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30243Who can go home without it?]
38052Drawn blood? 38052 I''d like to wring your terrier''s neck,"He said,"You see?
38052What, help you pull him out? 38052 Why, noa,"they said,"we''m going a bedding; Now ben''t us, uncle, ben''t us, Ock?"
38052Cry at dogs, great lumps like you?"
38052He asked Tom Copp,"How long to wait?"
38052He mopped his forehead all the while, And said"By damn,"and"Ben''t us, Unk?"
38052Jane Selbie said to Ellen Tranter,"A lot on''em come doggin'', ant her?"
38052Making for Godsdown clumps, I take it?"
38052Old Joe at digging his garden grounds, Said"A fox, being hunter; where be hounds?
38052She sang"My lady is unkind,""The Hunt is up,"and those sweet things Which Thomas Campion set to strings,"Thrice toss,"and"What,"and"Where are now?"
38052Their cheeks were brown as any brew, And every comer to the meet Said"Hello, Ock,"or"Morning, Pete; Be you a going to a wedding?"
38052What are the English games?
38052What dinner- beer''ll they give us, lad?
38052What made you pull him in?"
38052What?
38052Why ca n''t he draw Hope Goneaway, Or Tuttocks Wood, instead of this?
814Ai n''t there?
814Do you want to get into my pocket, sir?
814I wonder, sir, how much you''d take to go home?
814Is it freezing now?
814Might I ask you not to come too near me?
814Might I ask you not to come too near me?
814And for what; for what?
814But with how many a wretched companion of Briggs''are we not familiar?
814How many days has he declared to have been utterly wasted?
814How many men go to balls, to races, to the theatre, how many women to concerts and races, simply because it is the thing to do?
814How often have frost and snow, drought and rain, wind and sunshine, impeded his plans?
814If he did not, what would tempt him to run counter, as he does, to his bishop and the old ladies?
814In such a position, is it possible that a man should like it?
814On how many evenings has he returned contented with his sport?
814Then, when he thinks of this, will he realize to himself what it is that the English farmer contributes to hunting in England?
814What good has it all done him?
814What good will it do him, though he should kill the beast?
814What is the position which his brother, his uncle, his cousin holds?
814Who in the town is the farmer''s equal?
814Who under such circumstances can apply himself to any salutary employment?
814Who will not kiss the toe of his boots, or refuse to be blessed by the sunshine of his smile?
814Why do they go so fast at this the very first blush of the morning?
814Why does he curse the poor animal so constantly, unless it be that he can not catch the butcher?
814Why has the scent lain so hot over the up- turned heavy ground?
814Why is it that he can never get over a ditch without some struggle in his saddle, some scramble with his horse?
814With such men, who could wish that wife, sister, or daughter should associate?
44492Do n''t ye? 44492 Ike, did you ever run that horse?"
44492Inoffensive,_ which_? 44492 Pray how did you know that I am from America?"
44492Which? 44492 As Gluckmansklegge rode up, he said,Well, Col- o- nel, how you like?
44492At last he said,"Well now, Colonel, I do n''t reckon you bought that hoss to look at him on the picket- line, did ye?"
44492Can you direct me to a hotel where I can get a bite before I go on?"
44492Confound these Englishmen, thought I, where is their traditional coldness and reserve?
44492Did I remember his horse,--his"Fuchs"?
44492He had bought him in St. Louis from the quartermaster, and would I oblige him by trying him?
44492He replied,"O, who can tell?
44492I did find the Angel comfortable,( as what English inn is not?)
44492Nice pretty strong horse, what?"
44492One evening Gluckmansklegge came to my tent door:"Escoose, Col- o- nel, may I come?"
44492Who is at the head of this house?
44492Would I get him enlisted?
44492Yet, how to subsist a horse after buying one, and how to buy?
44492_ hoss?_ Well,''t ai n''t much of a nag, but theys more on''em roun'', an''if this''un tuckers out I''ll git somethin''to ride.
44492who are you hitting?"
44492who shall tell all the secret emotions this implies?
33384A stag, is it?
33384And is the river quiet?
33384Are they come to the water?
33384Been?
33384But what about the eggs, my Lord Salmon?
33384But why do n''t you come to the woods and on to the moor?
33384But, my Lord Salmon,said the Stag,"what has driven you so far up the water?"
33384Did you hear me say that I was the Master- Buck of this park, sir?
33384Have they been disturbing your earth?
33384How dare you? 33384 Indeed?"
33384Is it my Lady Tawny or my Lady Ruddy? 33384 Is that your mother, my young friend?
33384Like me,said the bird suspiciously;"are you quite sure that they were like me, like me in every way?"
33384Oh, my lady,said the Greyhen,"I did n''t mean no harm, but do''ee tell me, have''ee seen my little poult?
33384Oh, my lord, my lord,whispered the Blackcock,"you did n''t never brush the grass as you passed, surely?"
33384Shall I just step out and teach your little feller''ow to run?
33384So it''s you, Tawny, is it?
33384The stream will take care of them; and if a few are lost, what is that among ten thousand?
33384Well, good Master Blackcock,said the Hind,"has my lord not moved?"
33384Well,said the Pricket hesitating,"they had pretty white rings round their necks--?"
33384What is it, my Lord Salmon?
33384What is it, old Grey?
33384What,she said,"do you mean to say that you let the poor little things drown for want of proper care?
33384Why does n''t the Rabbit run on, mother, if he is afraid of the Weasels?
33384Why, Sir Phasianus,said the Stag,"what brings you so far from home?"
33384Why, my little fellow,said the Hind,"surely it is n''t time for you to go to sea yet?"
33384Why,broke in the Pricket,"do you mean to say that you ca n''t feed yourself?"
33384You could n''t tell me what there is over the hill?
33384''Get along with''ee and your Norwayses,''I says;''is n''t Exmoor good enough for''ee?
33384''Twas not a long courting, for he comes to me, and, saith he--""But where did you say that the Greyhen was gone?"
33384And so he was, for after a hard fight the old Cock came back breathless and crowed with triumph, screaming,"Now, then, who''s the better bird?"
33384And what was I to do, my lady?
33384Are you_ quite_ sure the hills are all coming down, Blackcock?
33384But all she said was:"So you went and told his lordship, did''ee; and what about me and my poults if the world cometh to an end?
33384But presently the Hind led him away and asked the Blackcock,"And where is my sister?"
33384But the other was quite as quarrelsome, and answered very rudely:"You give me a dressing?
33384But what other refuge should he seek but the wood where his mother had led him as a calf?
33384Do you get hay brought to you in the winter, sir?"
33384Do you know of a good pool within reach upward?"
33384Do you know who I am, sir?
33384Do''ee want to know the way?
33384Have I a white ring round my neck?
33384Have you seen my husband?"
33384How dare you come out into the woods?
33384How have you fared this dry summer, and what passage had you over the sea?"
33384How should all those foolish, timid birds look after themselves without me, their king, to direct them?
33384I suppose I must ask, is it a stag or a hind?"
33384Is it possible that you notice nothing?
33384Is there, my little fellow?"
33384My dear young friend, let me ask you, do you see any green on my back?"
33384Shall I go and borrow a pair for you, mum?
33384Shall we, shall we?"
33384Stand over them, my lady, for mercy''s sake, stand over them?"
33384The poor little fellow could only say,"Mercy, mercy, where is the sea, where is the sea?
33384Then at last a little Duck turned round and said very rudely:"Ey?
33384Then presently the Calf said:"Mother, who is his lordship?"
33384Thereupon he flipped up into a larch- tree and began at the top of his voice:"You wretched creature, how often have I forbidden you the woods?
33384What was it you told me you saw down the river, my dear?"
33384What yer s''yin''?"
33384Where are my brother Petrels?"
33384Whereupon he asked the other Cock very angrily,"Now then, where be coming to?"
33384Who asked you to come poking your nose into our water?"
33384Will our silver jackets come soon, do you think?"
33384Will they leave him alone because he lies down and squeals?"
33384Your wife and family are well, I hope?"
33384an Exmoor Deer, and never seen the sea?"
33384asked the Hind;"and could we live in the valley?"
33384please can you tell us how far it is to the sea?"
33384said the Fallow- Buck,"and do you know what that means?
39160Are you aware, sir, that ai n''t my''orse?
39160Are you going to take this hedge, sir?
39160Beg pardon, sir, but ai n''t you the gent that broke down that there gate of mine this morning?
39160Blank it all, Rogerson, what''s the good o''me trying to keep the field off seeds, and a fellow like you coming slap across''em?
39160Can you kindly point out the way to the Fox and Cock Inn?
39160Confound you, did n''t you say there was a sound bottom here?
39160Could you tell me if there is a bridge anywhere handy?]
39160Do you know what the total is for the season?
39160Eh-- why-- hang it!--what do you mean?
39160Er-- did I? 39160 Hallo, Thompson, is that you?
39160Have n''t ye seen him, Tom?
39160How long have you been working here, master?
39160How much do you want for that nag o''yours, sir?
39160I say, we shall see you at dinner on the nineteenth, sha n''t we?
39160It''s all very well to shout''Loose your reins,''but what the deuce_ am_ I to hang on to?]
39160Know anything about this mare? 39160 Now then, have you seen anything of him?"
39160Now then, where is he?
39160Now where the dickens has that horse gone to?]
39160Oh, Mr. Rowel, do you mind going back? 39160 Put out?
39160Readin''''ard, sir?
39160Run away down and get some o''your fellows to come up with spades, will ye? 39160 Think so, my dear Sproozer?
39160Well, ai n''t the Fox and Cock the same as the Brush and Comb?
39160Well, you might do me a bright little article-- about half a column, you know-- on hunting, will you?
39160What do you think of this horse?
39160Where did you see him?
39160Where''s the fox?
39160''Ave you seen my whiskers?"]
39160''Ow''s that?"
39160)_:"Do you mind putting me back in the saddle, sir?"]
39160***** HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY Jobson, who edits a cheerful little weekly, said to me the other day:"You hunt, do n''t you?"
39160***** RATHER"Is fox- hunting dangerous?"
39160***** UNCOMMONLY KEEN"Why, where''s the horse, Miss Kitty?
39160***** WHY HE WAITED"What''s the matter with Jack''s new horse?
39160*****''INTS ON''UNTING, BY''ARRY[ Illustration:( 1) ON CLOTHES.--"Why not employ local talent?
39160*****[ Illustration: A BLANK-- BLANK-- DAY]*****[ Illustration: WHOSE FAULT?
39160*****[ Illustration: A CHECK_ Huntsman._"Seen the fox, my boy?"
39160*****[ Illustration: A LION IN THE PATH?
39160*****[ Illustration: DRAWN BLANK_ Huntsman._"How is it you never have any foxes here now?"
39160*****[ Illustration: DRY HUMOUR"Be''n''t ye comin''over for''i m, mister?"]
39160*****[ Illustration: MOTTOES; OR,"WHO''S WHO?"
39160*****[ Illustration: NOT TO BE BEATEN_ Cissy._"Why should they call the hare''s tail the scut?"
39160*****[ Illustration: THE HUNTING SEASON_ Rector._"Is that the parcels post, James?
39160*****[ Illustration: TRIALS OF A NOVICE_ Unsympathetic Bystander._"Taking''i m back to''is cab, guv''nor?"]
