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The man did not walk very fast, but he kept steadily on, with a great pikestaff in his hand; and though the Prince called after him as soon as he was within hearing, he did not halt for a moment, or even turn his head, but trudged onward, saying, "Come along, come along; one never gets to the end of one's journey if one stops to chatter by the way."
"Well, I suppose it would," answered his roommate, yawning. "I wish you could drive this logic into my head. I suppose I am unusually stupid this morning." "Suppose we go over it together." Fifteen minutes later Walter said complacently: "Thanks, old fellow; you have made it as plain as a pikestaff." "And very likely you will get a higher mark at the recitation than I."
"We should lose all?" she demanded, almost angrily. "All?" "All except what he says there," agreed Pratt. "And that," she went on, drumming her fingers on the paper, "that would stand?" "What it's a copy of would stand," said Pratt. "Oh, yes, don't you make any mistake about it, Mrs. Mallathorpe! Nothing can upset that will. It is plain as a pikestaff how it came to be made.
To put his report in as it stands would not only do us infinite harm in fact we couldn't think of it but it wouldn't be just to him." "But if he won't change his opinion?" "Oh, he must, he will. I tell you it's as plain as a pikestaff, when once it's properly explained." "I'm sure you'll be able to convert him, if anyone can," said May soothingly.
"It is as plain as a pikestaff," said my uncle, abruptly, "and there need be no subterfuge in the matter. 'I must leave you, Mr. Trevanion. 'Why? says he. 'Don't ask me. He insists. 'Well then, sir, if you must know, I love your daughter. I have nothing, she is a great heiress. You will not approve of that love, and therefore I leave you! That is the course that becomes an English gentleman.
All this any man of common sense might explain in a few words. Hawker and Co. to make the new birth itself as plain as a pikestaff, or a whale's foal, or Sarah Robarts's rabbits. Ib. p. 30. So that they go on in their sin waiting for a new birth, &c. "So that they go on in their sin!"
I don't think she ever mentioned her plans to him. I can see it all as clear as a pikestaff." A sudden sob broke Meg's voice. Her thankfulness at the unexpected revelation of the mystery caused it. "Of course, that's it. Millicent tempted Michael, after she had once met him.
Often wondered what Winkles was for. Now it's obvious. What's the trouble? "Disturbance? Obviously. Upset things? Upset everything. Finally upset every human concern. Plain as a pikestaff. They're going to try and stop it, but they're too late. It's their way to be too late. You go on and start as much of it as you can. Thank God He has a use for you!"
"And small blame to you, my dear!" agreed Miss Belcher; "only, you see, when folks go about killing one another, the hallucination begins to look disastrously as if there were something in it." "Yet I still fail to see," urged Plinny, "why our dear Major should have fallen a victim." "It's plain as a pikestaff, if you'll excuse me," Mr. Rogers answered her.
Nellie continued: "And I can tell you another thing, I don't envy Mr. Rollo Wrissell." "What's Wrissell got to do with it?" "She means to marry him." "Elsie April means to marry Wrissell?" "He was in and out of the box all night. It was as plain as a pikestaff." "What's amiss with my Elsie April?" Edward Henry demanded. "She's a thought too pleasant for my taste," answered Nellie.
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