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3551What signifies that,replied Bonaparte,"if it was necessary to the object he had in view?"
3551But is there not some ground for suspecting the fidelity of him who writes or dictates his own history?
3551But it may be said to me, Why should we place more confidence in you than in those who have written before you?
3551Have I not always been contending either with domestic enemies or foreign foes?
3551He asked me whether I would go with him?
3551His favourite phrase, which was every moment on his lips, must not be forgotten--"What will history say-- what will posterity think?"
3551However great Napoleon may have been, was he not also liable to pay his tribute to the weakness of human nature?
3551I sacrificed my home, abandoned my property, and lost everything for the Republic?
3551In what class am I placed?
3551Ought the representatives to reduce the Government to the necessity of being unjust and impolitic?
3551Salicetti, you know me; and I ask whether you have observed anything in my conduct for the last five years which can afford ground of suspicion?
3551Since the commencement of the Revolution, have I not always been attached to its principles?
3551The wish to be acquainted with the most minute details of the life of a man formed on an unexampled model[??
3551The wish to be acquainted with the most minute details of the life of a man formed on an unexampled model[??
3551Was there any other charge against him, or had calumny triumphed over the services he had rendered to his country?
3551What does it contain?
3551What resistance could it have opposed to the man destined to change the face of all Europe?
3551What would have become of me had I been in Verona on the Monday?
3551Why, then, am I declared suspected without being heard, and arrested eight days after I heard the news of the tyrant''s death?
3552Well, General,said I,"what think you of our journey?
3552What was the force of that army?
3552''For what purpose are we come here?''
3552--"What is it, and on whose behalf?"
3552Are you satisfied?
3552But what has been the result of this great political spoliation?
3552Can the mercy which they have exercised even in the fury of battle be extinct in their hearts?
3552Do you know that you have all of you been the cause of my not following up the battle of Chebreisse?
3552Have the soldiers of liberty become executioners?
3552He considered victory to be a thing that was impossible, and even with a victory, what would have become of the expedition?
3552He never failed to ask whence they came?
3552He one day said to me:"What gross stupidity, is this?
3552He said:"The three armies, of the North, of the Rhine, and of the Sambre- et- Meuse, are to form only one, the army of Germany.--Augereau?
3552How could he have supported the establishment he did with only 15,000 francs of income and the emoluments of his rank?
3552How could it ever be said that the Directory"kept General Bonaparte away from the great interests which were under discussion at Rastadt"?
3552I know well there are societies where it is said,"Is this blood, then, so pure?"
3552Is he the author?"
3552It was speedily ascertained that the little advanced guard of the headquarters had not heard the"Qui vive?"
3552Then how oppose all the Austrian forces that will march to the protection of Vienna?
3552What does he desire of me?"
3552What was Bonaparte''s conduct?
3552When I saluted the General, whom I had not seen for twelve days, he thus addressed me:"So you are here, are you?
3552Why then fight for a few paltry villages?
3552Will you send, for this purpose, your power of attorney to Bacciocchi, or to whomsoever you think fit?
3552what course they had sailed?
3552what ships they had met?
3552what was their destination?
3553Did he speak about Egypt?
3553Have you seen him, Bourrienne?
3553Sieyès, however, is a very profound man.--"Profound?"
3553What did you go there for?
3553What matters that? 3553 What will become of me,"said he,"if the English, who are cruising hereabout, should learn that I have landed in Corsica?
3553What would you have, my dear?
3553You are, then, decidedly going to Asia?
3553--"A Chouan?"
3553--"But are you sure he is against you?"
3553--"What can all this mean?"
3553--"Why should I be in uniform?"
3553And at what a time did this disaster befall him?
3553And was this not to be obtained?
3553And why should he have done so?
3553And, finally, what must be done with them when under the ramparts of that town, if we should be able to take them there?
3553As for me, have I not, I ask you, made sufficient advances to him?
3553As he was an eyewitness, why does he not state the whole truth, and say that on her return Bonaparte refused to see her and did not see her?
3553As we passed the Place Louis XV., now Louis XVI., he asked me what was doing, and what my opinion was as to the coming events?
3553But what did Napoleon himself say on the subject at St. Helena?
3553Could it be done?
3553Could they be incorporated, disarmed, with our soldiers in the ranks?
3553Could we even tell what might occur during the march?
3553Do you know what passed when I took him aside?
3553Finding me still alone with the sentinel, he asked me, smiling,"whether I had not been frightened?"
3553General, what security would you have?"
3553Have I food for them?--ships to convey them to Egypt or France?
3553Have not the keys of Damascus already been offered me?
3553How then should the news alluded to have escaped me?
3553I asked him to give me his word that he would do nothing against me; what do you think was his answer?"
3553I have kept no memoranda of their names; and indeed, what advantage would there have been in doing so?
3553If the infected were removed, why not mention it?
3553Instead of giving an explanation of what he had said, he began to make fresh accusations; and against whom?
3553Is Fortune to be again brought forward here?
3553Is history to be written from such documents?
3553It was then asked how we could, without that consent, have attempted such an enterprise?
3553One day, after a long pause, he said to me:"Do you know what I am thinking of?"
3553Should the prisoners be set at liberty?
3553Should they be embarked?
3553Should they be sent into Egypt?
3553This boasting might impose on those who did not see the real state of things; but what were we to think of it?
3553What did Bernadotte do?
3553What do you think of that, Bourrienne?"
3553What do you want me to do with them?"
3553What is a Christian dog to a Turk?
3553What might happen in the event of a battle before St. Jean d''Acre?
3553What more could we do in Syria but lose men and time, neither of which the General had to spare?
3553What would he do with me?
3553When I returned to the tent of the General- in- Chief he asked,"How is Caffarelli?"
3553When we were alone the General said to me,"Well, what do you think of that?"
3553Where had they disembarked, who had received them; what had been done with them?
3553Where were the ships?--Where could they be found?
3553Who could grant them?
3553Why be silent on so important an event?
3553Why then should it be put upon record?
3553Why this silence?
3553Why, in the devil''s name, have they served me thus?"
3553With this conviction, would he have left the head apothecary in that town?
3553Would it be believed?
3553Would you believe it?
3553Would you imagine it?
3553[ 31]--[Here Bourrienne says in a note"Where did Sir Walter Scott learn that we were neither seen nor recognised?
3553do you not see that the Druses only wait for the fall of Acre to rise in rebellion?
3553to wish to hear that preface?
3553what are you about?"
3553would you believe it?
3554Bourrienne,said he,"can you imagine anything more pitiable than their system of finance?
3554Do you know, Bourrienne,said he,"that I have been performing the duties of professor?"
3554Has my wife been saying anything more to you about the Bourbons?
3554Have you not read your bulletin?
3554Have you read this bulletin?
3554Well and had you not the resource of weak states? 3554 What are you doing there, Bourrienne?
3554Where have you been?
3554--"Do you imagine I do not think of it?
3554--"General, need I remind you that Louis, in his letter, guarantees the contrary of all you apprehend?
3554--"How the devil should I know?"
3554--"I, General?