39160*****[ Illustration:"THE CART WITHOUT THE HORSE"Scene--_Cub- hunting._ Time--_About one o''clock.__ Lady._"Well, Count, what have you lost?
39160*****[ Illustration:"WHAT''S IN A NAME?"
39160*****[ Illustration:_ Gorgeous Stranger._"I say, Huntsman, would you mind blowing your horn two or three times?
391601._"Ulloah, Danny, what are you lookin''for?"
39160Am I going to hunt the hounds or are you?"
39160An''''ow''s that, missie?"
39160Been puttin''up some wire to keep the fox- hunter away?"
39160But-- er-- do you mind leaving me my hat?"]
39160By the way, how is that beautiful collie of yours that I admired so much?"
39160Do n''t you?"]
39160H. M._"Why so?"
39160Hardhit._"Do n''t you think, Miss Highflier, that men look much better in pink-- less like waiters?"
39160Have you seen my hare?"
39160He''s early this morning, is n''t he?"
39160How could you be so stupid as to let him go?"]
39160I hope we did n''t hurt you?"
39160I seemed once more to see the little rose- covered porch, the----"What on earth are you mooning about?"
39160Not hurt, I hope?"
39160Not the horse, I hope?"]
39160Now, do you mind just bringing him over?"]
39160Of course, people will come at me open- mouthed for this assertion, and say,"How about the keep of your horses?"
39160Pure whiskey, is it not?"
39160She has curbs on her hocks and no hair on her knees; She has splints and has spavins wherever you please?
39160Sure I met you in the passage, and I took you by the hand, And says I,"How many dances, Molly, darlint, will ye stand?"
39160The hunted one put his horse resolutely at it-- must say he rode very straight, but what_ wo n''t_ men do to avoid"parting?"
39160Uncertain voice from within--"Eh?
39160Wather- cresses?"]
39160Well, how much is the damage?"]
39160What are yer givin''us?
39160What can be more exhilarating?"
39160What has happened?"
39160What the doose are yer doin''of with that second''oss?"
39160What''s up?"
39160Where_ are_ you going with that brute?"
39160Who''ve you got there?"
39160Why should I hesitate?
39160Wotcher makin''all that noise for, then?
39160Would you mind going in again for my hat?"]
39160Your lunch?"
39160_ Friend._"Clever as a man?
39160_ Huntsman._"Then, what are you hollarin''for?"
39160_ Irish Huntsman._"And what would ye be after down there?
39160_ Jack._"Have you?
39160_ Miss Highflier._"Yes, but more like ringmasters-- eh?"
39160_ Native._"D''ye mean the Barber''s Arms?"
39160_ Stranger._"Strong language?
39160laugh away, but who be the roight side o''the fence, masters?"]
44822And that boy Pringle, too, who ought to have been proud and flattered by her notice, instead of grinning about with those common country Misses?
44822And yet everybody at table hit off directly!â � � â � � All give it up?â � � Brown, Jones, and Robinson?
44822Are there any Miss Hâ � � s?
44822At length his Excellency asked him if there was anything else he could do for him?
44822But who has he with him?
44822But who shall depict the agony of Sir Moses at this dreadful blow to his finances?
44822Can he ride across country?
44822Customer hunted the country.â � � Well Sir Moses, Sir, I hope youâ � � re well, Sir; and whether will you be in the Sun or the Moon?
44822Did your lordship notish that Barbara betch, how she took to runninâ � � to- day?
44822Gallon, raising his great eye- brows, and staring wide his saucer eyes, â � � Anthony Thom was it?
44822He who had neither chick nor child, nor anything to care about, with the certainty of an Earldom, what_ could_ have come over him?
44822How could people live who had nothing but land?
44822How long he had had him?
44822How was it that she, in the full bloom of her beauty and the zenith of her experience, had failed in accomplishing what she used so easily to perform?
44822Howâ � � s your father?
44822Howâ � � s your husband?
44822Hybrid, how dâ � � ye do?â � � now exclaims Sir Moses familiarly; â � � hope youâ � � re well?â � � howâ � � s the Peer?
44822I hope youâ � � re wellâ � � Howâ � � s your wife?
44822I met John there,_ nâ � � est- ce pas?_ Monsieur Sare Moses, Baronet!
44822If he could ride?
44822If he had ever ridden a steeplechase?
44822If he had ever seen him ride?
44822If the tenants couldnâ � � t pay their rents how could they pay any drainage interest?
44822If there were no hounds, how the deuce could he?
44822Imperial John, we do believe?
44822Instead of coming out with his question as a trader would, â � � Whatâ � � s rum?
44822Lord Ladythorne never asked me for any money, why should Sir Moses?
44822Moreover, as farming times were getting dull, and the lawyer was meditating a slope_ Ã   la_ Henerey Brown& Co.?
44822The Yammertons and they were very good How- do- you- do?
44822Then came the question whom he should take?
44822There is then a great yawing of mouths and hauling of heads and renewed inquiries for fords.â � � You know the ford, Brown?
44822There was Peter Linch and Charley Drew; but who was the fellow in black?
44822There was then a general move towards the great white gate, and as he paid his fourpence the nods of recognition and How are yeâ � � s?
44822These were female voices, and he thus addressed themâ � � â � � I say, whoâ � � s there?
44822Very oddâ � � what could it be, then?
44822What do you say yourself?
44822What dâ � � ye ride?
44822What earthly good can Plutusâ � � s money do us?
44822What fair lady can bear the sight of her face painted in one of the old poke bonnets of former days?
44822What is she doing down there?
44822What pleasure could there be in galloping after an animal they could shoot?
44822What would ten thousand pounds be nowadays, when men speculate to the extent of a quarter or may be half a million of money?
44822Whatâ � � s happened the General?
44822Whatâ � � s she going to do with them?
44822Whatâ � � s up?
44822When shall you come again, indeed?
44822Where could she have got it?
44822Where he got him?
44822Who cotched ye?
44822Who could she be?
44822Who could the wearer be?
44822Who does not feel his heart expand and his spirit glow as he comes upon the vast ocean- like space of moorland country?
44822Who is the red arm- folded man lolling with as much dignity as the contracted nature of the vehicle will allow?
44822Who wouldnâ � � t go to a Hit- im- and- Hold- im- shire hunt ball?
44822Why didnâ � � t she leave well alone?
44822Why shouldnâ � � t an old wiry black- faced tup, with his wild sparkling eyes and spiral horns, afford as good a run as a home- fed deer?
44822Why the deuce didnâ � � t they attend to Mr. Pringle?
44822Why the deuce, didnâ � � t they send Mr. Pringle his breakfast in properly?
44822You know the ford, Green?
44822_ So nice!_â � � with an inquisitive whisper ofâ � � â � �_which is it?
44822_ Who_ knows the ford?
44822can you bind a weasel?
44822canâ � � t you?â � � â � � What do you think, Mrs. Brown?â � � â � � What do you think, Mrs. Jones?
44822dom it, can that mean me?
44822five guineas?
44822four guineas?
44822four pound ten?
44822how dâ � � ye do it?
44822how dâ � � ye do?
44822see!â � � cried Mrs. Margerum, pointing out the wales on his back, â � � â � � was there ever a boy so shemfully beat?
44822vot are ye stargazing that way for?
44822what, has she more than one?
44822whatâ � � s sugar?
44822whereâ � � s Billy Pringle?
44822whereâ � � s Imperial John?
44822whereâ � � s Jack Rogers?
44822which- way?_ sort of style of men, who have been riding to points, and have lost the hounds.
44822why, my dear fellow, do you know how many people I have to mount as it is?
44822â � � Bag fox, have you?
44822â � � Dash it, he wished there mightnâ � � t?
44822â � � Dash it, what would Mrs. Yammerton say?
44822â � � Ease his head!â � � cried another, and what was the consequence?
44822â � � Fit!â � � repeated Gaiters, turning round with comfortable composure, looking at the man as much as to say, what do you know about it?
44822â � � How shall it be, then?
44822â � � Morninâ � �, Heslop, how goes it?
44822â � � Now, where have you her?
44822â � � Oh dear, he was sorry to hear heâ � � d been ill; what could it be?
44822â � � Ord rot it!â � � exclaimed he, starting round, â � � what dâ � � ye mean by following a man that way?
44822â � � Ring the bell for moy fellow!â � � Do go for moy fellow!â � � Has anybody seen moy fellow?
44822â � � Well, but how can you make a match without any horses?
44822â � � Well, my good woman, how dyâ � � e do?
44822â � � Well, my man, and how dyâ � � e do?
44822â � � Where is she?
44822â � �_Tweet, tweet, tweet!_â � � who have we here?
44822â � �_Whatâ � � s oop?
40302''And what the d----l wind may that be?'' 40302 ''Are you sure of that?''
40302''Bradford? 40302 ''Did you tell them I wanted Bradford?''
40302''Horses seem to have had about enough of it, do n''t you think so?'' 40302 ''Lenox,''I breathlessly asked,''Horace Lenox''?
40302''Then you are the gentleman, I suppose, that has been looking at the estate next to me, with a view to purchase?'' 40302 ''Well, yes,''I replied;''but you have forgotten all that, Horace?''
40302''What did they say?'' 40302 ''Whose cottage is that?''
40302''Why so?'' 40302 ''You know how I was served in London?''
403024 to 1?
40302A what?
40302Ah, wunna ye look at him? 40302 All right, Barney-- what do you think of the weather?"
40302And how far,I asked, with a slight sneer,"will the money left go in getting those, not to speak of other essentials that must be provided?"
40302And what would the London aunts say to that, Kate?
40302And your jocks?
40302Are your horses here?
40302Be the saddle greased, sir?
40302But you shoot?
40302Certain of a fox, I suppose, Martaingail?
40302Do n''t mind going a little out of our way, do you?
40302Do you really want me to, father?
40302Do you, sir? 40302 Does n''t look like it, does he, Miss Preece?"
40302Enough for what?
40302Fastish thing, my Lord, is it not?
40302Feel as if you could ride this morning, do n''t you?
40302Going fishing?
40302He air, ai n''t he, bully boys?
40302How are you going to keep Joe, if I let you try, Kate?
40302How in the world did you get him to gallop?
40302Hurt? 40302 I say, Bradon,"put in another,"I heard you weighed twelve stone five; is that a fact?"
40302I say, how are we to get at the water?
40302I shall want a dray- horse soon, shall I not?
40302I thought it was her colour which the sun spoilt, Kate?
40302I wonder how long we lay under that wall, Joe?
40302I wonder if he will be flattered when he hears the price his nags are at now?
40302Is that your friend, Sandy?
40302Is there no other way, George?
40302Me, sir?
40302My little place only a short step from here, so hope you wo n''t mind walking? 40302 No damage done, I hope?"
40302No, sir; you do n''t mean it?
40302Not exactly,I replied;"I intend----""Will you take a lead from me?"
40302Not go to the meet, girl, after keeping the old tryst so many years, why not?
40302Not got any more? 40302 Oh, come, Miss Preece, that''s hardly fair,"broke in George; six against twenty- six, is n''t it, Kate?"
40302So the horses are to go up next week, Dad, are they? 40302 Then why did n''t you, Dad?"
40302There,said Lord Plunger, heaving a vast sigh, which seemed to relieve him immensely;"did you ever see such a horse, and such a bit of riding?"
