to abdicate and let another lead you in my stead?" The Englishman assented with an inarticulate monosyllable and a surly nod. "And may one ask why?" "Blue's plice in Pekin Street was r'ided this afternoon," Seven announced truculently. "But per'aps you didn't know "
"For this?" asked Picard, with a jerk of his head toward Breitmann, who was being carefully lifted on to the carriage seat. "No, for certain letters you have not sent to the Quai d'Orsay. You comprehend?" "What do you mean?" truculently; for Picard was not in a kindly mood this morning. But the little Bayard of the Quai laughed. "Shall I explain here, Monsieur? Be wise. Go to Italy, all of you.
"And pray who are these spies, and who is the informer?" said Mistress Thankful, facing the soldier, with one hand truculently placed on her flexible hip, and the other slipped behind her. "Methinks 'tis only honest we should know when and how we have entertained both."
Chester filled a glass, and crossing to the speaker, tendered it to him without a word; as for Selby, he stood stolidly enough, his hands thrust truculently beneath his coat-tails, frowning at me. "Come," said Mr. Chester persuasively, "Just a bracer!"
"Ah, he'd be a lucky one as knowed that!" "You'll, perhaps, batten down your hatches till you're spoke to, my friend," cried Silver, truculently, to this speaker. And then, in his first gracious tones, he replied to me: "Yesterday morning, Mr. Hawkins," said he, "in the dogwatch, down came Doctor Livesey with a flag of truce. Says he: 'Cap'n Silver, you're sold out.
If she comes in or rings up, say I'm here and I want to see her at once. You understand?" "I understand, sir." Van Teyl strolled out, and Kato disappeared into the inner room. The floor valet, dressed in the dark blue livery of the hotel, was already laying out his master's dinner clothes. He eyed the intruder a little truculently. "Who are you, anyway?" he inquired.
Vienna gazed truculently on Smyrna for a time, but Smyrna, obeying their foreman's adjurations, mellowed into amiable grins and went on with their lunches. "Where's that Spitz poodle with the blue ribbon?" inquired the Cap'n of Hiram, having reference to the brisk little man and his side whiskers.
Th' father's layin' where he has been, all these years. I'm skeery as a girl." Joe advanced upon him truculently. "Say," he demanded, "what's yer name an' what ye want here?" His ever ready rifle nested in the crook of his left arm, his brow was threatening, his mouth was firmly set an instant after he had spoken. Holton, recovering himself quickly, spoke calmly, propitiatingly. "My name's Holton.
You always were true as steel, Samson." "Master Fred, lad, I'd die for you!" half sobbed Samson, with his face working; and he clung now to the hand extended to him. "But do, do speak, sir. Poor Nat aren't dead?" "No, no! How could I have been such an idiot!" "Such a what, sir? Here, who says so?" cried Samson, truculently. "I can't think how it was I never thought of it before."
Not immediately, because they were ashamed that he'd made it impossible to carry out their original fanatic plan, and now offered something much better to make up for it. They raged. But half a million bushels of grain meant that people who must otherwise die might live. Ultimately, truculently, first one and then another angrily agreed. "Good!" said Calhoun.
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