3554--"Nay, that is impossible."--"Why?"
3554--"Well, Bourrienne, what do you say to it?
3554--"Well, General, why not take means to obviate the mischief you foresee?"
3554--"What is it?"
3554After this, what more can be wanted?
3554Are you satisfied?"
3554At another time he would say,"Your dress is none of the cleanest..... Do you ever change your gown?
3554Bonaparte, on seeing the pearls, did not fail to say to Madame,"What is it you have got there?
3554But are there no means of making them refund?
3554But why did he wish to stamp false initials on things with which neither he nor his reign had any connection; as, for example the old Louvre?
3554But why?
3554Can it for a moment be doubted that the principal agents of authority daily committed the most fraudulent peculations?
3554Can you see how far reaction would extend?"
3554Citizen, what say they of Bonaparte?
3554Could it ever have been imagined that the correspondence of the army, to whom he addressed this proclamation, teemed with accusations against him?
3554Could there be a greater proof of the Consul''s horror of tyranny?
3554Did he do well?
3554Did you ever know men rise by their own merit under kings?
3554Do n''t you think we have not worked badly since that time?
3554Do you imagine that all those who came to flatter me were sincere?
3554Do you not read them?
3554Do you recollect the necklace?"
3554Do you remember what you said to me in the Rue St. Anne nearly two years ago?"
3554Do you think I would have left you alone with a man like that?
3554Have they not actually consumed 75,000,000 in advance?
3554He showed me this letter, saying,"What do you think of it?
3554How shall I be sure that you will not compromise other persons equally unjustly?
3554How was she to wear a necklace purchased without her husband''s knowledge?
3554I asked Josephine whether she wore out two hats in one day?
3554I know what will be your answer; but are you not able to impose whatever conditions you may think fit?
3554I was directed to answer,"The First Consul,"to the sentinel''s challenge of,"Who goes there?"
3554Is he still here?"
3554Tell me why you wish the Bourbons back?
3554Was not this opinion of Bonaparte, formed on the past, fully verified by the future?
3554Was not this well done, Bourrienne?
3554Well, whom do you think I mean to appoint in his place?
3554What do people say of that buffoon, Bonaparte?"
3554What do you think I did at the Temple?
3554What respect, indeed, could Bonaparte entertain for the applicants to the treasury of the opera?
3554What should he have cared for the column which we beheld on our arrival in Alexandria had it not been Pompey''s pillar?
3554What was to be done?
3554What will become of us when you are gone?
3554What would have ensued?
3554When Bonaparte returned to his cabinet he said to Rapp,"Tell me, Rapp, why you left these doors open, and stopped with Bourrienne?"
3554When I had examined it I said,"General, it has been due for a long time; why have you not got it paid?
3554When he looked at them he said,"Here is money-- what is the meaning of this?"
3554Where did you get these pearls?
3554Who but a thorough Republican, the stanch friend of equality, would have done this?
3554Who could help being intoxicated by so much enthusiasm?
3554Who would suppose it?
3554Who, in Heaven''s name, has not already inhabited this palace?
3554Yet what was this liberty?
3554You talk of the future; but what will be the future fate of France?
3554carried off?
3554how could you send me such reports as these?
3554how?"
3554is it not good?
3554was it not in your power to let them escape?"
58304A bonanza?
58304A telegram for me?
58304A terror? 58304 A young woman or an elderly lady?"
58304Alone?
58304Am I mistaken, or did I hear a groan?
58304Am I the first secretary you have employed?
58304Am I?
58304And I suppose you entertain them frequently?
58304And how about my money?
58304And how are you faring?
58304And how much will he raise?
58304And how soon do you want me to start?
58304And if he wo n''t go?
58304And no doubt your friend Mr. Marden will provide for you?
58304And shall I drive?
58304And that bruise on your head?
58304And then you whipped him?
58304And what did he say to that?
58304And what did you say?
58304And what did you tell him?
58304And what kind of a place is it?
58304And what of the man who scared us?
58304And who are you to threaten me?
58304And who is going to foot the bill?
58304And why not?
58304And yet you engaged him?
58304And you accepted?
58304And you are her rightful heir?
58304And you are----?
58304And you have n''t seen anything of him since?
58304And you have no idea?
58304And you would really be willing that I should discharge you and take back my nephew into his old place?
58304And, Sarah, will you forgive me, too?
58304Any person on this steamer?
58304Are n''t you coming ashore?
58304Are n''t you going to shake hands with me?
58304Are the offices locked up?
58304Are you alone?
58304Are you certain the stubs have been footed up properly?
58304Are you going to Australia, as your aunt wishes?
58304Are you still living in Chicago?
58304Are you sure of that?
58304Are you sure of this, sir?
58304Are you sure she did not come back?
58304Are you well educated? 58304 Are you well, aunt?"
58304Aunt, do you mean to throw me off without a cent?
58304Bad news, Mr. Gray? 58304 Business of my own?"
58304But how will I send it? 58304 But how will you manage about your writing?"
58304But if the iron people want it, why do n''t they get a private party to buy it in for them?
58304But if you do that, what shall I do?
58304But we ca n''t touch her in England, can we?
58304But where would he go?
58304But why should she telegraph from California?
58304But you know his address there?
58304But, Mrs. Vernon, can I possibly earn as much as that? 58304 But,"said Vernon,"do you feel justified in keeping me ignorant of the whereabouts of my near relative?"
58304But-- how am I to live?
58304By the way, Mr. Farley,asked Vernon, after a pause,"can you kindly advance me a part of my next month''s allowance?"
58304Can I come in, aunt?
58304Can it be possible that it is Mrs. Barlow''s place?
58304Can not you trust me even to buy my own ticket?
58304Can the key be at the office?
58304Can you enter upon your duties at once?
58304Can you lend me ten dollars for a few days? 58304 Can you pay for all these?"
58304Can you tell me what place this is?
58304Chust enough to cofer mine pill, see?
58304Come home to stay?
58304Could n''t help doing what?
58304Did Mrs. Vernon tell you what I-- I mean did she accuse me?
58304Did he ask you anything about yourself?
58304Did he come in?
58304Did he say he would be back?
58304Did he say where she was?
58304Did he say where to?
58304Did he want to know if I was going out?
58304Did he-- he escape?
58304Did n''t I see you in this store day before yesterday?
58304Did n''t he follow you to Europe?
58304Did n''t he want you to stay there with him?
58304Did she not write to inform you of her destination?
58304Did you know she was my sister?
58304Did you quarrel?
58304Did you see the young man steal the pocket- book?
58304Did you see them taking anybody new into there lately?
58304Did you stay till it was discovered that someone else took it?
58304Did you two quarrel?
58304Do n''t I get my usual allowance?
58304Do n''t like to mix good ale with your eating?
58304Do n''t want to be sociable, eh? 58304 Do n''t you know that thirteen is an unlucky number?"
58304Do n''t you remember he wanted to know about your will? 58304 Do n''t you think a change might be of benefit?"
58304Do n''t you think it is evidence of insanity?
58304Do you calculate there is anything wrong?