40302Think I have?
40302This is jolly, eh?
40302True, Kate, and I ca n''t bear to shoot the old fellow, and yet what are_ we_ to do with a pensioner now?
40302Wall, then, stranger, what will yeu like?--cocktail, mint julip, brandy smash, or cobbler? 40302 What do you mean?"
40302What exercise?
40302What have you lost?
40302What is that madcap daughter of mine about now?
40302What is your will, sir?
40302What luck this evening, Barney?
40302What will my old woman say,he continued,"when I tells her o''this?
40302What, because another fellow provides the sherry and is master at the Hall? 40302 Where the deuce is my second horse?"
40302Which shall you declare to win with?
40302Who''s first? 40302 Who?"
40302Whose drag?
40302Whose horse is that?
40302Why did n''t I, girl? 40302 Why not, Barney?"
40302Why, Kate, where have you been? 40302 Would you mind, Captain Vernon?"
40302Yes,replied Bradon,"it was a famous dodge; so they think the horses will be scratched, do they?
40302You, sir?--but your weight, sir? 40302 ''But, seriously, will there be an awful row when it comes out that we were hunting one of Her Majesty''s?'' 40302 ''It is not on this property, is it?'' 40302 (_ Mem._ nor for me either, unfortunately,)but, good, plain, English food, eh?"
40302*****"I suppose you would hardly care to go to the meet to- day, Dad?"
40302*****"Whose yellow drag and grays is that coming up the course?"
40302*****"Yes, that''s all very fine and large, but how the----?
40302All the races, I find, are over in France for the year; but, Tim, what do you think?
40302As he grasped my hand, he said hurriedly--"Why did n''t you stop when I shouted?"
40302As to where my mount came from-- well, it was no concern of mine, was it?
40302Ask POWNCEBY where are horses?
40302Ask,"Where''s your place, are we anywhere near it?"
40302At any rate, they would come and spend a week with them soon at Jawleyford Court, would they not?
40302But Guardsman--_who is to ride him_?"
40302But I s''pose yeu means to take up yer fixins here in this feather- bed bully hotel afore yeu makes tracks?"
40302But how on earth could she possibly have known that I was there?
40302But if they should twig?
40302But the French ladies?
40302But what is wrong?"
40302But who is to ride him?"
40302But wind or no wind, yer honour, I suppose the races will come off?"
40302But, Captain, if the governors twig it?"
40302But,"he continued,"if we find a fox before we come on the drag?"
40302Can this be called sport?
40302Come to see the nags beaten?"
40302Did I follow the Whip over a bit close?
40302Did not St Anthony convert heretics by preaching to the fishes?
40302Emily asked me tauntingly whether I had"done leaping for to- day?"
40302Father, though, what about Joe?
40302Going a- shooting, air yeu?
40302Got all you want?
40302He looked rather amused, and replied,"I suppose you refer to Red Rover?"
40302He picks up sausages, and repeats,"there''s my little place; jolly little crib, ai n''t it?"
40302How much money have you left?"
40302I suppose you''ll take Stuart with you?"
40302I''ve grown immense, have I not, old fellow?"
40302If they must hunt, why not dress like reasonable beings, in comfortable cords, gaiters, and a shooting- jacket?
40302Is he married?''
40302Is n''t it pretty?
40302It is all very well for men who have long purses and large possessions to take expensive shootings; they can afford it and why should they not?
40302Just come and look at my shorthorns, will you?"
40302Lemon and white I should describe her if she was in the setter class; but tell me, who is she, and has she any money?"
40302Not hurt, I hope?"
40302Not''up to weight,''as we say, eh?"
40302Pigeon club?
40302RECORDED BY"OLD CALABAR"Reader, must I confess it?
40302Reader, which is the pleasanter style of the two?
40302Ready?
40302Spying out his faithful old servant, he said,"What do you think of him, Tim?"
40302Sure that you''re_ quite_ comfortable?"
40302TOLD AFTER MESS"You want to hear the story, eh?"
40302That is the order of march, is it not?"
40302The horse was sent down to my trainer''s, and, meeting him later on in the day on the course, he said,"Well, sir, so you bought Vulcan?"
40302There now, what more do you want?
40302There, what do you think of that bull?"
40302Time changes all things, and I suppose we must change with the times; but are these changes for the better?
40302Trainers and jockeys are at present much bigger men than their masters; and why?
40302Understood the name was Radford, and the Sergeant----''"''Yes, the Sergeant, what did he say then?''
40302WHO IS TO RIDE HIM?
40302We''re not to be laughed at, are we?"
40302What are the stakes?"
40302What do you think of that?
40302What horse is that?"
40302What might I not be tempted to do if I had the chance?
40302What should we think if we now saw the queer- fashioned coach, with its four long- tailed black horses, doing about five miles an hour?
40302What the saintly St Ursula are you doing?
40302What''s to be the order of the day, Frank?
40302Where do you see fine old sportsmen like the late Sir Gilbert Heathcote?
40302Where is Miss Preece?"
40302Where''s the defunct?''
40302Which_ is_ his"frightful end,"by the way?''
40302Who on earth wants to lose a lot of money to moneyless scoundrels?
40302Will you let me try him with the Coverbury pack to- morrow?"
40302Would you like a trip?"
40302Yes, I''ll match my old one against your chestnut, owners up; who is to be judge?"
40302You thought to avoid us, did you?"
40302You will go down by rail, I suppose?"
40302said the astonished old man,"the Grand Silverpool?--my horses going to run for the Grand Silverpool?
40302they one and all exclaimed,"you?
40302twelve five?
40302what is to be done?"
40302what the----?
40302what''s that for?"
40302which the most healthy?
40301''Arrah, what the dickens has that for to say to it?'' 40301 ''Could n''t ye shoot somethin''?''
40301''What''s that yer sayin''at all at all?'' 40301 Accident, sir?"
40301Ah, by- the- by,adds Dick,"what time shall we start?
40301And yet you''re backing him?
40301Are you goin''huntin''wid the dog, sir?
40301Arrah, how the blazes cud the blood av all the whales in Ireland make thim shupayriour animals set as if the birds were foreninst them?
40301Arrah, now, Patrick, was n''t I after doing it?
40301Arrah, what is he talkin''about at all at all?
40301Arrah, what the puck are yez settin''at? 40301 By Gad, sir,"said he,"you do not want it entirely your own way, do you?
40301D''yer know what that is? 40301 Dead heat?"
40301Ditch do ye call it, Colonel? 40301 Do n''t you say that this young Blankney''s horse ca n''t get the distance?"
40301Does Blankney know how bad his horse is?
40301Have you much snipe, Mr Smithe?
40301He''s not a racehorse, is he?
40301His----eye appears slightly blood- shot, does n''t it?
40301How is our friend De Britska?
40301How? 40301 Hurt, sir?"
40301I can cut across the fields, ca n''t I, by the cross roads?
40301I did n''t see you all the time, Mr Smoothley; where were you?
40301I say, Ally,to his daughter,"you would not like to ride over that, would you?"
40301I suppose we shoot to- day: where shall we begin?
40301In the van, sir?
40301Is Charles hurt, papa?
40301Is he quiet with hounds?
40301Is it for to ketch the tin- o''clock thrain from Dublin?
40301Is n''t that it? 40301 Keep your horse''s head to the hounds, will you, sir?"
40301My dressing- room?
40301Steer clear of the heiress? 40301 Stirrups all right, sir?"
40301The frost''s all gone, I fea---- I hope?
40301The gentlemen, is it? 40301 There, Fortescue, what do you think of that?"
40301There, gentlemen, what do you think of that?
40301Think of shooting to- morrow, Sam?
40301This young Peyton''s mare ca n''t be worse?
40301Was n''t that a twist o''luck, sir?
40301What am I to do?
40301What can I do for you, Mr Podgers?
40301What do I say?
40301What do you mean, Billy?
40301What do you mean, sir?
40301What does it matter?
40301What is it, Colonel?
40301What is it?
40301What other way should I use it?
40301What sort of a man to hounds is Lord A----?
40301What the divil are ye doin''at all at all?
40301What the h-- ll is the matter?
40301What will you give me?
40301What-- what--he cried, whirling round like a teetotum--"what have I done?"
40301What?
40301Whatever is the matter?
40301Where have you decided on putting him?
40301Where was he?
40301Where''s the doctor?
40301Where''s the dog?
40301Where''s your soldier now?
40301Which is the Captain?
40301Who is Mr Simpson?
40301Who is the little fat man leading him?
40301Who will lay me two to one against Screwdriver?
40301Wo n''t he?
40301Yes; a picture, is n''t he? 40301 You know me, I think?"
40301You was going to Oakley, I s''pose, sir? 40301 You''ve a dog, sir?"
40301You''ve given her enough, have n''t you?
40301Your gamekeeper?
40301''Arrah, what the puck is this?''
40301''Now,''says he,''come on, Sir Tim an the whole creel of yez, who''s afeard?''
40301( What smoker, by the way, has n''t a special thing in the shape of a mixture?
40301--_Pages 284- 5._] Can I refuse her anything-- even_ this_?
40301About a week later, we had a long talk, and then he said,"Dost know what I''ve been doing, lad?"
40301All right, ai n''t you, old lady?"
40301And for Nellie?
40301And what of the stag?
40301And where is Willie to sleep, and where is Blossie to sleep?
40301Are yez mad or dhrunk?
40301Arrah, shoot what?"
40301Besides, why did n''t the fellow put his horse at a hurdle?
40301Better have the trap at twelve-- quite early enough, eh?"
40301But what became of the ducks?"
40301But what is the little sly man doing?
40301But what is this excitement in the barrack yard?
40301But why should I describe the run?
40301D''yer know what that is?
40301Did you see him take the water?
40301Do my readers know what a cleeching net is?
40301Do n''t you think so, Mr Smoothley?"
40301Do you suppose, sir, any of my officers would be guilty of such a thing, or that I would allow it?"
40301Do you think you could manage to let him have it?"
40301Does not this sort of training have an effect on character?
40301Good fellowship in the field we have always had, and does not this go far indeed to make up the sum of one''s enjoyment?
40301Had the mare broken down?
40301Have I done anything wrong, or injured the horse?
40301He said,"Let''s all four run for a''bob''a- piece, and you three give me two yards start?"
40301How dar''ye come in here?
40301How do you mean?"
40301How enjoyable to--"Are you engaged for Christmas, Mr Smoothley?"
40301How often does your good lady fly at_ you_ during the twenty- four hours?
40301I asked, too, about the last race; why he could afford to give me £ 2 when I lost?
40301I told him"on the mound"; to which he rejoined,"Was you, really?
40301Is he not light and delicate, and do not his words and actions fall as softly as his flies?
40301Is it in any degree more dangerous than cricket or football, shooting or Alpine climbing?
40301Is my eye very black?"
40301Is there not a very gentle spirit breathing through them?
40301Is this Mr Simpson married or single?"
40301It will do Willie''s cold good to sleep in your dressing- room without a fire, wo n''t it?
40301Now, will you agree to this-- that if you win, I pay him the four hundred and the balance to yourself?
40301O''Rooney?"
40301Of whom did our company consist?
40301SIMPSON''S SNIPE"Who is Mr Simpson?"
