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Warwick therefore was not missed by Lady Wathin. 'I have met her, she said. 'I confess I am not one of the fanatics about Mrs. Warwick. She has a sort of skill in getting men to clamour. If you stoop to tickle them, they will applaud. It is a way of winning a reputation. When the ladies were separated from the gentlemen by the stream of Claret, Miss Asper heard Lady Wathin speak of Mrs.
By the Koran, they are worth three hundred at the least. Wilt say three hundred?" "Two hundred and thirty," was the answer. Back to the Moor went the dalal. "Two hundred and thirty I am now offered, O Hamet. Thou wilt give another twenty?" "Not I, by Allah!" said Hamet, and resumed his seat. "Let him have them." "Another ten philips?" pleaded the dalal. "Not another asper."
Halil hastened with the money to the piazza, bargained and chaffered for all sorts of eatables, and made it a matter of conscience to keep only a single copper asper of the money entrusted to him.
The Harpy remained a fortnight in Gibraltar Bay, and Jack had occasionally a run on shore, and Mr Asper invariably went with him to keep him out of mischief; that is to say, he allowed him to throw his money away on nobody more worthless than himself. One morning Jack went down in the berth, and found young Gossett blubbering.
"Cæsar is childless," said he, "and all see his successor in Piso. Doubtless, too, every man would help him with whole soul to gain power. Fenius Rufus loves him; the relatives of Annæus are devoted to him altogether. Plautius Lateranus and Tullius Senecio would spring into fire for him; as would Natalis, and Subrius Flavius, and Sulpicius Asper, and Afranius Quinetianus, and even Vestinius."
On through the hills, and now the heave of his great breaths told of the strain, down like an arrow into the rolling ground, and now they galloped beside the Asper banks. The master looked darkly upon that water.
When the Harpy was off Tarragona, it so happened that there were several cases of dysentery in the ship, and Mr Asper and Mr Jolliffe were two of those who were suffering.
And as their services were required for the next day, Captain Wilson allowed them to remain on shore until seven o'clock the next morning, at which hour, as there was a large party, there would be two boats sent for them. Mr Asper obtained leave, and asked permission to take our hero with him; to which Mr Sawbridge consented.
Sentimentalists enjoy these tricks, the conceiving or the doing of them the former mainly, which are cheaper, and equally effective. Miss Asper might be deficient in wit; this was a form of practical wit, occasionally exhibited by creatures acting on their instincts. Warwick he pitied, and he put compulsion on himself to go and see the poor fellow, the subject of so sublime a generosity. Mr.
In two days they arrived at Gibraltar Mr Sawbridge rejoined the ship so did Mr Jolliffe they remained there a fortnight, during which Jack was permitted to be continually on shore Mr Asper accompanied him, and Jack drew a heavy bill to prove to his father that he was still alive.
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