58304Do you deny that you are working for that end?
58304Do you discharge me?
58304Do you doubt the word of a gentleman?
58304Do you know how her capital is invested?
58304Do you know how much Mrs. Vernon has given me?
58304Do you know the office of Baring Brothers, bankers?
58304Do you know what I feel like doing? 58304 Do you know what direction she took?"
58304Do you live in the city?
58304Do you live on that, aunt?
58304Do you live there?
58304Do you mean he will die?
58304Do you mean to insult me, boy?
58304Do you mean to say that I was going to steal one?
58304Do you mean to say you have been sent to watch me?
58304Do you mean to tell me he saved her?
58304Do you really think so?
58304Do you think I shall suit you any better? 58304 Do you think she suspects what we intend to do?"
58304Do you want me to speak frankly?
58304Do you want my candid opinion?
58304Do you wish him to have a guardian?
58304Does he depend upon his salary? 58304 Does he know anything-- I mean anything special?"
58304Does he know that he is to be superseded?
58304Does she need a private secretary?
58304Does she remember me also?
58304Dot is positive?
58304Frederic Vernon, eh? 58304 Frederic, what does this mean?"
58304From you?
58304Going up to the house now?
58304Got a bad horse to deal with, eh?
58304Got back yesterday, eh? 58304 Has Robert Frost, whom she employs as secretary, gone with her?"
58304Has he many patients?
58304Have you any idea how long you will remain in Europe?
58304Have you any idea who it was?
58304Have you any message for your mother?
58304Have you any objection?
58304Have you been out with my aunt?
58304Have you done that?
58304Have you ever filled the position of secretary before?
58304Have you ever heard anything more of those two rascals who tried to get the map away from you?
58304Have you had a letter from my aunt yet?
58304Have you no near relatives, then?
58304Have you questioned him about that scheme he and Dr. Remington were hatching out?
58304He? 58304 Hi, there, sir, please open the door?"
58304Hire one?
58304Honest?
58304How are you fixed financially, Remington?
58304How are you getting along, Robert? 58304 How can I thank you, sir?"
58304How can I?
58304How could she?
58304How did he get off?
58304How did you find Frederic?
58304How did you get hurt?
58304How did you get it?
58304How do you feel?
58304How do you know? 58304 How have you been?"
58304How is it, Frederic,she asked,"that you are spending so much money?"
58304How is that?
58304How is your old friend Frederic Vernon these days?
58304How long have you been thinking of making a change, aunt?
58304How long is my aunt going to remain in England?
58304How much?
58304How so?
58304How was he looking?
58304Hullo, Frederic, are you asleep yet?
58304Hullo, Frost, how is my aunt to- day?
58304Hullo, Yankee, where are you going?
58304Hullo, what''s that?
58304I am afraid you are angry with me, aunt?
58304I am not superstitious, James, but-- but----"But what? 58304 I do n''t see what they want to act so for?"
58304I suppose you are working in some way?
58304I suppose you have n''t a place yet?
58304I wonder if I dare take a boat without asking him? 58304 I wonder what place it can be?"
58304I wonder when she will hear from that forged check? 58304 I wonder where it can be from?"
58304If you cut him off entirely what will he do?
58304In what way?
58304In what way?
58304Indeed, and how is that?
58304Into what?
58304Is Mr. Farley at home?
58304Is Norah dead?
58304Is dinner ready, Martha?
58304Is he in the house?
58304Is he not your son, then?
58304Is he still in her employ?
58304Is he-- a boy?
58304Is it difficult,asked Frederic,"to procure the seclusion of a party who shows plain signs of insanity?
58304Is it empty?
58304Is it so valuable?
58304Is n''t he back yet?
58304Is n''t that rather steep?
58304Is she a rich woman?
58304Is she called upon to allow you anything?
58304Is somethin''wrong?
58304Is that so? 58304 Is there no one here who will speak for me?"
58304Is there no one of whom you can obtain information, Vernon?
58304Is there no place open to me in this big city?
58304Is this a new acquaintance of yours, aunt?
58304Is this your ring, aunt?
58304Is your friend, Dick Marden, still up there attending to that lumber business for his uncle?
58304Maype you vill sign ofer von of dem claims to me, hey?
58304Me?
58304Mr. Brown, do you know who I am?
58304Mrs. Barlow, is Mrs. Vernon safe?
58304Mrs. Vernon, where are you?
58304My step- father-- is he saved?
58304No bad news, I hope, madam?
58304Not back yet, Martha?
58304Not by him? 58304 Now what did it contain?
58304Perhaps you are a patient of his?
58304Probably you wonder what a woman can want of a secretary?
58304Professional then?
58304Retire?
58304Robert, what do you think of this?
58304Robert, what do you think?
58304Robert, what is the last stub number in my book?
58304Robert, what would you advise me to do?
58304Say, Yankee, how do you like that?
58304Say, do you know what? 58304 Shall I begin my duties now?"
58304Shall I go after my valise?
58304Shall I go along?
58304Shall I have dinner served?
58304Shall I put the constable on his track?
58304So he will go to my aunt, eh? 58304 So that you can rob me again, eh?
58304So you got him out, eh?
58304So you know she is having a hard time?
58304So you were struck down?
58304Suppose she has gone to California?
58304Surely you do n''t approve of employing a thief?
58304Tell me, did that report come from that fool of a nephew of hers?
58304That is positive?
58304That it was rather unusual for me to put out a check of that size?
58304That she had no idea of going to California, even at first?
58304Then perhaps,said the floor- walker sarcastically,"you can tell who is?"
58304Then this is the young gentleman for whom you have established a credit with us?
58304Then where shall I go?
58304Then why do you send me away?
58304Then why not get a ladder and put it up to the window?
58304Then you can not possibly let me have more money?
58304Then you do not advise me to go back?
58304Then you need employment?
58304Then you refuse to tell me?
58304Then, aunt, how do you account for the ring being found in the room of your secretary?
58304There, what do you think of that?
58304They have left Mr. Amberton in sole possession of the lands?
58304Three weeks hence?
58304Well, Mr. Vernon, what can I do for you?
58304Well, Robert, what do you think of Frederic''s letter?
58304Well, why did n''t you come and pull me out?
58304Well-- er-- what do you want?
58304Well?
58304Well?
58304Were you ever inside of the place?
58304Wh-- what did yo-- you do that for?
58304Wha-- what is the meaning of this?
58304What am I to go at?
58304What are you doing among Jack Salter''s boats?
58304What brings you here? 58304 What can we do?"
58304What did he say?
58304What do you advise me to do?
58304What do you advise, Robert?
58304What do you intend to do with your money?
58304What do you know of the check?
58304What do you make of it, Remington?
58304What do you make of this?
58304What do you mean by that?
58304What do you mean by that?
58304What do you mean by treating me like that?
58304What do you mean?
58304What do you mean?
58304What do you mean?
58304What do you say?
58304What do you think of it, doctor?
58304What do you think of this?
58304What do you think of this?
58304What do you want, then?
58304What do you want?
58304What for?
58304What have I done to deserve such liberality?