40301She''s a dear good little creature, but she has fiery moods occasionally; and I ask you, my dear sir, is she one whit the worse for it?
40301Some of my readers with sporting proclivities are already beginning to ask,"Where is this''happy hunting ground?''"
40301The fence may necessitate a fall, the gate must cause a loss of time, which shall it be?
40301The individual who persistently asks you"What news?"
40301The same thing does not occur in cattle and horse shows; why then with dog shows?
40301To denounce me as an impostor?
40301Was O''Rooney arrested?
40301We sit down to dinner in high good- humour:--who is not, after a good day?
40301What can compare with it, but the wild charge of cavalry?
40301What could it be then?
40301What d''ye say?"
40301What did he mean?
40301What has become of Viscount Curzon, who so well filled the chair at the Annual Dinner?
40301What is it you propose?"
40301What is the result of such a pursuit?
40301What is there rude or coarse or harsh in the true fisherman?
40301What say you, gentlemen all, is the proposal fair?"
40301What was up?
40301Whatever be the fish he is playing, whatever be his line, will he not know when to yield and when to hold fast?
40301When the Major kem nigh him, he seen that he was fastened like to somethin''undher the wather; an''whin he cotch him, what do you think he found?
40301When?"
40301Where is it to be?
40301Where was this going to end?
40301Where''s the doctor?"
40301Which way have they gone-- can you tell me?"
40301Who has not read vivid descriptions of the killing of a salmon?
40301Why is it then-- for obviously it is so-- that the use of dogs, and especially of setters and pointers in the field, is gradually being discarded?
40301Will he go through that gate, or attempt that big fence, which has proved a stopper to the crowd?
40301Will nobody bet?"
40301Wirra, wirra!_ What does he take us for?
40301Without expressing a like confidence, I asked,"Is that the Sultan?"
40301Would I make a clean breast of it?
40301Would you see judges of horses or cattle doing this?
40301Yarrell gives an account of four days''sport(?)
40301Ye''ll brake me chaney, will ye?
40301You know Mulligatawny, of course?"
40301You wo n''t mind looking after her, Heathertopper?"
40301and-- but what was the matter in front?
40301are you going to ride The Sultan, Mr Smoothley?
40301are you ready?
40301do n''t you know him?
40301do ye hear this?
40301here or there?
40301not hanged yet?"
40301or"Is there anything new to- day?"
40301says th''ould Major;''who bet ye?''
40301that ai n''t the mare, sure-_lie_?"
40301what its moral?
40301what_ gourmet_ has no special tip as regards salad- dressing?)
40301you forget yourself; do you presume to put a lady in the question?"
15387''Ow are you, J----?
15387''Ow are you?
15387--Monsieur Shorrock,said he, looking up,"votre profession, Monsieur?
15387A miss is as good as a mile,replied the Yorkshireman;"but pray what have you got in the hamper?"
15387Ah, Mr. York, how are you this morning?
15387Allow me to duck you, ma''am?
15387An''ded I no tell ye I wad recover him?
15387And are they good eating?
15387And the Colonel will pay for them, I presume?
15387And who got his brush, did you say?
15387And who got the brush?
15387And who is Tom Hills?
15387And who''s to pay for it?
15387And wot''s the grey in the far stall?
15387And, Monsieur?
15387Anything doing in Danish bonds, sir?
15387Are they going to abolish the law of arrest? 15387 Ay,"added a fourth,"and he may go the other way, and then where- shall we all be?"
15387Be this the vay to Newmarket races?
15387But did you kill?
15387But how are we to prove it?
15387But''ow comes it, James, you are not married? 15387 By how much?
15387Can I have the box- seat?
15387Chasse calf-- chasse calf-- what''s that? 15387 Come, Smith, what are you chaffing there about?"
15387Crockford, you''ll do it for me?
15387Cross for ten shillings,muttered Mr. Jorrocks,"vot does the Mouncheer mean?
15387Did you, indeed?
15387Do it again?
15387Do n''t be impertinent,said Jorrocks, who had pulled down his collar to hear what he had to pay--"but tell me what''s to pay?"
15387Do you charge anything for the ride?
15387Do,rejoined the Countess,"and some of the other things-- vot you call them, Colonel?"
15387Does John Bull?
15387Does Trick, by Catton?
15387Full, indeed?
15387Gentlemen,said I,"Who are you?"
15387Have I all my shoes on?
15387Have you all your things, dearest? 15387 Have you any coin to lend on unexceptionable personal security, with a power of killing and selling your man if he do n''t pay?"
15387Here''s Mr. Wigney, the member for Brighton,they cried out;"I say, old boy, are you for the ballot?
15387How are ye, my lad of wax? 15387 How are you James?"
15387How are you, Jorrocks?
15387How did you know that I was a young chap?
15387How moch?
15387How much?
15387How much?
15387How now?
15387How now?
15387How stands the case?
15387How''s that?
15387I do n''t like it,said Jorrocks;"is never a gate near?"
15387I say, Waggey,cries he( singling out a friend stationed by his lordship),"had you ought on Trick, by Catton?"
15387I say, sir, do you belong to the Phenix? 15387 I say, young chap,"inquired Jorrocks,"whose is that?"
15387I''opes not,replied Jemmy in a fluster,"is it raining?
15387Is B---- out of the Bench yet?
15387Is Mr. Jorrocks in?
15387Is the box- seat engaged?
15387Is there no piece of tomfoolery too great for you? 15387 Jorrocks,"said he,"who''s that?"
15387Mr. Hacres within?
15387Mr. Jorrocks, shall I trouble you for half a crown?
15387My own, to be sure,said Jorrocks, taking hold of the green collar of his coat, as much as to say,"How can you ask such a question?"
15387No,said green- coat,"I mean where do you turn out the stag?"
15387No; where will you sit, sir? 15387 Non, non, I say vot ears he has?"
15387Non, non,stamping,"I say vot ears( years) he has?"
15387Now who holds number two?--what lady or gentleman holds number two? 15387 Now, Tomkins, where''s the bottle?"
15387Now, who''s for it? 15387 Number one!--who holds number one?"
15387Oh my vig what have I done? 15387 Oh yes, Jorrocks promised us a subscription last year,"observed another,"and he is a man of his word-- arn''t you old leather breeches?"
15387Oh, I see,replies Sam,"you are one of the reg''lar city coves, then-- now, what brings you here?"
15387Oh, John? 15387 Oh, Tom Hills!--Tom Hills!--''what are you at?
15387Oh, but that''s a bad job, said the huntsman;"what shall we do?"
15387Oh, he''s our huntsman,replied he;"you know Tom, do n''t you?"
15387Oh, leathers?
15387Oh, the deuce!--did that old devil catch you?
15387Old Harry?
15387Old Scratch breeches,re- echoed the Countess--"no, dat shall not do."--"Beelzebub?"
15387Old Scratch, then?
15387Or perhaps you''d prefer a cut of boiled beef with yellow fat, and a dab of cabbage?
15387Pray, are your clocks here by London time?
15387Pray, what rooms may you require?
15387Que fait votre femme?
15387Quel age avez- vous, Monsieur? 15387 Quelle potage voulez vous, monsieur?"
15387Sare, what''s your name, sare?
15387Satan, then?
15387So glad to see you, J----"So glad to see you, G----"So glad to see you, J----"And pray what may you have in your basket?
15387Sportsman, then? 15387 Sprechen sie Deutsch?"
15387Stop her?
15387Take a cigar, sir?
15387Take some cheese, sir?
15387Thank ye, master, you''re another,said the toll- taker;"and now that you have had your say, vot do ye ax for your mouth?"
15387That is a quail, the other a snipe-- which will you take?
15387That''s a pity,replied Sam,"for you look like a promising man-- a handsome- bodied chap in the face-- don''t you sport any?"
15387Then avez- vous any roast beef?
15387Then, why the devil did you not say so, you great lout, instead of putting me into a sweat this''ot day by speaking French to you?
15387Then, wot the''ell business have you at Newmarket?
15387Thompson,said Mr. Jorrocks, in a firm tone of voice,"how are you?"
15387Turn out,said he,"why, ye do n''t suppose we be come calf- hunting, do ye?
15387Vere be you going to turn out pray, sir, may I inquire?
15387Vether a mule brays or neighs?
15387Vich be de Newmarket Voiture?
15387Vich be de voiture?
15387Vot brings you here?
15387Vot''s he doing here?
15387Vot, do you know her?
15387Vot, five hundred livre?
15387Vot, only three left? 15387 Votre nom et designation?"
15387Vy, a bit of both, I think; and do you eat these chaps with them?
15387Vy, what does it do then?
15387We shall have the Croydon Canal,cries Mr. H----n, of Tottenham, who knows every flint in the country,"and how will you like that, my hearties?"
15387Well, but tell me, gentlemen, where do we dine?
15387Well, then, we will have the''entrée de boeuf-- beef with sauce tomate-- and there is a côtelette de veau en papillotte;--which will you take?
15387What Green is it, Green of Rollestone?
15387What do n''t''e like it, sir, eh? 15387 What do you hunt?"
15387What do you want, my lord?
15387What is the French for fox-''unter?
15387What is there?
15387What should you know about the_ Magnet_?
15387What sport have you had?
15387What starts? 15387 What were you wishing to say, sir?"
15387What will anyone lay about Trick, by Catton?
15387What''s happened now, Binjimin?
15387What''s happened now?
15387What''s second?
15387What''s that about?
15387What''s that?
15387What''s that?
15387What''s to pay?
15387What''s won? 15387 What, summer and winter?"
15387What, you''ve been among the ladies, have you? 15387 What-- breeches?"
15387Where are you for now? 15387 Where the h-- ll are you going to, sir?"
15387Where will you sit at dinner?
15387Which, then?
15387Who am I? 15387 Who am I?"
15387Who are you?
15387Who are you?
15387Who be that?
15387Who do they call Nodding Homer in your hunt?
15387Who''s that?
15387Why do n''t you go with the hounds?
15387Why now, you old imbecile,cried he, jumping off his chairs and running up to him,"What are you after?"
15387Why, I ca n''t say I do, exactly,said he;"but tell me, is he called Hills because he rides up and down these hills, or is that his real name?"
15387Why, how''s that?
15387Why, what the deuce is this you are in?
15387Why, where have you lived all your life?
15387Will you discount me a bill at three months?
15387Will you take some of this thingumbob?
15387Wot, do you speak English?
15387Wot?
15387Would ye?
15387Yes, breeches-- but the oder name-- vot you call dem?
15387You find it very warm inside, I should think, sir?
15387You old fool,said Thompson,"you forget where you are; if I could pay you your little bill, do you suppose I would be here?
15387You think so, do you, Mister Jorrocks; ca n''t you renew it? 15387 You''ve been in Paris, I suppose,"resumed Nimrod, after their respective digits were released;"were you much gratified with what you saw?
15387_ Avez- vous_ any potted lobster?
15387''"Ow are you, G----?"
15387''Ave you got ever a rope in your pocket?
15387''Now''s the day and now''s the hour''; who''s for some grouse?
15387''Ow are you, Mr. Nimrod?
15387''Ow long do you remain?"
15387''Qu''aimez- vous le mieux, la cuisse ou l''aile?''"
15387''Twill be all the same one hundred years hence.--All right?
