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Bentley and the girls. How lovely the two latter looked! The instant that ranks were broken Laura. and Belle were on their feet, glancing eagerly in the direction of their cadets. Dick and Greg had to go over, doff their campaign hats and shake hands with Mrs. Bentley and the girls. "We've given you a surprise, this time," laughed Laura. "I hope you're pleased."
Albert Drawslot, who had just come up in terror for the young lady's safety, broke out into loud encomiums upon Fitzallen's strength and gallantry. 'By 'r Lady, said he, taking off his cap and wiping his sun-burnt face with his sleeve, 'well struck, and in good time! But now, boys, doff your bonnets and sound the mort.
If it isn't the right temperature I'll break your neck. . . . No; not her . . . No, indeed . . . A new one a peacherino, Oscar, a peacherino!" Tired and tiresome reader, I will conclude, if you please, with a paraphrase of a few words that you will remember were written by him by him of Gad's Hill, before whom, if you doff not your hat, you shall stand with a covered pumpkin aye, sir, a pumpkin.
"What unusual words for a pair of street singers!" Miss Bunce murmured, setting down the tea-pot. But as Miss Charlotte was busy cracking an egg, and Miss Susan in a sort of coma, dwelling perhaps on death and its terrors, the remark went unheeded. "Citizens, doff your coats of black, And dress to suit the almanack Cuckoo " The voices broke off, and a rat-tat sounded on the front door.
Penrod released his victim; and the Child King Arthur, somewhat disconcerted, extended his sceptre and, with the assistance of the enraged prompter, said: "Sweet child-friends of the Tabul Round, In brotherly love and kindness abound, Sir Lancelot, you have spoken well, Sir Galahad, too, as clear as bell. So now pray doff your mantles gay. You shall be knighted this very day."
When Ninon saw the frost-reddened face of this gallant of the plains, she gave a little cry of delight, and the color rushed back into her face. The trapper saw her, and gave a rude shout of welcome. The next moment, he had swung her clear of the chapel steps; and then the two went down the street together, Pierre pausing only long enough to doff his hat to the priest.
Sip a touch or two of it; I will doff my nightgown, and, to amuse myself and enjoy your worthy company while you sit looking and writing, shall just bob up and down a little in the goblet." "As you please, honored Herr Archivarius," answered I: "but if I am to ply the liqueur, you will get none."
Ouen with hanging gardens, and white houses, to the left covering a richly cultivated ridge of hills, which sink, as it were, into the Boulevards, and which is called the Faubourg Cauchoise. First for the cathedral, for what traveler of taste does not doff his bonnet to the mother-church of the town through which he happens to be traveling, or in which he takes a temporary abode?
You will have to doff it because you are a boy; and you must do something because you are a gypsey. Will you pass the cap for the peasants to pay?" He held the velveteen cap in his hands, playing with it, caressing it, watching her. "Look at me, Kaya!" She flushed and drew back, her heart beating in little throbs under the vest. Suddenly she turned and looked at him squarely.
Come with me straightway to my castle. Doff these clothes and put on such as my retainers wear. Then I will hie me to London Town with a troop of men behind me, and thou shalt mingle with them, and thus will I bring thee to where thou mayst see and speak with the Queen. Thy only hope is to get to Sherwood, for there none can reach thee, and thou wilt never get to Sherwood but in this way."
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