58304What is for the best?
58304What is he up to now?
58304What is it, Robert?
58304What is it?
58304What is she doing up there?
58304What is that?
58304What is the matter, aunt?
58304What is this?
58304What is wanted?
58304What is your business?
58304What makes you think it might come from him?
58304What makes you think that?
58304What report?
58304What risk will you run if you have your certificate?
58304What time was this?
58304What was the reason?
58304What were the peculiar circumstances?
58304What will you do, remain here until I get back?
58304What''s wanted?
58304What, Frederic Vernon?
58304What, Frederic? 58304 What, lad, wo n''t have a bit of ale with your eating?"
58304What, then?
58304What-- er-- what about?
58304What?
58304Whe-- where is he?
58304When did Mrs. Vernon start?
58304When did you come over?
58304When did you get back to Chicago?
58304When do you wish me to find a new home, aunt?
58304When does your next allowance come due?
58304Where are you going to drive?
58304Where did she meet this boy?
58304Where did you get it?
58304Where do you think I could raise five hundred dollars?
58304Where does he live, with his aunt?
58304Where has she gone?
58304Where shall I send these articles?
58304Where was he going?
58304Where?
58304Who are you, sir, that try to screen the boy at the expense of an innocent man?
58304Who is he? 58304 Who is he?"
58304Who is there?
58304Who told you that?
58304Who told you that?
58304Whom did you whip?
58304Why ca n''t you swim, Bob?
58304Why did you come into the store-- except to steal?
58304Why do n''t you know?
58304Why do you ask?
58304Why not-- if you are honest in your actions toward me?
58304Why not? 58304 Why not?"
58304Why, Frost, what brings you here this time of night?
58304Why, Robert, what has happened?
58304Why, what does this mean?
58304Will you be present at the trial?
58304Will you forgive the past?
58304Will you go along to the shops?
58304Will you send Robert or Mr. Farley to me?
58304Will you take charge of her affairs at once?
58304Will you tell him that Robert Frost is here and wishes to see him on important business?
58304Will you write me when you hear from her?
58304Wo n''t I? 58304 Wo n''t you help me out, aunt?"
58304Wo n''t you lend me the money?
58304Would Frederic Vernon dare to do anything?
58304Yes, but my banker disappointed me, and----"Then you can not pay?
58304Yes?
58304You are certain you can control them?
58304You are not hurt, are you?
58304You are not well?
58304You are quite sure of what you have told me?
58304You are sure this change will not alter your feeling toward me?
58304You caught Frederic Vernon up on the cliff road?
58304You do n''t mean it?
58304You do n''t mean to say you have got a place?
58304You do not like England then?
58304You imagine it was Frederic?
58304You mean that check?
58304You never drew a check and forgot to charge it up against the account, did you?
58304You say Mrs. Vernon is worth at least quarter of a million?
58304You think he was a physician?
58304You think you are mighty smart, do n''t you?
58304You were charged with stealing a wallet?
58304You wish to set yourself straight?
58304You wo n''t give me that combination?
58304You wo n''t make it two thousand?
58304You-- you cast me out?
58304Are n''t all the stubs filled-- I mean those from which the checks have been detached?"
58304Are you going back home?"
58304Are you good at figures?"
58304Are you in a store?"
58304Barlow''s?"
58304But what do you ask all these questions for?"
58304By the way, how are you provided with money now?"
58304By the way, what is your name?"
58304Can you walk that far with me?"
58304Can you write a good hand?
58304Did they abduct her?"
58304Did you have a nice trip?"
58304Do you know that I could have you arrested for what you have done?"
58304Do you know what I think that lady ought to do?"
58304Do you know where he is?"
58304Do you suppose he did it just to get out of driving me?"
58304Do you think Mrs. Vernon got any inkling of your scheme to have her adjudged insane?"
58304Do you want to see him?"
58304Do you wish me to initiate my successor in the duties of his position?"
58304Does he say so?"
58304Farley, do you know what I think of doing?"
58304For whom are you working?
58304Frost?
58304Frost?"
58304Gray?"
58304Has my aunt changed her will lately?"
58304Has my aunt got wind of that forged check already?
58304Have you any special business with me?"
58304Have you any special business with your aunt?
58304He has probably found out that you have not yet altered it, and----""Well?"
58304How did such a silly rumor ever reach her ears?"
58304How do you like things over here?"
58304How has it been with you?"
58304How long since did you lay aside short pants?"
58304How old are you?"
58304How was she dressed?"
58304How would you like to go to Paris?"
58304I believe you said you understood bookkeeping?"
58304I hope you are doing well?"
58304I invited him to come back home, and what do you think he said?"
58304I suppose you have some money saved up?"
58304I-- er-- that is, how are you fixed?"
58304If I go back, what do you suppose he will do?"
58304Is anybody around, or have they all gone to bed?"
58304Is he competent to serve you in that capacity?"
58304Is he going to remain in New York?"
58304Is my mother well?"
58304Is that correct?"
58304Is the pay good?"
58304Leave this house?"
58304My dear, you will lend me that amount, wo n''t you?
58304NEW YORK Copyright, 1900, BY THE MERSHON COMPANY[ Illustration:"IS THIS YOUR RING, AUNT?"]
58304Parsons?"
58304Remington?"
58304She left in a big hurry, did n''t she?"
58304So he stole your pocketbook, eh?
58304Supposing he was left where he lay?
58304This morning?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Vernon?"
58304Was it about that check?"
58304Was it valuable?"
58304Was that yokel of an Englishman here with his lying story?"
58304Well, that does n''t concern you, does it?"
58304Were you my friend when you forged my name to that check for six hundred dollars?"
58304Were you thinking of hiring this boy, William?"
58304What do you mean by that?"
58304What do you mean?"
58304What do you think of that?"
58304What else did he ask about, Robert?"
58304What if some day her team took fright and went over the cliff?
58304What is it?"
58304What is the appearance of the man you saw with him?"
58304What is the trouble?"
58304What rent do you pay?"
58304What seems to be the trouble?"
58304What then is the secret of your companionship?"
58304When did you see it last?"
58304When do you wish me to go?"
58304When will she return?"
58304When will you come again?"
58304Where are you bound?"
58304Where did you find him?"
58304Where did you leave my nephew?"
58304Who?"
58304Why do n''t you ask her yourself?"
58304Why do you ask?"
58304Will you allow me to introduce him?"
58304Will you please tell me where he lives?"
58304Will you sign for the check or not?"
58304Wo n''t he be put to inconvenience?"
58304Wo n''t your friend come in with us and have a drink?"
58304Would you like to be my private secretary?"
58304after"ask her yourself"- Page 173, chapter 21: Changed?
58304of"- Page 200, chapter 24: Added missing"you"after"I can give it to"- Page 229, chapter 27: Changed?
58304to last paragraph- Page 75, chapter 9: Changed"Does she deed"to"Does she need"- Page 78, chapter 9: Changed, to?
58304to?
58304to?
58304what are you doing that for?"
20628''Specially when you''ve got one particular young gent coming to watch regular, eh?