15387--"Old Nick breeches,"said the Countess thoughtfully;"no, dat sall not be it-- vot else?"
15387--"You''re not going down that bank, surely sir?
15387--"who''s got your breeches, old cock?"
15387--But where''s the use of titivating one''s appetite with reading of such luxteries?
15387--No, nor a great bit either.--''Which do you like best, leg or wing?''
15387--That means rough and enough, I suppose,"observed Mr. Jorrocks to the Yorkshireman.--"''What time do we dine to- day?
15387--The next day, up came the boots duller than ever.--''Bless my soul,''exclaimed he,''why, they are worse than before, how''s this, sir?''
15387A few-- you''ve perhaps heard tell of the Surrey''unt?
15387A quelle heure dine-- hang me if I know how to call this chap-- dine[ spelling it], t''on?"
15387Ah, yonder he goes, the tailless beggar; did you see him as he stole past the corner out of the early- cabbage bed?
15387All right behind?
15387All true what I''ve told you, is n''t it, Binjimin?
15387And now wot do you call this chap?"
15387And what''s this?"
15387Are we near Paris?
15387Belinda, my love, does the Yorkshireman take care of you?
15387Belinda, my love,''ow are you?
15387Besides, what business had Kitey to say anything about Bagnigge Vells?
15387Binjimin, you blackguard, where are you?
15387Bless your heart, do n''t I see a gilt fox on one end, and a gilt hare on the other?"
15387But blow me tight, you surely do n''t want a candle to breakfast by?
15387But come, take another glass of Chablis, for your voice is husky as though your throat was full of dust.--Will you eat some of this boulli- vert?"
15387But come-- jump up-- where''s your nag?
15387But suppose we add to''Chasseur''--''Member of the Surrey Hunt?''"
15387But what do they mean by setting the dessert on before the cloth is removed?
15387But where is Mr. Jorrocks all this time?
15387But who is so fortunate as to be near the scene of action in this second scurry, almost as fast as the first?
15387Cocktail affair, is n''t it?
15387Crane--''werry rum?'')
15387Did you know anything of them''ere ancient Romans?
15387Do you prefer a right or left wing, sir?
15387Do you remember the owdacious leap he took over the tinker''s tent, at Epping''Unt, last Easter?
15387Do you shave by that''ere glazed castor of yours?"
15387Do you take me, sir?
15387Does Lord Eldon start?"
15387Does n''t you think these inns werry expensive places, sir?
15387French: A quelle heure dinons- nous aujourd''hui?--Italian: A che hora( ora) si prancey( pranza) oggi?''"
15387Garsoon,"said he catching a servant with a trayful of_ eau sucrée_ glasses,"avez- vous kick- shaws to eat?"
15387Gentlemen, I say, in rising to propose the toast which I am about to give, I feel-- I feel--(Crane--''werry nervous?'')
15387Giles?"
15387Have you any mock turtle or gravy soup?"
15387Have you come here to insult me in my own house?
15387Having"peeled,"he rubbed his hands and blew upon them, as much as to say,"Now, gentlemen, wo n''t you let me have a smell of the fire?"
15387Hope you are peckish too; what shall I give you?
15387Hopper?"
15387How are you, eh?
15387How is that horse bred?
15387How old you are, sare?"
15387I guess he sall be varé rich-- n''est ce pas?
15387I say, in rising to propose the toast which I am about to give, I feel--(Mr. Spiers--''very foolish?''
15387I''m quite shocked to see you; you do n''t surely live upon hair?
15387I''ve heard of you, I think-- Nimrod Brothers and Co., bottle merchants, Crutched Friars, ai n''t it?"
15387If you had done your part of the bargain, I would have done mine, but''ow can you expect to be paid after spilling me?
15387Is Mr. Nimrod gone?"
15387Is it Tunbridge?"
15387Is it a likely find to- day?
15387It brays, does it?"
15387J---- feel werry--(Mr. Spiers,''werry sick?'')
15387J---- feel werry--(Nimrod,''werry wise?'')
15387J---- werry--(Crane,''werry thirsty?'')
15387J----?"
15387J----?"
15387Jorrocks, getting up, runs to the table on which the hats were standing, saying,"I wonder if he''s left his castor behind him?
15387Jorrocks, my friend,''ow do ye do?"
15387Jorrocks?"
15387Jorrocks?"
15387Let me see, what''s his name?
15387Meager had to- day?"
15387Mr. Jorrocks met with friends and acquaintances at every turn, most of whom asked"when he came?"
15387Nimrod--''very funny?''
15387No, which Brown-- not John Brown?
15387Pantaloons, perhaps, you mean?"
15387Pray, is the ould gintleman your father or your grandfather?"
15387Pray, sir,"touching his hat to me,"are you booked here?
15387Pray, sir,"turning to the Yorkshireman with a jerk,"do you dance?"
15387Rigler swells, though, the chaps, arn''t they?
15387So now where to, your honour?
15387Still the beggars eat, as when does a cockney not in the open air?
15387Stubbs,''ow are ye?"
15387Suppose we goes at him first?"
15387Suppose we take a sniff of the briny-- Margate-- Ramsgate-- Broadstairs?
15387Tell me one thing-- is there a good place to feed at?"
15387The Sunflower drew near-- Green looked confused-- she fixed her eye upon him, half in fear, half in entreaty-- would he offer to throw for her?
15387Their inquiries were business- like and familiar:--"are ye, Jorrocks?"
15387Then out came the purses, brown, green, and blue, with the usual inquiry,"What''s dinner, waiter?"
15387There was a conversation with a lacquey, however, commencing with--"Are you disposed to enter into my service?"
15387There, now take some tea and toast or one of those biscuits, or whatever you like; would a little more''am be agreeable?
15387These are yours, I presume, gentlemen?"
15387Vere do you turn out to- day?
15387Vere''s the stag?
15387Vot is it you call Davil in Angleterre?"
15387Vot you are, sare?"
15387Vy do n''t you show your badge?"
15387Well, Mr. Yorkshireman, I do n''t care if I do go with you-- but where shall it be to?
15387Well, Stubbs, my boy,''ow do you do?
15387What do you think of it?"
15387What is that hound got by?
15387What pleased you most-- the Tuileries, Louvre, Garden of Plants, Père la Chaise, Notre Dame, or what?"
15387What say you, Mr. York?
15387What says Juvenal, when speaking of the entry of luxury into Rome?"
15387What shall I do?
15387What sport had you on Wednesday?
15387What the deuce are they doing in France?
15387What''s come across you now?
15387What''s this thing?"
15387What''s this?"
15387What, Brown of Goodman''s Fields?
15387When do n''t the Surrey kill, I should like to know?"
15387Where are now the jocund laugh, the repartee, the oft- repeated tale, the last debate?
15387Where is there an inn where I can recruit my famished frame?
15387Where the deuce did you get these things?"
15387Where''s my sword?"
15387Where, I ax, is the use of carrying nightcaps, when the innkeepers always prowide them, without extra charge?
15387Who does not recognise in this last disaster, the truth of the old adage?
15387Who ever saw two rounds of beef, as you wanted to have?
15387Who shall describe the misery that ensued?
15387Who wants a fat chap to send to their friends this Christmas?"
15387Whose soul has ever warmed as it approached thy town?
15387Why von''t you let Batsay arrange the table?
15387Wot say you?
15387Wot would they think to see such a concern in Cheapside?
15387Yet, stay-- that''s no fox-- it''s a hare: and yet Tom Hills makes straight for the spot-- and did you hear that loud tally- ho?
15387You ca n''t squeeze blood out of a turnip, can ye?
15387You do n''t lush much, I fancy?"
15387You do n''t mean these sacks of things, called trousers?"
15387You have the most extraordinary adventures of any man breathing-- but what did you do with your own machine?
15387You know James Green, do n''t you?"
15387You know Melton, Mr. York; did you ever see the gentleman out?"
15387You seem to have but a shortish pack, I think-- ten, twelve, fourteen couple--''ow''s that?
15387You whiles go to the lush- crib, Mr. Yorkshireman; what now do you reckon best after a regular drench?
15387_ Jorrocks._ Oh, Mr. York, it''s you, is it?
15387and thereupon they joined hands most cordially, amid exclamations of,"''Ow are you, J----?"
15387and"How are you, Brack?"
15387and"when he was going away?"
15387and, in the hopes of hitting upon something that would convey his wishes, he"hark''d forward,"and passing by--"Are you married?"
15387arrived at--"What is your wife''s occupation?"
15387at length said I, taking him by the hand,"how are you, my old boy?"
15387by how much?"
15387cried Mr. Spring, turning to Jorrocks,"did n''t I tell you so?"
15387cried the Yorkshireman, and then hailing Mr. Jorrocks he holloaed out,"In the name of the prophet, Figs, what are you doing there?"
15387grinned Mrs. J----,"neighs, does it?
15387haw!--But tell me what is there at Newmarket that should take a man there?"
15387he succeeded in extracting the word"Wot?"
15387here, pray who is that gentleman that came in by the Liverpool coach to- night?
15387how would that read?
15387inquired Green with the utmost affability--"I hopes she''s uncommon well-- pray, is she of your party?"
15387inquired Jorrocks of a gentleman in scarlet;"have you been with Jolliffe?"
15387inquired Mr. Jorrocks, with anxiety on his countenance, as the boy re- entered the room;"the''osses arn''t amiss, I''ope?"
15387inquires the landlord, coming out with the wide- spread way- bill in his hands,"have you two insides?"
15387looking up at a sign,"''Done a boar in a manger,''what does this mean?--where''s my French dictionary?
15387old''un,"said Nimrod in astonishment;"why, what''s the matter now?
15387roared he at the top of his voice,"who sent for you?
15387said Green, in his usual flippant style, with a nod of his head,"''ow are ye, Nimrod?
15387said Mr. Jorrocks,"a guinea one-- and we''ll ax my friend here.--Now, what''s that?"
15387said Mr. Jorrocks,"wot does that mean?"
15387said the toll- taker--"vy, vot do ye call your consarn?"
15387turning round and addressing the Yorkshireman as if nothing had happened--"suppose you get one like it?"
15387what are you after?''"
15387what are you at, Markis?
15387what does the chap mean?"
15387what luggage have you?"
15387what''s won?
15387what''s won?"
15387where are you for?"
15387where is old Tom, and the old ramping hen?"
15387who does that d----d parrot and the cock- a- too belong to that you''ve got stuck up there?
15387who the devil do you think eats old shoes here?
15387who''s going down?"
15387why, what in the name of all that''s impure, have you to do at Newmarket?"
15387why, you infidel, have you no conscience?"
15387ye young scaramouch, vot do you mean by insulting a gentleman sportsman in broad daylight, in the presence of a lady of quality?
15387you blackguard,"holloaing down the kitchen stairs,"why do n''t you set out the castors as I told you?
15387you hunt, do you?
15387you willain, where are you?"
16957Are your sisters going to the Christmas ball?
16957How so?
16957Is my lord out?
16957What''s over the left?
16957saddle my hog,was it?''
16957''"Every hound scoring to cry, and making the"--the-- the-- what d''ye call the thing?''
16957''"Well, how do you know, Jack?"
16957''"Who the Dickens are you?"
16957''"Whose are they, then?"
16957''''Ord rot you, you belong to that old ruffian, do you?''
