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"He put up his hand as though to hook his thumb into the armhole of his vest, remembered that he had only a coat buttoned round him and dropped it. "'And believe me or not, Governor, it's the God's truth. About four o'clock up toward the Inlet I passed a big, well-dressed, banker-looking gent walking stiff from the hip and throwing out his leg. "Come eleven!" I said to myself.
"Why you must observe, my men," said the master's mate, hooking a thumb into each armhole of his waistcoat, "there must be a little explanation as to that affair. I promised you two guineas as watermen; but now that you belong to a man-of-war, you are no longer watermen. I always pay my debts honourably when I can find the lawful creditors; but where are the watermen?" "Here we are sir."
Letstrayed's eyes bulged out, and Holmes then arose, pushed his chair back, inserted his left thumb in the left armhole of his vest, expanded his chest, cleared his throat, and pointed his right fore-finger dramatically at Billie Budd at the other end of the table, as he said: "Inspector Letstrayed, do your duty! There stands the guilty wretch!"
His coat blew open, disclosing something shining through an armhole of his vest. "Oh, that's my badge!" he announced. "Your badge? What are you, a pilot?" demanded Amy. "Ahem! At your service!" exclaimed Will, with a low bow, as he extended a card to his sister.
We were given helmets which we placed in regulation fashion on our rubber coats, turned inside out with the right armhole up. Thus it came about that Craig and I joined the Fire Department temporarily. It was a novel experience for us both. "Now, Walter," said Kennedy, "as long as we have gone so far, we'll 'roll' to every fire, just like the regulars.
"Lady or gent o' the house in?" asked Father, airily sticking his new derby on one side of his head and thrusting a thumb in an armhole, very impudent and fresh and youthful. "No, sir," said the maid, stupidly. Mother sighed. To tell the truth, she had wanted to see the promised land of this bungalow. "Well, say, girl, Mrs.
Still silently, I pulled out with my thumb through the armhole of my vest the police badge pinned to the suspender. His ill-colored face went a shade nearer the yellow white of tallow. "What for?" he asked huskily. "You haven't got nothin' on me. It was suicide cor'ner's jury says so. Lord!
When he walks, he puts the thumb of each hand into the armhole of his waistcoat, and moves along stiffly, with a knock-kneed gait. His talk was chiefly of hotels, and such matters as a man, always travelling, without any purpose of observation for mental improvement, would be interested in. He spoke of his life as a hard one. There was a Methodist quarterly meeting here, and a love-feast.
"He put up his hand as though to hook his thumb into the armhole of his vest, remembered that he had only a coat buttoned round him and dropped it. "'And believe me or not, Governor, it's the God's truth. About four o'clock up toward the Inlet I passed a big, well-dressed, banker-looking gent walking stiff from the hip and throwing out his leg. "Come eleven!" I said to myself.
Yes, I am in hell torment! The regicides who were racked and nipped and torn into quarters by four horses were on roses compared with me, for their bodies only were dismembered, and my heart is torn in quarters " Crevel's thumb moved from his armhole, he placed his hand on the work-table, he abandoned his attitude, he smiled!
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