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The lame man answered cautiously: "I shouldn't like to say rightly that 't was there. 'Twas in my mind as 'twas there." "What do you make of it?" The lame man lowered his voice. "They du zay old master, Mist' Narracombe come o' gipsy stock. But that's tellin'. They'm a wonderful people, yu know, for claimin' their own. Maybe they knu 'e was goin', and sent this feller along for company.
Mary stole a look at Jacob, and he heaved a tremendous sigh, something between a yawn and a groan. "Meary," he said, "I must go." "I knew that afore," returned the girl. "I had zummat to zay to you, Meary. Do you think you will miss oie?" "What put that into your head, Jacob?" This was said very demurely. "Oie thowt, maybe, Meary, that your feelings might be zummat loike my own.
There isn't time for that, I suppose, before this evening." Madame looked at the clock and shook her head. "Ze women air rush to ze grave now," she said. "Zay work half ze night las' night. Zat is why zis girl say she air so nairvous zat she could not help ze needle stab herself." "I could just sit down and cry, I am so disappointed!" exclaimed Miss Balfour.
Pepperill, approached, bowed and, twisting his purple mustache, addressed the court: "Your Excellence: I haf to zay dat dees papaire eet haf articles on zis affair ze memkaha zat are not diplomatique." Judge Wetherell blinked at him. "Who's this man?" he demanded. "That's the interpreter," explained W.M.P. "Interpreter!" answered the court. "I can't understand a word he says!"
I told you zo when I first zaw him, he's a filibuzter. What did the General zay to you, cousin? What did he zay? What news did he tell you about thiz Ibarra?" Seeing that her cousin was slow in answering, she continued, directing her remarks to Capitan Tiago, "Believe me, if they zentenz him to death, as is to be hoped, it'll be on account of my cousin." "Señora, señora!" protested Linares.
Crawford had been finely educated and even the prospect of being an invalid for life had not made her relax her hold on intellectuality. She had been a delightful friend to her boys and they were proud enough of her, but Zay would always be her supreme darling. Some of the last exercises and conditions were marked off the next day. Madame Eustice and two of the girls went home.
"Who be there?" cried an angry voice. "Your son! your son!" he replied. "George!" "Zon!" repeated the voice; "we have no zon. If it be thee, go to Coomberland, lad. We have noughts to do with thee. Thy old grandfather, Zquire Morris, be now dead, and he ha'n't paid us so well for what we have done as to have oughts to zay to thee again; zo good night, lad."
Prawle wriggled. "I wudden' goo for to zay that, zurr 'tis an ugly word. Da-am!" he added, staring at his boots, "'twas thru me tu. We were along among the haythen, and I mus' nades goo for to break me leg. The capt'n he wudden' lave me.
"Them creeturs oughter browse outside." "So. You are right, Schmidt." "If the Capm'll let me have three good men, I'll take 'em out." Meyer's light-blue eyes, twinkling from under his sandy eyelashes, studied the face of the outlaw. "I should zay it was a goot blan, Schmidt," he decided. "I'll mention it to the leftenant." Thurstane, on being consulted, gave his consent.
I am Cheorge Dargo, ant ven I zay a thing I mean it' He pointed to a door. 'Through that, he said, 'is a lafadory. You can vash your hands and gome and haf lunge. Paul obeyed, and at the luncheon-table was introduced to Mrs. Darco, a lean brunette, who by way of establishing her own dignity was sulkily disdainful of the newcomer.
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