16957''( Hiccup) call to them?''
16957''( Hiccup) to- morrow?
16957''A little brandy, perhaps?''
16957''A quarter of a century?''
16957''A sportsman or a sporting man?''
16957''A( puff) ride, a( wheeze) walk, or a( gasp) what?''
16957''About the w- h- a- w- t?''
16957''About time to take soundings, and cast anchor, is n''t it?''
16957''Admiring the cows, Captain Bouncey?''
16957''Ah, I do n''t mean in the way of eating and drinking, but in the way of encouragement-- in the way of a present, you know?''
16957''Ah, I suppose-- the_ New Monthly_, perhaps?''
16957''Ah, you_ will_, will ye?''
16957''All yours?''
16957''And do_ you_ like horses?''
16957''And how did you lose your tail?''
16957''And how many run to ground?''
16957''And how''s our friend Sponge?''
16957''And is that your extraordinary horse with all the legs?''
16957''And look who comes here?''
16957''And that you think would be sufficient?''
16957''And there''s Lucy; and where''s Miss Howard, I wonder?''
16957''And what did you make of Sir Harry?''
16957''And what shall we send it to?--the_ Sporting Magazine_, or what?''
16957''And what will you give me for my half?''
16957''And whativer am I to do for clothin''?''
16957''And who have we here, with the four horses and sky- blue flunkeys?
16957''And who was the other?''
16957''And who''d have thought of seeing_ you_?''
16957''And who''s that in yellow?''
16957''Anybody comin''?''
16957''Are there any hounds in your neighbourhood?''
16957''Are there many hunting- men down?''
16957''Are they all gone?''
16957''Are they chaps with any"go"in them?--shake their elbows, or anything of that sort?''
16957''Are they, think you?''
16957''Are they?''
16957''Are you fond of horses?''
16957''Are you fond of steeple- chases?''
16957''Are you sure?''
16957''Are your stables full at Jawleyford Court?''
16957''As a letter?''
16957''Beg pardon, sir,''said Mr. Plummey,''but cook, sir, wishes to know, sir, if you dine here to- day, sir?''
16957''Begin?''
16957''But how am I to get back to Lucksford?''
16957''But they are going to hunt, are n''t they?''
16957''But those who_ were_ out will blab, wo n''t they?''
16957''But what good,''as our excellent friend Thackeray eloquently asks,''ever came out of, or went into, a betting book?
16957''But what must I do with my horse?''
16957''But what shall I do with the hounds?''
16957''But what''s happened you behind?--what''s happened you behind?''
16957''But where''s my little friend, Augustus James?''
16957''But where''s the use of it?''
16957''But wo n''t they be expecting you at home, Robert?''
16957''But you''ve had a run?''
16957''Ca n''t you call him?''
16957''Ca n''t you manage it?''
16957''Ca n''t you see?
16957''Cigar( wheeze), cigar( puff)?''
16957''Could n''t we contrive something,''asked Mr. Waffles,''to draw him out?''
16957''Could n''t you manage to get him to go?''
16957''Could n''t your lordship arrange it so that we might have the pleasure of seeing you both on some future day?''
16957''Could you get me a pen and ink, think you?''
16957''Could you?''
16957''Cows( puff), cows( wheeze)?''
16957''Cross- roads, cross- roads-- what cross- roads?''
16957''D''ye see Tommy Claychop''s pasture?
16957''D''ye think not( wheeze)?''
16957''Dare say he would,''replied Sir Harry;''he looked like a( hiccup)er-- a white''un, was n''t he?''
16957''Dash my buttons, who have we here?''
16957''Deuced fine girls,''said he,''both of''em: wonder what he''ll give''em down?''
16957''Did I?''
16957''Did I?''
16957''Did he?''
16957''Did he?''
16957''Did you ever?''
16957''Did you( puff) say you were going to( wheeze) over to him?''
16957''Did you?''
16957''Do n''t I?''
16957''Do n''t you see it''s a hare?''
16957''Do n''t you see,''asked Sponge tartly,''there''s a road by the corn- stacks yonder?''
16957''Do n''t you think we can do without him?''
16957''Do they?''
16957''Do you hunt to- morrow?''
16957''Do you know much of that-- that-- that--_chap_?''
16957''Do you know where the cross- roads are?''
16957''Do you know your room?''
16957''Do you mean he wants to buy him?''
16957''Do you never smoke?''
16957''Do you stay long in this part of the world?''
16957''Do you suppose, if I had, I''d have left Laverick Wells without paying Miss Bustlebey, or given a bill at three months for the house- rent?''
16957''Do you want to see him?''
16957''Do?''
16957''Does Jaw stand smoking?''
16957''Does anybody know the chap''s name?''
16957''Does he?''
16957''Does n''t it?''
16957''Drop what?''
16957''Fly_ what_?''
16957''From home, no; what should put that i''your head?''
16957''Going a- gunning, are you?''
16957''Good places?''
16957''Had n''t you better get changed as quick as possible?''
16957''Had they, sir-- had they?''
16957''Has Thornton any horses?''
16957''Has it?''
16957''Have a cigar?''
16957''Have n''t you a little drop in your pantry, think you?''
16957''Have n''t you a penknife?''
16957''Have you any note, or anything?''
16957''Have you any''baccy?''
16957''Have you got that?''
16957''Have you heard anything fresh?''
16957''Have you known him long?''
16957''Have you seen Jack Sprat?''
16957''Have you( hiccup)?
16957''Have you?''
16957''He''ll wait for you, I suppose?''
16957''He''ll wait for_ you_, I suppose?''
16957''He''s not a very fine gentleman, is he?''
16957''He''s not come, has he?''
16957''He''s rich, I suppose?''
16957''Hem-- cough-- hem-- hope he''s not much-- hem-- damaged?''
16957''Hill and dale?''
16957''Hilloo, wo n''t you come in and have some refreshment?''
16957''His lordship will lay out overnight, then?''
16957''Hope he did n''t lose him?''
16957''How are the horses?''
16957''How are they for length, sir?''
16957''How are you, Mr.( hiccup) Sponge?''
16957''How can I go,''asked Jack,''when the sinner''s written to put me off?''
16957''How d''ye know?''
16957''How d''ye think he begins?''
16957''How did my lord get his horse?''
16957''How do you know it?''
16957''How do you know that?''
16957''How do you know?''
16957''How do you know?''
16957''How far do you make it, then?''
16957''How far is it?''
16957''How far is that from here?''
16957''How far will Puddingpote Bower be from here?''
16957''How far?''
16957''How is he bred?''
16957''How is my Lord Scamperdale?''
16957''How long were you in doing it?''
16957''How many brace is that?''
16957''How many three- legged''uns have you that can go, then?''
16957''How much?''
16957''How shall I begin?''
16957''How so?''
16957''How so?''
16957''How so?''
16957''How''s Puffington?''
16957''How, sir?''
16957''How?''
16957''I always tell Jack you are the handsomest woman in Christendom; do n''t I, Jack?''
16957''I am,''replied our hero; adding,''may I ask who I have the honour of addressing?''
16957''I s''pose you''ll send me on wheels?''
16957''I suppose Mr. Waffles is your man?''
16957''I thought so,''replied Jack;''what''s the chap been after now?''
16957''I wonder what he was?''
16957''I wonder where he lives?''
16957''I wonder where he_ does_ live?''
16957''I''ll have a look at you,''observed Sponge, adding,''do you take in horses?''
16957''I''spose so,''replied Jack;''how would you think?''
16957''I''ve only bachelor''commodation to offer you; but p''raps you''ll not mind roughing it a bit?''
16957''In the way of a huntsman do you mean?''
16957''Indeed!--Jawleyford''s, are you?''
16957''Indeed,''responded Mr. Waffles; adding,''how could Mr. Sponge sell me such a brute?''
16957''Indeed,''said Sponge,''I wonder who''s coming?''
16957''Is Lord Scamperdale punctual?''
16957''Is Major Screw coming?''
16957''Is Mr. Sponge at home?''
16957''Is he a buyer, or just a jawer?''
16957''Is he coming?''
16957''Is he going to- day?''
16957''Is he really?''
16957''Is her ladyship going?''
16957''Is it a frost?''
16957''Is it a frost?''
16957''Is it?''
16957''Is it?''
16957''Is it?''
16957''Is it?''
16957''Is old bellows- to- mend gone to bed?''
16957''Is that all?''
16957''Is that your extraordinary horse, with all the legs?''
16957''Is the servant here that brought this note?''
16957''Is there?''
16957''Is your friend What''s- his- name, a workman?''
16957''Is yours a good hunting country?''
16957''It is,''replied Mr. Sponge, adding,''wo n''t you be seated?''
16957''It surely ca n''t be my lord, or that Jack Spraggon coming after all?''
16957''It''s a cold day, Mr. Spraggon; wo n''t you come near the fire?''
16957''It''s not Scroggins, is it?''
16957''Jaw and the ladies well?''
16957''Just going,''replied Jack, with a touch of his hat, as he rolled on, adding,''want aught down the road?''
16957''Left( puff), left( wheeze)?''
16957''Let me help you to some of this cold round of beef?''
16957''May I give you tea or coffee?''
16957''Mild( wheeze), mild( puff), are they?''
16957''My daughters I think you know, Mr. Spraggon; also Mr. Sponge?
16957''My( puff) dear,''replied Jogglebury, looking coolly over his shoulder,''how can they be( wheeze) run over behind?''
16957''No doubt,''assented Captain Cutitfat, adding,''what business has he with the hounds?''
16957''No doubt,''hiccuped Sir Harry;''but what was_ he_ doing there?''
16957''No fear of his being at the roads to- morrow, is there?''
16957''No go, ye young infidel,''growled Watchorn,''who taught you to talk about go''s, I wonder?
16957''No--_over_--no,''snapped Jawleyford;''what should put that in your head?''
16957''Not gone to bed yet, old boy?''
16957''Not hurt, I hope?''
16957''Not sick again, are you?''
16957''Nothin''particklar, I think, sir,''adding, in an off- hand sort of way,''you''ve heard of the greet run, I s''pose, sir?''
16957''Now,''said he, as the gardener turned the horse round, and he saw it had but four,''how many has it?''
16957''Now,''said he, gathering up the reins in a bunch,''how many knots an hour can this''orse go?''
16957''Of course,''replied Mr. Sponge,''where would you have me dine?''
16957''Oh, Murry Ann( puff), that''s( wheeze) you, is it?''
16957''Oh, fiddle,''replied his wife,''you always say fox- hunters never stand upon ceremony; why should you stand upon any with him?''
16957''Oh, he''s nicely,''replied Jack, adding,''has n''t he come yet?''
16957''Oh, the ostler''ll lend you what you want,''replied Sponge, in a tone of determination, adding,''you can make shift for one night surely?''
16957''Oh-- w- h- o- y-- s''pose we say_ à © cartà ©_?''
16957''Old puff- and- blow gone?''
16957''Poorly is he?''
16957''Pray, where might you get it?''
16957''Say next week,''continued he;''or suppose you meet at the Court?''
16957''Shall I take these things away?''
16957''Shall we have a game at cards?
16957''Shall we say anything about distance?''
16957''Sir Harry at home?''
16957''Snaffle,''said he, as the portly, well- put- on personage waddled up to him;''Snaffle,''said he,''how many sound''osses have you?''