20628A week Wednesday, eh?
20628A woman; Vincent?
20628About Lucy Lee?
20628Ai n''t it?
20628Ai n''t lost your baggage checks, have you?
20628Ai n''t that enough?
20628Ai n''t there anybody she could marry?
20628Ai n''t you gettin''in kind of deep?
20628And I expect he was willin''to call it a night after that, eh?
20628And I suppose you think I would n''t be missed from the Corrugated Trust, either?
20628And Stub is a brother or something?
20628And a jack- pot session with the old crowd every evening?
20628And ai n''t it awful about Penrhyn Deems?
20628And ai n''t you been mopin''around?
20628And does n''t everything look so calm and peaceful out here?
20628And is n''t that something like the ring you''re coverin''up there under your shirt bosom? 20628 And never know what is going on?"
20628And she''s still on deck?
20628And suppose I can?
20628And you''re just sitting back wondering what has become of him,demands Mr. Robert,"without making an effort to trace him?"
20628And you''re willing to try?
20628And you-- you like teaching, do you?
20628And your daughter, where is she?
20628Any tire tape?
20628Anybody out looking for him?
20628Anything about Peyton?
20628Anyway,says I,"it ends''Puffy''Biggies as an impendin''tragedy, do n''t it?
20628Anyway,suggests Mr. Ellins,"he has made you think that the thing is impossible, eh?"
20628Are n''t they just too cute for anything?
20628Are they? 20628 Are you kidding?"
20628Are you one of the new squad?
20628Are you sure?
20628Are you, though?
20628As bad as that, eh?
20628As bad as that, was he?
20628Aw, you mean the party with the wild eyes, eh?
20628Babe?
20628Beatin''the office manager to it?
20628Blonde or brunette?
20628Break it to Biggles? 20628 But I thought he was over with Pershing?"
20628But I thought you said,puts in Vee,"that he was-- er-- case hardened?"
20628But do you think I could do it?
20628But during all that time did n''t she say anything about herself, or give you any hint?
20628But how can you tell he ai n''t wild? 20628 But how did that happen?
20628But how do you happen to be sizin''up a show window like this?
20628But how much have you got on Brother Jake? 20628 But if I could, sir,"goes on Miss Casey,"would-- would you help out a little?
20628But if he is Señor Jones-- who knows?
20628But look here,says I,"you-- you would n''t let him go on with this, would you?"
20628But nexsh time----"Say,I breaks in,"if you do n''t know what her name is, or where she lives, how do you figure on a next time?"
20628But perhaps you know what to do to stop nose bleeding?
20628But she is cute, is n''t she? 20628 But she''s no perambulatin''rotisserie, is she?"
20628But the various kinds of poultry you were going in for? 20628 But was n''t it odd,"goes on Vee,"about her meeting the very man she''d liked from the first?"
20628But what on earth is a block party, Torchy?
20628But what was it all about, eh?
20628But what''s the plot of the piece? 20628 But where could he have taken him?"
20628But where did the party take place?
20628But where is he?
20628But where''s this joint they want to meet you at? 20628 But who knows what we''ll do next in the nourishment producin''line?
20628But who the blazes is she?
20628But who''ll I get?
20628But why ask me? 20628 But you do n''t mean to say this is your first venture at turkey raising?"
20628But you do n''t think he would go so far as to kidnap Penrhyn, do you?
20628But you men are all alike, are n''t you?
20628But-- but see here, boss,sputters Mike,"''tis a private contract they''re workin''on and I could n''t be after----""Could n''t, eh?"
20628But-- but what happened to them?
20628But-- but what''s to be done?
20628But-- but why?
20628But-- but you do n''t mean that all of those trunks are hers?
20628By the way, how is he these days?
20628Ca n''t you guess?
20628Ca n''t you?
20628Can you beat that for the genuine mother stuff?
20628Can you find him?
20628Candidate, what have you to say for yourself?
20628Carries all her own scenery, do n''t she? 20628 Champagne, eh?"
20628Could I have a few words with her?
20628Could n''t get the Red Cross ladies to knit sweaters for''em, could we?
20628Could n''t he rent an outfit, or borrow one?
20628Cute little thing, ai n''t she?
20628Dear little fellow, is n''t he?
20628Did he get away with it?
20628Did it give him a jolt, or what?
20628Did n''t I catch you snifflin''?
20628Did n''t I sleep last night in a wheelbarrow?
20628Did n''t ask him if he had a receipt, I suppose? 20628 Did n''t, eh?"
20628Do I put in steam heat for''em?
20628Do n''t seem to be usin''it much, does he?
20628Do n''t you see?
20628Do-- do you think she means me?
20628Dressed as a fool, is n''t he?
20628Durin''the course of a little dinner, eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Ellery, what you doing with that knife? 20628 Ellery?"
20628Entertainin''young party, eh?
20628Even so,says I,"it was sweet of him to throw it at you, was n''t it?"
20628Except for that everything is all clear, eh? 20628 Excuse me,"says he,"but have n''t we met somewhere before?"
20628First off, how have you been spending your honeymoon?
20628For a simple little thing like that? 20628 For me?"
20628For such a little thing as that? 20628 From Atlanta?"
20628From Headquarters?
20628From one of these little straight- through- on- Main- street burgs, I suppose?
20628Funny, is n''t it, son,says he,"that I should still be called Dear Old Pal by the most fascinating woman in the world?"
20628Gettin''off the track, was n''t I? 20628 Giving up so soon?"
20628Go to the movies much down in Shelby?
20628Going to spring it on her tonight, eh?
20628Got anybody with you, Lem?
20628Got everyone stirred up, I suppose? 20628 Got somebody back home that you might take a few samples to?"
20628Got what, Penny?
20628Got your dinner coat in there?
20628Had anyone on the inside?
20628Has he?
20628Have I been feedin''it at you too speedy?
20628Have you doped out an explosive pretzel, or are you goin''to turn milliner and release some woman for war work?
20628He''s a golf shark, is he?
20628He-- he''s out of the service now, is he?
20628He-- he''s such a----"A sticker, eh? 20628 Hearest thou, Adelbaran?
20628Heem?
20628Hey, whaddye mean, pullin''that hick stuff?
20628Honest now,I''ll ask him,"which one of them Lizzie Mauds are you playin''as favorite these days, Ernie?"
20628How about a nice quiet dinner at the club?
20628How about runnin''up to Montreal and droppin''down?
20628How about swinging around the country club and back through the middle road? 20628 How about that?"
20628How about them swell dames that used to go wild over you?
20628How could you tell her such whoppers?
20628How do you know?
20628How does it happen that he''s escaped the hymeneal noose so long?
20628How often have I said, Ann, that I miss you every hour?
20628How? 20628 How?"
20628I beg pardon?
20628I beg pardon?
20628I do n''t suppose I could guess who, could I?
20628I do n''t suppose you carry such a thing as an emergency can of gasoline anywhere in the car?
20628I expect that was the lovely lady who carted you off in the taxi?
20628I expect we''ll have to go; eh, Vee?
