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Esmond whistled Lillibullero, at which Teague's eyes began to twinkle, and then flung him a dollar, when the poor boy broke out with a "God bless that is, Dieu benisse votre honor," that would infallibly have sent him to the provost-marshal had he been on our side of the river.
We never should have had her. There goes the door-bell, Tell Mrs. Bingle that Mr. and Mrs. Force have arrived, and give Mr. Force a drink before she comes down." "Very good, sir." Diggs retired with gravity. "President of our bank, you know. Mr. Sydney Force," explained Mr. Bingle. "I know. The husband of Mrs. Sydney Force," said Flanders, a twinkle in his grey eyes. "Sit down, Mr. Flanders.
Ruby looked up at him with a comical twinkle in his one eye, and, knocking out the ashes from his pipe, observed, "So you be the young gent as is turning all things topsy-turvy in this here village you and the colonel between you. I've heard all about it; and a precious mess you'll make of it, I doubt."
He was as queer as he was kind-hearted, which was saying a great deal, as he was the most benevolent old soul that had ever lived in the little town. There was a kindly twinkle in his blue eyes as he laid down his paper and beckoned the boys to come into his office.
"That's right," interjected Doctor Patton, with a twinkle in his eyes, "what is heresy, Briggs?" "Would you be willing to write it down for me?" asked Bok, fearful that he should not remember Doctor Briggs's definition even if he were told. And Doctor Briggs wrote: "Heresy is anything in doctrine or practice that departs from the mind of the Church as officially defined. Charles A. Briggs.
Let me change it." Again he helped her as she jumped up on the board room table. This time his hand lingered a little longer in hers and she did not withdraw it so soon. When she did there was a quick twinkle in her eyes as she straightened the microphone and offered her hand to him again. "Jump!" he said, as if daring her. A moment she paused. "I never could take a dare," she answered.
"Why, of course! But, Will I suppose I should call you Will? I am so flustered not expecting you and it's been so warm to-day. Won't you come in and take a chair?" wound up Miss Mattie in desperation, and fury at herself for saying things so different from what she meant to say. There was a twinkle in the man's eye as he replied in an injured tone: "Why, good Lord, Mattie!
Then Gerald's eyes smiled; they had a trick of doing this when his lips were quite serious. Mademoiselle caught the twinkle, and she laughed and Gerald laughed too. "Little deceiver!" she said. "Why not say at once you want to be free of surveillance, how you say overwatching without pretending it is me you wish to please?"
Ponsonby did not see the twinkle; he read Julia a lecture on selfishness and ended up by saying, "You are utterly selfish and ingrain lazy, that's what you are; you don't want to do a stroke of honest work for any one." "Dishonest work is where I shine," Julia told him.
"So you could; though there's a bit more to be done to sheep than just to watch them turn," said the squatter, with a twinkle. "I fancy Tommy will be pleased if you get this place." "Tommy's mad keen to start," Bob said. "She says Norah has taught her more than she ever dreamed that her head could contain, and she wants to work it all off on me.
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