16957''Stout, hale- looking men, dressed much alike, with great broad tortoise- shell- rimmed spectacles on?''
16957''Suppose we have it on the day of the races?''
16957''Suppose you have a little of what we call laced tea, my lord-- tea with a dash of brandy in it?''
16957''Sure to be a good''un, then,''replied Sponge, with a wink, adding,''I wonder if he''d like to buy any more?''
16957''That Bob do n''t cannon?''
16957''That Wax is out of limbo?''
16957''That the Pope''s got a son?''
16957''That''s a monstrous fine ham,''observed he;''why does n''t somebody cut it?''
16957''That''s him, is it?''
16957''Then I must say you''ll dine here?''
16957''There''ll be the horse you drove yesterday; wo n''t you go to see how he is?''
16957''There''s some in my jacket pocket,''replied Sponge, nodding to where it hung in the wardrobe;''but it wo n''t do to smoke here, will it?''
16957''There, now( puff),''said he, holding up one that he thought there could be no mistake about;''who do you( wheeze) that is?''
16957''These horses have done nothing to- day,''he said;''why should n''t I send the chestnut on for to- morrow?''
16957''Thought it was Robins, the mole- catcher,''growled Jog;''what have you to do with( puff) Robins, the( wheeze) mole- catcher?''
16957''Ticket( puff), ticket( wheeze)?''
16957''To be sure I do,''replied Jack;''do n''t think I''m d-- d-- dr-- drunk, do you?''
16957''Tuesday?''
16957''Turn them out a bagman?''
16957''Was Tom Washball there?''
16957''Was my Lord Scamperdale out?''
16957''Was n''t it?''
16957''Well but what_ is_ it?''
16957''Well( puff), I s''pose( wheeze) we may as well( puff) home now?''
16957''Well, Frosty, I suppose you''ve heard what a run we had yesterday?''
16957''Well, Robert, you''ve come to the steeple- chase?''
16957''Well, Specs''( alluding to his father''s trade),''how are you?''
16957''Well, Sprag, how are you?''
16957''Well, Tom, and what shall we do to- morrow?''
16957''Well, Tom,''said Mr. Waffles, taking up the Fox''s head, as Tom came to anchor by his side,''how are you?''
16957''Well, and how often have you been flogged this half?''
16957''Well, and how often have you been flogged this half?''
16957''Well, and what d''ye( hiccup) of the weather now?''
16957''Well, and what''s the upshot of it all?''
16957''Well, but tell me,''exclaimed Mr. Sponge,''can I see the footman, or the huntsman, or the groom, or a helper, or anybody?''
16957''Well, but to whom?''
16957''Well, but what can we make of it?''
16957''Well, but what did they mean by hoping Mr. Sponge was fond of walking?''
16957''Well, but what must I do with all these little( hiccup) creatures?''
16957''Well, but what must we do with these little( hiccup)?''
16957''Well, but what''s the matter?--what is it all about?''
16957''Well, but where''s the( hiccup) man to be put?''
16957''Well, but will you go and call on Mr. Sponge, dear?''
16957''Well, but you can tell me where to find a sheet of paper, surely?''
16957''Well, my lady, and how are you?''
16957''Well, now,''said he, seating himself comfortably in it,''let''s see where did we go first?
16957''Well, old Sivin- Pund- Ten, how goes it?''
16957''Well, old boy''growled he, turning over as soon as he saw who it was,''what are you up to?''
16957''Well, old boy, and how are you?''
16957''Well, then, what else do you know?''
16957''Well, then, what_ will_ you do?''
16957''Well, then, will you speculate on him yourself for the buss- masters?''
16957''Well, two fours-- twice four''s eight, eh?
16957''Well, was his dad dead?''
16957''Well, we''ll see,''said Jawleyford, adding,''I suppose either of the girls will be glad enough to take him?''
16957''Well, what said he?''
16957''Well, who else had you out, then?''
16957''Well,''said Sponge to Spraggon, between the whiffs of a cigar, as they rode together;''it was n''t so bad, was it?''
16957''Well?''
16957''What are they?''
16957''What are they?''
16957''What are_ they_?''
16957''What book is it you are pointing to?''
16957''What can old Puffey be wanting now?''
16957''What can we make of it?''
16957''What can we say for him?''
16957''What coachman is that?''
16957''What d''ye think?''
16957''What did he say?''
16957''What do you draw first?''
16957''What does he do?''
16957''What excuse do they give?''
16957''What farmer was it?''
16957''What for, Jog?
16957''What for, my dear?''
16957''What had Mr. Sponge got, and what would he do?''
16957''What have you done with him, Tom?''
16957''What have you got there?''
16957''What is he?''
16957''What is it( hiccup)?''
16957''What makes you think so?''
16957''What makes you think that?''
16957''What makes you think that?''
16957''What name shall I_ e_nounce?''
16957''What now?''
16957''What shall it be, cherry or neat?''
16957''What shall we do?''
16957''What shall we say about the rest?''
16957''What sort of a humour is he in to- day?''
16957''What sort of a looking man is he?''
16957''What sort of a place is Tuesday?''
16957''What sort of country is it?''
16957''What sort of stables are there?''
16957''What sort of stables have you?''
16957''What sort?''
16957''What sport had you with my lord?''
16957''What sport?''
16957''What the deuce is a man to do with himself on such a day as this, in the country?''
16957''What the deuce is the use of dinin''at such an hour as that in winter?''
16957''What think you of that?''
16957''What time do we dine?''
16957''What time do you dine?''
16957''What time is it?''
16957''What time?''
16957''What will you have?''
16957''What will you wet your whistle with after your fine speech?''
16957''What!--you are going to give Watchorn a tussle, are you?''
16957''What''ll any one lay''gin Parvo?''
16957''What''ll you have?''
16957''What''s happened now, that you''ve put me into this dog- hole?''
16957''What''s happened now?''
16957''What''s happened now?''
16957''What''s happened?''
16957''What''s here?''
16957''What''s here?''
16957''What''s kept you?''
16957''What''s kept you?''
16957''What''s smatter, gentlemen?--What''s smatter?''
16957''What''s the hour?''
16957''What''s the matter, my dear?''
16957''What''s the matter?''
16957''What''s the matter?''
16957''What''s the matter?--what''s the matter?--what''s the matter?''
16957''What''s to- day?
16957''What, Spareneck, do you ride the grey to- day?
16957''What, all of them?''
16957''What, are you goin''?''
16957''What, he went to Boulogne, did he?''
16957''What, he''s a new one, is he?''
16957''What, he''s not a brick, then?''
16957''What, indeed?''
16957''What, you''re a literary cove, are you?''
16957''When will you come?''
16957''Where are the horses?''
16957''Where are the hounds next week?''
16957''Where are the hounds?''
16957''Where are the stables?''
16957''Where are the stables?''
16957''Where are you bound for?''
16957''Where at?''
16957''Where can they all be, I wonder?''
16957''Where can you say we are going to?''
16957''Where did you say the hounds are to- morrow?''
16957''Where is he gone?''
16957''Where is he?''
16957''Where''s my little friend, Augustus James?''
16957''Where''s there a gate?''
16957''Where?''
16957''Where?''
16957''Where?''
16957''Which way did you go, then?''
16957''Which way?--Which way?''
16957''Which?''
16957''Which?''
16957''Which?''
16957''Which?''
16957''Who are they all?''
16957''Who are you?
16957''Who can be writing to me?''
16957''Who can lend me a coat?''
16957''Who can that be?''
16957''Who could it be?''
16957''Who did you live with before you came here?''
16957''Who have we here?''
16957''Who hunts it?''
16957''Who is he?''
16957''Who is it ca n''t come, papa-- the Foozles?''
16957''Who is it from?''
16957''Who is it, then?''
16957''Who is it, then?''
16957''Who is it?''
16957''Who is it?''
16957''Who says old brown boots comes?''
16957''Who shall handicap us?
16957''Who shall say Mr. Spraggon''s not a gentleman?''
16957''Who the Dickens are you?''
16957''Who the deuce can be writing to me from Jawleyford Court when I''m going there?''
16957''Who the deuce can it be?''
16957''Who the deuce is he?''
16957''Who the deuce is it then?''
16957''Who''d ha''thought it?''
16957''Who''d have thought of seeing you?''
16957''Who''s o''the gaudy chestnut?''
16957''Who''s that with his nasty nob on my fine satin sofa?''
16957''Who''s there coming?''
16957''Who''s there?''
16957''Who''s your Uncle Jellyboy?''
16957''Who''s your friend?''
16957''Who, indeed?''
16957''Whose are they?''
16957''Why are n''t you here to open the gate?''
16957''Why did n''t you sell it him?''
16957''Why do n''t you begin then?''
16957''Why do you call it so?''
16957''Why does n''t he ask the price?''
16957''Why does n''t he stay in Leicestershire?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why not?''
16957''Why should n''t I go myself?''
16957''Why wo n''t you come in?''
16957''Why, but you live near him, do n''t you?''
16957''Why, no; it was n''t exactly that,''rejoined Mr. Thornton,''but you said you liked him better than you did, I think?''
16957''Why, where are they?''
16957''Why, where does he live?''
16957''Why?''
16957''Why?''
16957''Will he eat bread out of your hand?''
16957''Will he?''
16957''Will he?''
16957''Will you join me in a little wine- and- water?''
16957''Will your lordship take tea or coffee?''
16957''Will_ you_ try your hand?''
16957''Wo n''t ride, wo n''t he?''
16957''Wo n''t you put him on Sir- danapalis?''
16957''Wo n''t you take a little refreshment?''
16957''Would he_ pay_?''
16957''Would you like a little claret?''
16957''You do n''t live in the same county, perhaps?''
16957''You feel tired after your journey?''
16957''You harn''t got no ticket,''said Coppers, coming up,''and ai n''t a- goin''to not never no meetin''o''trustees, are you?''
16957''You have n''t a clean pack, have you?''
16957''You would n''t have a young man like him flogged; it''s only the little boys that get that-- is it, Mister Cheek?''
16957''You''ll not be goin''wi''''em, then?''
16957''You''ll w- h- a- w- t?''
16957''You''re not hurt, I hope?''
16957''You''re nowise connected with the fam''ly, I s''pose?''
16957''You''ve nothing to fight about; Mr. Pacey says he did n''t mean anything, that you misunderstood him, and what more can a man want?''
16957''_ Did I?_''replied Mr. Sponge, with apparent surprise;''I think you must have misunderstood me.''
16957''_ Meant!_ my dear fellow; why, do n''t you think it like?''
16957''_ Pea_straw, p''raps?''
16957( puff-- gasp) have n''t you heard?''
16957( puff-- wheeze-- gasp) have n''t you heard?''
16957A coursing match-- how would that do?
16957A dark- coated gentleman on a good family horse solves the important question--''Which way?''
16957A round of beef, a ham, a tongue, and is that a goose or a turkey?''
16957And where are they all now?
16957And where, let me ax, with wheat down to nothing, would you get another, if he was to throw up?''
16957And who the deuce is this with him?''
16957Are you a judge of these things?''
16957Bottleends?''
16957Buckram?''
16957But what said Old Blossom?''
16957But, then, would he blab?
16957By the way, what became of the chestnut- booted animal?''