20628I expect, though, you''d like to have me class you among the great unkissed?
20628I gather that he did n''t insist on your staying?
20628I hope they do n''t call you Reddy, though?
20628I say, Ellins, what are you getting at? 20628 I say, lieutenant,"he remarks confidential this last trip,"we put something over, did n''t we?"
20628I say,he says,"did n''t Bob come out, too?"
20628I say,whispers Mr. Robert,"had n''t we better call it off?"
20628I suppose you are working somewhere?
20628I take it,says I,"that you did meet dear old daddy?"
20628I trust Monsieur approves?
20628I''d look nice, would n''t I?
20628I''m so sorry,says she,"but could n''t we finish this tomorrow morning?"
20628I-- I beg pardon?
20628If he was n''t why would he be so wise as to whose pole it was, or about Otto''s handwritin''?
20628If you''re that way now what''ll you be when you''re married?
20628In a fool''s costume? 20628 In among all them young lady models?"
20628In other words, meaning what?
20628In where?
20628Includin''near- vamps?
20628Is M''sieur certain?
20628Is he her best bet? 20628 Is it a new hair tonic, or what?"
20628Is it little brother?
20628Is it, then?
20628Is it?
20628Is n''t it a perfectly gorgeous night, Torchy?
20628Is n''t that a shame, Torchy? 20628 Is n''t that fortunate?"
20628Is n''t this your hat?
20628Is that why you''ve taken to cradle snatchin''?
20628Is that your little Miss Joyce?
20628Is-- is that all?
20628It ai n''t a crime, is it, a little game?
20628It is, eh? 20628 Joe,"I demands,"what you been feedin''them turks?"
20628Just jot that down, will you?
20628Just like that, eh?
20628Just where do you come from?
20628Know any of''em?
20628Know what I tell him? 20628 Let''s see, Vincent,"says I,"you''re all of nineteen, ai n''t you?"
20628Listens that way, does n''t it?
20628Lively young party, eh?
20628Looks kind of swell in the uniform, do n''t he?
20628Looks so, do n''t it?
20628Mame?
20628Marion hangs out a table- board sign?
20628May I call you that, too? 20628 May I take my little barber pole?"
20628Maybe you can show the sergeant yet? 20628 Me?"
20628Me?
20628Me?
20628Me?
20628Me?
20628Me?
20628Meanin'', I expect,says I,"that Miss Stribble and you have been gettin''on?"
20628Mine?
20628Miss Joyce?
20628Miss Joyce?
20628Mother taking it hard, is she?
20628Must have been some lady killer in his time, eh?
20628Must have been some party?
20628My picture? 20628 Not 217 from this one block?"
20628Not that old prune face with the shiny dome and the baggy eyes?
20628Not-- not a-- a Miss Vaughn?
20628Now for a king killing, eh?
20628Now what, lieutenant?
20628Now, let''s see,says I, registerin''deep thought,"if Penrhyn was to go anywhere on his own hook, where would it be?
20628Nursin''it along, eh?
20628Oh, by the way,says he,"how are the turkeys this morning?
20628Oh, do you?
20628Oh, has it?
20628Oh, is he?
20628Oh, they''ve been roastin''me, have they?
20628Oh, you are, eh?
20628Oh, you mentioned it to Louise, did you?
20628On how many cylinders?
20628Or do you want to get me biting my upper lip? 20628 Our gallant young office lieutenant, eh?
20628Papers?
20628Really, now?
20628Really?
20628Reg''lar thrill hound, was n''t he? 20628 Right away?"
20628Say, Torchy,says he husky,"did-- did you see her?"
20628Say, folks,I calls out,"where''s the gas tank on this chariot?"
20628Say, that''s handin''you something, eh? 20628 Say, what do you sports think you''re doin'', anyway?"
20628Say, you just come out and---- Well, Leon, anything you want special?
20628Say, you''re some grand little sleuth yourself, ai n''t you?
20628Say,says I,"you do n''t happen to be Bonnie Sutton, do you?"
20628See here, Jonesey; you do n''t mean to say you''ve got the ring too?
20628See those spools over there that you people have done your best to bury? 20628 Seeing things in the moonlight?"
20628Seen it yourself?
20628She ai n''t bumped somebody with the truck, has she?
20628She-- she has n''t left home, has she?
20628Should I?
20628So that is an example of modern dancing, is it?
20628So that was the plot, was it, Ellery?
20628So that was your system in having your friend arrested? 20628 So that''s why you''re dolled up in the Sunday uniform, eh?
20628Still chattering, are you? 20628 Still goin''on, eh?
20628Still,says I,"the kiss stringency in your young career has been lifted, has n''t it?
20628Street dress?
20628Stribble?
20628Suppose I have?
20628Suppose I make a slip, though?
20628Suppose anybody around the club could dig up a screwdriver for you?
20628Suppose by some miracle you did, Lester?
20628Suppose he should turn up tomorrow, though?
20628Tell me, Ernie,says I,"how long has this been going on?"
20628Tell me, Torchy,says she,"did you ever see anyone as-- as huge as I am at a tea dance?
20628Tell me, what''s his line?
20628Tell me,says she,"is that supposed to be music?"
20628Tell me,she demands whispery,"was-- was he at it again?"
20628Tell me,she demands,"is this the street dress which you observed in the window?"
20628That made it very nice, then, did n''t it?
20628That one of your favorite names, too?
20628That''s too bad, ai n''t it? 20628 The Morgan people sent for you, did they?"
20628The big husk with the bushy black eyebrows?
20628The gas tank? 20628 The little lady at home, eh?"
20628The old maid with the patient eyes and the sad smile?
20628The one I rescued the wire spools for? 20628 The pole?"
20628The ring?
20628Then he went away before my note came?
20628Then he went in evening clothes?
20628Then it was a reg''lar party? 20628 Then perhaps----""But what could she have been doing, posin''in the window?"
20628Then suppose we hop off with dinner on the Plutoria roof?
20628Then you think you know who she is?
20628Then you''ve picked out the lucky chap?
20628Then,says I,"do I get a recommend for active duty within jabbin''distance of the Huns?"
20628Then-- then the news is out, is it? 20628 They do n''t care how they mess up the map these days, do they?
20628Think I''m no judge, eh? 20628 Think so?"
20628Think you could stand another manicure today?
20628Thinkin''of havin''yourself mugged and sendin''the result to somebody in a silver frame?
20628Thirty- six holes a day, eh?
20628This dinner is on the house, you know, so why not make it a reg''lar one? 20628 Torchy, is n''t it?
20628Torchy, you can hang on the back, ca n''t you?
20628Want to relieve your poor old mother and Betty, eh?
20628Wants an active command, does he? 20628 Was it?"
20628Was-- was it something I did?
20628We''ve canned the Kaiser, ai n''t we? 20628 We-- we are interrupting a family council or something, are n''t we?"
20628Well, Joe,says I,"anything wrong with the flock?"
20628Well, right worthy Buddies,says he,"what have you to report concerning the candidate?"
20628Well, what can we do?
20628Well, what is it this time, Barry?
20628Well, why not?
