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Most of all he commented adversely on the desertion of Stephen by all his pubhunting confreres but one, a most glaring piece of ratting on the part of his brother medicos under all the circs. And that one was Judas, Stephen said, who up to then had said nothing whatsoever of any kind.
He was a plain young man with pale, vague eyes, and he did not know whether to offer one of his nervous hands at the end of over-long arms, or to make shift with an awkward bow. She settled the matter for him, feeling very much a woman of the world. 'Now, where's John? Mrs. Batty asked, and Charles answered, 'Ratting, in the stable. Mrs. Batty clucked with vexation.
All I say is, look out for yourself. Well, I'm glad to have met you. Drop in again when you can. I can give you some good ratting, and I have a bone or two put away. So long. It worried me badly what Jack had said. I couldn't get it out of my mind. If it hadn't been for that, I should have had a great time, for Peter certainly made a lot of fuss of me.
Stubbs was faithful to his dog, and Perry to his hawk, and there were other boys who had pets there, or who liked to go on a wet day to see ratting, or the drawing of the badger, an animal who lived in a tub, like Diogenes, and was tugged out of it by a dog, not without vigorous resistance, when anyone chose to pay for the spectacle; the poor badger deriving no benefit from the outlay.
"I am not so sure but he does like it," said Mr. Gresham. "There are some of your reputed friends whom he owns that he is anxious to see." "Are there? Then there is some hope of his ratting too. But he'll never make a good staunch sinner; will he, Mary? You're too old to learn new tricks; eh, doctor?" "I am afraid I am," said the doctor, with a faint laugh.
Fenn," the Bishop interposed, "I beg to offer you my advice that you join us at once in the Council room." Julian and Catherine had already left the room. Fenn leaned forward, and there was an altered note in his tone. "What's it mean, Bishop?" he asked hoarsely. "Are they ratting, those two?" "What we have come here to say," the Bishop rejoined, "must be said to every one." He turned away.
Fenn leaned forward, his face distorted with something which might have been anger, but which seemed more closely to resemble fear. "This is just part of the ratting!" he exclaimed. "I never keep a communication from Freistner. I have told you so before. The preliminary letters I had you all saw, and we deliberated upon them together.
The majority of them, it is to be feared, were humorous to the point of being unsuited to print, but the refrain may pass "And to think if I hadn't happened to choose that particular day to take the little dorgs and the ferrets ratting, the 'ole bleesed howd'ye do might never have come to pass! Tidy sum, young master Darcy's in my debt, Lord succour him, for the rest of his nat'ral life!"
Thus the idea was not followed up. Dicky yawned and said, 'Let's go into the barn and make a fort. So we did, with straw. It does not hurt straw to be messed about with like it does hay. The downstairs I mean down-ladder part of the barn was fun too, especially for Pincher. There was as good ratting there as you could wish to see.
Eglett's the excelling virtues of the practice of pugilism in Old England, and the school of honour that it is to our lower population. "Fifty times better for them than cock-fighting," he exclaimed, admitting that he could be an interested spectator at a ring or the pit cock-fighting or ratting.
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