16957By the( hiccup) way( hiccup), gentlemen, what''s got Mr. Orlando( hiccup) Bugles?''
16957CHAPTER XVII THE TEA''And what do you think of_ him_?''
16957CHAPTER XXI A COUNTRY DINNER- PARTY[ Illustration]''Well, what sport?''
16957Can you, Capon?''
16957Captain Bouncey?''
16957Captain Guano, Mr. Lumpleg, or who?''
16957Could Sir Harry be dead?
16957Could my lady have eloped?
16957Crowdey''s-- Mr. Jogglebury that was?''
16957D''ye call that nothin'', sir?
16957D''ye hear?''
16957D''ye know how many''ll be goin''?''
16957D''ye understand?''
16957Did ever mortal see sich an uncivilized trick?''
16957Did ever mortal see such a man for a jockey?
16957Do you know what o''clock it is?''
16957Do you know, sir, what o''clock it is, sir?''
16957Do you understand pictures?''
16957Does your mother know you''re out?''
16957Even the young ladies, with their inquiries after the respective flirtations-- how Miss Sawney and Captain Snubnose were''getting on''?
16957For instance:''Well, Robert, have you been at Dulverton to- day?''
16957HOW GOES IT?''
16957How are you?''
16957How could_ I_ do such a thing?
16957How do_ you_ know?''
16957How far is it to Dundleton Tower?''
16957How long do you stay?''
16957How much did you say it was-- a guinea?
16957How on earth could any one hope to drive a conversation on the subject with such a commencement?
16957How should I get there myself, if my horse was on?''
16957How''s the old water- rat?''
16957I''ll trouble you for the sugar, Mrs. Jogglebury''; adding,''you have devilish good cream here; how many cows have you?''
16957I''ve got his brush,''added Tom, producing a much tattered one from his pocket,''if you''d like to have it?''
16957If they''re not his lordship''s hounds, I should like to know whose they are?''
16957Is he inclined to go the pace?''
16957It was clear that Leather would not go; and the question was, what should Mr. Sponge do?
16957It''s my chin, is n''t it?''
16957Jawleyford''s not likely to find his way to Boulogne, I suppose?''
16957Jawleyford?''
16957Jogglebury?''
16957Mrs. Jogglebury looked reproachfully at him, as much as to say,''How_ can_ you behave so?''
16957My good( puff) man,''continued he, addressing a smock- frocked countryman, who now came up,''have you seen anything of the( wheeze) hounds?''
16957Now could n''t he say it all over by himself, does n''t he think?''
16957Now it was Waffles this, Waffles that,''Who dines with Waffles?''
16957One of Moore''s, is n''t it?
16957Perfect hunter, I s''pose?''
16957Pray are they any relation of yours?''
16957Puffington?''
16957Queen Anne dead, or is there another French Revolution, or a fixed duty on corn?
16957Question,''Are you going to Dulverton to- morrow?''
16957Roby?''
16957Should he tell Mr. Sponge candidly the state of his finances, and trust to his generosity for letting him off?
16957Sir''Arry,''asked the huntsman,''''ow is''t possible?
16957Slowman?''
16957Sponge, sir!--indeed, sir-- Mr. Sponge, sir-- pray who may_ he_ be, sir?''
16957Sponge, will you do me the favour to accept the brush?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Sponge?''
16957Spraggon!--what should set him here?''
16957Tea or coffee?
16957The child, who had been wound up like a musical snuff- box, then went off as follows:''Bah, bah, back sheep, have''ou any''ool?
16957The distance could n''t have been less than"--than-- what shall we say?''
16957Then, what was he to do?
16957This you''ll know, I presume?''
16957Waffles.--''What''ll you drink?''
16957Was Mr. Sponge a likely man to do it?
16957Well, now, have you got all that?''
16957What Mr. Wake, Mr. Fossick, Mr. Fyle, who had all been out the day before?
16957What brought Blossomnose again?
16957What brought Mr. Puffington, the master of the Hanby hounds, out?
16957What brought them all out?
16957What business had a man like this to ask him to stay with him-- a man who dined by daylight, and ladled his meat with a great two- pronged fork?
16957What can bring him here?''
16957What do they call your shop?''
16957What do you ride?''
16957What is the last rose of summer to do under such circumstances?
16957What shall it be?''
16957What should he do with him?
16957What sort of a genius is Pacey?
16957What the deuce does the( hiccup) cook mean by not( hiccuping) things as he ought?
16957What veneration, what respect, could a servant feel for a master whom he heard called''Old bellows- to- mend''?
16957What would you have them be?''
16957What''s the matter now?
16957What''s the news?
16957What''s up now?
16957What, indeed, but retire into the country?
16957When I was in the Bumperkin--''''But your horse is on, is n''t it?''
16957When d''ye go?''
16957Where are you staying now?''
16957Where did you kill him?''
16957Where does Charley live?''
16957Which of them could it be?
16957Who does n''t know the chilling feel of an English spring, or rather of a day at the turn of the year before there is any spring?
16957Who else was there, then?''
16957Who ever saw an innkeeper that could resist a brooch?
16957Who knows what that( puff-- wheeze) stick may be worth some day?''
16957Who the deuce would be a huntsman that could be anything else?
16957Who will deny the benefit that must accrue to any locality by the infusion of all the loose fish of the kingdom?
16957Why did your ma say you were not to come in?''
16957Why, I handicap''d him, man, for you, man?''
16957Why, ca n''t you guess?''
16957Will nobody do for him?
16957Will you see an English nobleman knocked about like a ninepin?''
16957Will you take anything before dinner?''
16957You could stay at home, sir-- I s''pose, sir-- couldn''t you, sir?
16957You do n''t s''pose if I was n''t( puff), I''d( wheeze) labour as I( puff-- wheeze) do to leave them fortins?''
16957You have heard of Pacey''s spectacles?''
16957You have n''t a book o''no sort with you that we could prig a little po''try from?''
16957You know him, do n''t you?''
16957You know what I mean?''
16957You know who I mean?''
16957[ Illustration: JAWLEYFORD GOING TO THE HUNT]''You are rather hard on the old nag, are n''t you?''
16957[ Illustration: SIR HARRY OF NONSUCH HOUSE]''Geete away home with ye, ye brutes; what are you all( hiccup)ing here about?
16957[ Illustration:''THIS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW?'']
16957_ Now_ do you understand?''
16957a guinea?''
16957adding,''You smoke, of course-- shall it be gin, rum, or Hollands-- Hollands, rum, or gin?''
16957adding--''What did my lord do?''
16957and baronets ask him''how he was?''
16957and inquires of the horse if he thinks he stole him?
16957and perhaps offer him a penny, while in his hunting habiliments lords would hail him with,''Well, Tom, how are you?''
16957and whether a fourth''ever ran away?''
16957are you a shooter?
16957asked Jawleyford;''are you a judge of these things?''
16957asked Mr. Hoppey, now raising his voice for the first time-- adding,''Who asked him here?''
16957asked Sir Harry, offering his;''I believe you know the( hiccup) company?''
16957asked Sponge;''Lumpleg, Slapp, Guano, and all those?''
16957asked Sponge;''that he never went off the road?''
16957at last exclaimed Mr. Sponge,''who''s there?''
16957at last exclaimed he, pulling up beside the large holly against which our friend had placed himself,''It''s you, old boy, is it?''
16957bother Ichard, the-- What''s very high?''
16957continued he, making for the little bookshelf on which it lay; adding, as he blew into it and sucked the joints,''you''re musical, of course?''
16957continued she,''what do you call these coming here?''
16957do you think you can engage to give us a run?''
16957eh, sir?''
16957exclaimed Amelia, looking the picture of despair;''you''ve not had a fall, have you?
16957exclaimed Bob Spangles;''why, do n''t you?''
16957exclaimed Bragg, appealing to the stranger with a hasty''_ You_ know Captain Boville, do n''t you?''
16957exclaimed Guano, adding,''have you got no further than that?''
16957exclaimed Jawleyford, in a tone of mortification,''Do you_ really_ mean to say you do n''t think it like?''
16957exclaimed Jawleyford,''horse on?
16957exclaimed Jawleyford,''man in drab cords and jack- boots, with the brim of his hat rather turning upwards?''
16957exclaimed Miss Howard, raising her hands and eyebrows in delight;''and who is he?''
16957exclaimed Mr. Puffington, laying hold of a mother- of- pearl button nearly as large as a tart- plate,''not off yet?''
16957exclaimed Mr. Sponge;''then is Sir Harry from home?''
16957exclaimed Mr. Sponge;''what, were they drunk?''
16957exclaimed Mr. Waffles,''what have you done with him?''
16957exclaimed Sam, starting up, and looking wildly around;''what now?''
16957exclaimed Sponge,''what''s put that in his head?''
16957exclaimed a debauched- looking youth to our friend,''how are you?--breakfasted yet?''
16957exclaimed both, as they rushed to his assistance,''what is the matter with my lord?''
16957exclaimed he, advancing gaily towards her with extended hand, which she took with all the pleasure in the world; adding,"and how have you been?"
16957exclaimed she;''how can they hunt when they''ve all had to be carried to bed?''
16957grubbing away, eh?''
16957had they?''
16957he''s a slow''un, is he?''
16957hiccuped Sir Harry,''where do you see any cedars?''
16957how d''ye think I''m to manish sich things?''
16957if a third''had a good mouth?''
16957if another''could leap well?''
16957is that old beast back?
16957it''s you, old boy, is it?''
16957observed Mr. Waffles;''where was that?''
16957or what shall we do to pass the evenin''?''
16957repeated Mr. Leather thoughtfully;''is it a frost?
16957repeated Mr. Sponge;''who''s he?''
16957repeated Watchorn;''how so?
16957repeated he,''what''s happened you?''
16957repeated he;''do you call that nothing?''
16957replied Jack, staring through his great spectacles;''are they, think you?
16957replied Jack, with a sneer;''who but a tailor would call it a tail?''
16957replied Jog thoughtfully;''then we must( puff) by Tollarton Mill, and through the( wheeze) village to Stewley?''
16957replied Jogglebury;''how many cows?''
16957replied Mr. Sponge;''sorry to hear that-- what''s the matter with him?''
16957replied Sponge,''what is it?''
16957retorted Jack;''why, what can you do?''
16957roared Guano,''do either of you sport your hand?''
16957roared Jack,''ca n''t you steer that''ere aggravatin''quadruped of yours?''
16957said he, looking around; and echo answered-- where?
16957screamed his lordship;''it was n''t your horse that headed the fox, was it?''
16957they''ve been put to bed too, have they?''
16957what the deuce do you mean by breaking my specs?''
16957what''s sent_ you_ here?''
16957what''s up now?''
16957where am I?
16957where''s Sam?''
16957whispered Bouncey, adding, aloud, for the bystanders to hear,''That''s a fine cow, is n''t it?''
16957who do them''ere quadrupeds belong to?''
16957who''d have thought of seeing you?''
16957why, where have you lived all your life?''
16957will nobody catch him and kill him?
16957wot''s got''im?''
16957you fell in with that mealy- mouthed gentleman, who ca n''t( hiccup) swear because he''s a( hiccup) lord, did you?''
16957you''ve been after your sticks, have you?''
16957you''ve not had a fall, have you?''