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Updated: September 21, 2025
Pat Yelverton was a blond giant with a very bad reputation, a genius for Bridge, and the softest, most caressing voice that ever issued from a man's throat. Meeting the new-comers at the door, Brigit shook hands with them and returned, with an aimless air peculiar to her, to the fire. She knew them all so well, and they all bored her to tears, except Carron, whom she strongly hated.
Raoul and Ithuel mechanically ceased rowing, under the impression that the master's-mate had still something to communicate. "Boat, ahoy! Answer at once, or you'll hear from me," repeated Clinch. "Aye, aye," answered another voice, which, in fact, was Yelverton's; "Clinch, is that you?" "Aye, aye, sir Mr. Yelverton, is it not? I think I know the voice, sir."
Major Yelverton had raised himself to a position of affluence and eminence from a very humble origin. He was the son of a small farmer, and it was his pride never to forget this circumstance, never to be ashamed of it, and never to allow the prejudices of society to influence his own settled opinions on social questions in general.
The debate which followed the introduction of this proposed change in the constitution was stormy beyond all precedent. The law officers of the crown, Fitzgibbon, Yelverton, Scott, denounced it as an audacious attempt of armed men to dictate to the House its own constitution. The cry of privilege and prerogative was raised, and the measure was rejected by 157 to 77.
Come into this poor-man's club. I must have a cold drink taller than a church steeple." "Anybody else in town we can take?" "There's Billy Yelverton our chewing-gum friend; just off the Lucania last night; and Eddie Arledge and his wife.
And there came in Sir H. Yelverton, and Sir H. Cholmly commended to me his acquaintance; which the other received, but without remembering to me, or I him, of our being school-fellows together; and I said nothing of it. But he took notice of my speech the other day at the bar of the House; and indeed I perceive he is a wise men.
"In drawing up a new charter for the city of London," writes Mr. Gardiner, "Yelverton inserted clauses for which he was unable to produce a warrant. The worst that could be said was that he had, through inadvertence, misunderstood the verbal directions of the King.
THE HONOURABLE MRS MERVYN TALBOYS: Very much so! I'll make it hot for you. I'll make you dance Jack Latten for that. MRS BELLINGHAM: Tan his breech well, the upstart! Write the stars and stripes on it! MRS YELVERTON BARRY: Disgraceful! There's no excuse for him! A married man! BLOOM: All these people. I meant only the spanking idea. A warm tingling glow without effusion.
On the contrary, the sounds of the regular man-of-war jerks were quite audible in every direction; but so familiar were they to the ears of the Proserpines, that the crews of the two boats that came next after Yelverton actually followed the sounds of his oars, under the belief that they were in the wake of the fugitives.
Let it go and tuck in your handkerchief like the rest of us. See you at five!" At the hour named the party had gathered. Percival, Arledge and his lively wife, Yelverton, who enjoyed the rare distinction of having lost money to Percival, and Burman.
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