20628Well,said I,"did you back out after lookin''''em over?"
20628Well,says I,"what then?"
20628Well?
20628Were you not known as Señor El Capitan?
20628Wha''--wha''makes you think sho-- party?
20628Wha- a- a- at?
20628Wha- a- at?
20628Whaddye mean, vanished?
20628What about him?
20628What about the Snell part?
20628What about the butler, though, and the others?
20628What did he mean by-- er-- bomb- proofer?
20628What do I care who her father is?
20628What do I care? 20628 What do you know?"
20628What do you mean, sports?
20628What do you want with that?
20628What foolishness now, you young rough necker?
20628What friend?
20628What is it, a holdup act?
20628What next, sir?
20628What sort of a looker?
20628What then? 20628 What was all the chat about?"
20628What was it you said she used to be called, Torchy?
20628What was the big idea, though?
20628What would be the openin''lines for that scene? 20628 What''s all that red flannel stuff on their necks?"
20628What''s all this mean, old son? 20628 What''s gone wrong now?"
20628What''s that?
20628What''s the grand little idea?
20628What''s the idea, Piddie?
20628What''s the matter?
20628What''s the next move?
20628What''s the scheme, Lester?
20628What''s your name, my man?
20628What, now?
20628What?
20628When can you start, lieutenant?
20628When was that? 20628 Where do I find you when I want to turn in a report, blank or otherwise?"
20628Where do you get a license to crash in?
20628Where is the youngster?
20628Where would he? 20628 Where''ll you have''em put, sir?"
20628Where?
20628Where?
20628Which Marion?
20628Which one?
20628Whither away, Peyton?
20628Who and where?
20628Who do you mean, now?
20628Who was feedin''you that?
20628Who would n''t?
20628Who''s movin''in?
20628Who''s that?
20628Who''s the little queen that all this is done for?
20628Who''s your friend with the golden tresses?
20628Who, Whitey?
20628Who?
20628Why act so tickled over it?
20628Why be unreasonable about this? 20628 Why ca n''t all girls do that?"
20628Why could n''t we go in by the back?
20628Why do I get one of your awkward squad who''ll probably spell''such''with a t in it and punctuate by the hit- or- miss method?
20628Why not at the Follies, then?
20628Why not, I''d like to know?
20628Why, what do you mean?
20628Why, when you took my old place on the gate you was still wearin''knickers, was n''t you? 20628 Why,"says I,"if I find anyone it fits it''s likely to be Jake, ai n''t it?"
20628Why?
20628Will the Cafà © l''Europe do?
20628Will you, Myers?
20628Will you, young man?
20628With Lester, eh?
20628With a few late parties down in the grill?
20628With a nursery and all?
20628With the kitchen range loaded on a truck and Martha passin''out soup and roasts over the tailboard, eh?
20628Would he go bareheaded, and without his indigestion tablets?
20628Would n''t that be rather hard on us?
20628Would this help your memory any?
20628Would-- would you risk another ride with me, Ann? 20628 Yes,"says I,"do look sort of familiar, do n''t they?"
20628Yes- s- s, sir?
20628Yes?
20628Yohness?
20628You ai n''t been plungin''on a curb tip, have you?
20628You ai n''t strong for kids?
20628You did n''t think I could, did you, Torchy?
20628You do n''t happen to be a doctor, do you?
20628You do n''t have no luck with Mirabelle, eh?
20628You do n''t mean to say, Penny,says Mr. Robert,"that you were kidnapped and brought here a prisoner?"
20628You do n''t mean, Lucy Lee,says Vee,"that these are all-- er-- on the active list?"
20628You do n''t say?
20628You have the plans and specifications all framed up and think you''d know her on sight, eh?
20628You heard, did n''t you?
20628You jennie what?
20628You know the feller who was in with me here-- Chuck Dempsey?
20628You know who she is-- Mrs. Andres Zosco?
20628You mean that people would talk?
20628You took notice of him, though, did you?
20628You were, eh?
20628You were?
20628You would n''t break in on a fond clinch, would you?
20628You would n''t want to make it a threesome, eh?
20628You''re fond of youngsters, I suppose?
20628You''re sure this is Dorr''s Crossin'', eh?
20628You''ve been seein''things, ai n''t you? 20628 You-- you have?"
20628You-- you think I-- I''ve been drinkin''?
20628''Ca n''t you see, daddy?''
20628''Civilian dress, please''?"
20628''Ernie who?''
20628''Guesh?''
20628''Lash time it was Harold, was n''t it?''
20628A few radishes and spindly lettuce, I suppose?"
20628A lighthouse would be a swell place to stow away a leading librettist dressed up in a fool''s costume, would n''t it?
20628After a minute or so of this he remarks, sort of to himself:"Bonnie, eh?
20628Ah, there''s Joe, down at the end, and when he-- Eh?
20628Ai n''t I runnin''a chance as it is, swipin''this out of the ice- box after the servants leave?
20628Ai n''t anybody got any young turkeys that need bringin''up scientific?"
20628Ai n''t he a bear- cat, though?
20628Ai n''t it some party?"
20628Ai n''t that fierce?
20628Ai n''t there any second choice?"
20628All of that, eh?
20628Almost in the theatrical game, eh?
20628And I expect she picked you out all on account of your compelling beauty?
20628And I suppose you are one of Mr. Ellins''assistants?"
20628And his training has been what?
20628And how about the show?
20628And how did she come to be waitin''there in the taxi?
20628And how did you come to get him locked up here?"
20628And if I''m having a dress fitted on the second floor just wait downstairs for me, will you, Torchy?"
20628And if we go in for poultry, why not have all kinds, turkeys as well?"
20628And it was up to Whitey to bring him back into the public eye, was n''t it?
20628And it''s for the sweetest girl in the world, ai n''t it?"
20628And now-- I suppose it''ll be a case of your bringin''home a new daughter to help Mother, eh?"
20628And on the side, I expect, he does plain and fancy spyin'', eh?"
20628And say, some of these new jazz steps are queer, are n''t they?
20628And suppose some curb broker was waitin''to take her out to Heather Blossom Inn?
20628And then again, you tried enlisting once, did n''t you, and were turned down?"
20628And then she whispers to me:"Has n''t she a nice face, though?"
20628And what do you guess?
20628And what do you suppose this fathead has the front to spring on me?
20628And what then?"
20628And when I''d left her and strolled out to the gate where Babe is pacin''up and down anxious, he demands at once:"Well, did you find out?"
20628And your folks live there?"
20628Anything more I can do?"
20628Are they still practicing that wonderful duck walk you were telling me about?"
20628Been buyin''out the spark shop?
20628Besides, had n''t she recognized Ernie on sight?
20628Besides, he''s brought us safely so far, has n''t he?"
20628Billy dripped some on your seat cushions, did n''t he?"
20628Boy, where did you get such stuff in your head?"
20628Brought some clothes for me, did n''t you?
20628But I''m working up the interest, and by next Sunday I''ll bet they''ll be carrying front page headlines,''Where is Penrhyn Deems?''
