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Now it happened that on that very day Lieutenant Edwardes, not wishing to have the Sikh force between him and General Whish, had exchanged positions with it, and both armies, according to custom, had in the evening fired a feu de joie on the occasion, prolonged by General Courtlandt's gunners in honour of their approaching friends.
"And he has got the money," said Robinson. "Oh, yes!" said Mr. Brown, "there's no doubt in life about that." "Then, by the heaven above us, he shall refund it to the firm from which he has stolen it," shouted Robinson, striking the desk with his fist as he did so. "Whish, George, whish; Brisket will hear you." "Who cares? I have been robbed on every side till I care for nothing!
Whish, the ou ould blood forever, and to the divil wid their meetins!" "Art," said his wife, "I believe if you took the pledge that it would give you all you say, and more; for it would bring you back the respect and good-will of the people, that you've long lost." "To the divil wid the people!
Edmund loved a really well-kept stable, where hardly a straw escapes beyond the plaited edges, where the paint is renewed and washed to the highest possible pitch of cleanliness, and where a perpetual whish of water and clanking of pails testify to a constant cleaning of cobblestone yard and flagged pavement.
Offer a big discount. Say full calf, two fifty; morocco, two ninety. Regular discount to the clergy, ye know. Oh, they're on to that little racket no trouble. If you can get a few of these leaders of the flock, the rest will follow like lambs to the slaughter. Tra-la-la who-o-o-ish, whish!" Albert laughed at Hartley as he plunged his face into the ice-cold water, puffing and wheezing.
Then get off the line, and stay there! THE JOVIAL VOICE. Yes, sir. THE EAGER VOICE. I am O.C. Beer Company. They are shelling my front parapet, at L8, with pretty heavy stuff. I want retaliation, please. THE JOVIAL VOICE. Very good, sir. Whish! Whish! Whish! SECOND CHATTY SIGNALLER. Did ye hear that, Jimmy? Mphm! That'll sorrt them! THE F.O.O. Is that C Battery? THE JOVIAL VOICE. Yes.
"Ah, Sir Peter!" said he, "and how be'st your honour fine night, Sir Peter hope you'll get home safe, Sir Peter." "Safe ay! indeed, Jock, I hope so too. Has all been quiet here this last night or two?" "Whish, Sir!" whispered my host, jerking his thumb back towards the house; "there be two ugly customers within I does not know: they have got famous good horses, and are drinking hard.
This idea did not strike Tom Fillot, who got well out and was about to climb up, when a blow came with a whish within an inch of his head. "Miss is as good as a mile," he said, coolly. "Here you, sir; it's rank mutiny to resist the Queen's men. Put down that capstan bar and surrender." "Come up and take it away from me, mister," said the American, with a laugh. "Wall, why don't you come on?"
You had better do that first." "Yes sir," came the deep bass murmur behind him. And the heart of Donnegan stirred, for that "sir" meant many things. Presently George crossed the floor with a burden; there was the "whish" of the blankets being unrolled and then a slight pause. It seemed to him that he could hear a heavier breathing. Why?
Would you drop?" "I don't know what you mean." "I'm hanging on to the end of that young tree, and it keeps going up and down like a spring, and it won't go any nearer than about twelve feet from the ground. Would you drop?" Whish! Rush! Crash! Thud!
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