20628But after he gets outside he asks pleadin'':"Do n''t I get arrested any more?"
20628But how about the folks back home?
20628But is he discouraged?
20628But listen: suppose she''s kind of out of your class-- a girl who''s been brought up in a basement, say, with a janitor for a father?"
20628But maybe you''ve noticed what''s been happenin''along there where Fifty- ninth street gets high- toned?
20628But please tell me how?"
20628But what about the three cops?"
20628But who was all this on-- Louise?"
20628But would n''t Marion see the landlord and have those fiendish children kept quiet on that tennis court outside?
20628By the way, where was this home of the lovely Louise?"
20628CHAPTER XIV SUBBING FOR THE BOSS How''s that?
20628Ca n''t anybody think of a more cheerful line?
20628Ca n''t play pinochle alone, can you?
20628Can anyone think of a way?"
20628Can you figure in any chance for golf or horseback riding?
20628Can you pull a badge or anything on the judge at the night court?"
20628Come in, will you, lieutenant and-- and join us at tea?
20628Could he be depended on to keep dates with strangers?
20628Could n''t you take us?"
20628Did I get the glad hand?
20628Did I mention that Hartley used to be kind of meek actin''?
20628Did I?
20628Did n''t she send you word she was goin''to be in this with Ronald Breen?"
20628Did she have him on the string?"
20628Did you bring any papers?"
20628Did you choke or anything?
20628Did you ever do such a thing as steal a barber''s pole?"
20628Did you want to talk to him''special, or is it anything I can fix up for you?"
20628Did you----""Did I?"
20628Do you remember the Stribbles?"
20628Do you?"
20628Drop you at your club, shall we?"
20628Eh, old Cootie Tamer?"
20628Eh?
20628Eh?
20628Eh?"
20628Eh?"
20628Ellins?"
20628Ever see one of them mobs that turns out when there''s a call for a new chorus?
20628First off though, maybe you can tell me what youth around the place wears a black- and- white checked cap?"
20628G.''s.?"
20628Get me?"
20628Get me?"
20628Get me?''
20628Got your wrist irons ready for him?"
20628Guess she made good, eh?
20628Had Ernie just been stallin''me off tryin''to establish an alibi?
20628Had he just plain buffaloed me, or what?
20628Had n''t I seen him start on his big night?
20628Had n''t they noticed how restless he''d been for the past few days?
20628Has n''t he nice eyes, though?
20628Has n''t old Leon been beggin''to go into the duck and chicken business for months?
20628Has something happened to me?
20628Have n''t seen my place out on Long Island yet, have you; or met the new heir to the house of Torchy?"
20628Have n''t seen my son Edgar, have you?
20628Have n''t seen the large- sized family I''m startin'', have you?
20628Have you forgotten your reactions of a few short months ago?
20628Have you put up for the margins?"
20628He did n''t hate it, did he?
20628He did n''t take any pains to hide it, or to lower his voice when he remarks,"Well, kiddo, see you at eight thirt., eh?"
20628He just holds his hand up to his ear and asks kind of bored:"Eh, what''s that?"
20628He''s rather a nice chap, is n''t he?"
20628Hey?
20628His reg''lar openin''is"Hello, Girlie, what you got on the event card for tonight?"
20628How about startin''at his rooms and interviewin''his man?"
20628How about startin''in with the tea dance at the Admiral, just opened?
20628How about this at the bottom, though?
20628How do you know what''s behind''em?
20628How long do I get on this?"
20628How long?
20628How long?
20628How many times, for instance, do you suppose you''ve walked past the Hotel Northumberland?
20628How should you?
20628How was that?"
20628How''ll you have''em, lieutenant-- twos or fours?"
20628How''s that, eh?
20628I do n''t suppose you ever taught second grade yourself, did you?"
20628I expect he wore a rain coat or something over his costume, and went in a taxi; eh, Nimms?"
20628I expect somebody''s going to get a weddin''present, eh?"
20628I''ve been chipper enough since, have n''t I, Andy, dear?"
20628If he had, who was his swell lady friend?
20628If we ca n''t start''em from the seed what''s the matter with gettin''some sprouts?
20628If you''d changed as much as she had how would you like to be stacked up sudden against a view of what you was once?
20628In that rig Penrhyn would have to stay put, would n''t he?
20628Instead, I asks confidential, as usual:"Any word yet from Louise?"
20628Is n''t it dreadful?"
20628Is n''t that right, Ellery?"
20628Is n''t that splendid?"
20628It comes out so unexpected that for a second or so I just gawps at her, and then I asks:"Referrin''to my hair?"
20628Just the way they do in the movie dramas, eh?"
20628Just then, though, she reaches out a pair of bare arms and remarks real folksy:"At last you''ve come, have n''t you?"
20628Know what one of the decorators told me?
20628Let''s go there, Torchy, before we go out home tonight?"
20628Looks like our little Vincent was some speedy performer, do n''t it?
20628Looks so, do n''t it?"
20628Lucy, eh?
20628Made a clean getaway, did they?"
20628Marie''chorus, do you?"
20628Maybe that''ll hold you, eh?"
20628Mears?"
20628Might as well do this in style, eh?
20628Mosquitoes?
20628Mothers are easy, ai n''t they?
20628Mr. Ellins, is n''t it?
20628Must be some whale of a female?"
20628No hurry, are you?"
20628Notice that carry through?
20628Now how did he disappear?
20628Now what part of Manhattan is it that''s got your super- Sherlocks guessin''so hard?"
20628Oh, what''s the use?"
20628Or an island?
20628Or has Billy''s little beak had another leaky spell?"
20628Or was it a case of poor memory?
20628Or would it be a limousine?
20628Perhaps you imagine this to be a case where, if you could only turn loose your wonderful organization, you could work a miracle?"
20628Perhaps you''d like to come along, Torchy?"
20628Real clever of you, was n''t it?"
20628Remember anything about that?"
20628Ribble?"
20628Robert?"
20628Say, what do you guess?
20628See Hartley''s little plan?
20628See who''s standin''up in the truck over there?
20628See?
20628See?
20628Shall we try it, Most Worthy Buddies?"
20628So I ask you where is El Capitan Yohness?"
20628So she raises her eyebrows and remarks:"A garden?
20628So what''s the use talking?
20628So wo n''t you both come?
20628So you see?"
20628Some life, eh?
20628Some of''em college hicks, I expect?"
20628Some pippin in the act, is n''t she?
20628Someone calling me on the''phone?
20628Something important, I suppose?"
20628Sorry, but----""Mean to say Louise took you home after dinner?"
20628Sounds simple, do n''t it?
20628Still harping on that red tape notion, are you?
20628Suppose I could, though, how would you be sure it was the same one, after so many years?
20628Suppose we pass resolutions of regret in Marion''s case, and let it ride at that?"
20628Swell idea, eh?
20628Tell me, though, how are people taking it?"
20628That being the way things stood what was the use of my coming in with an argument?
20628That did n''t give him any license to unload bush- league stuff for the rest of his career, did it?
20628That''s goin''some, ai n''t it?
20628That''s some he- sized order, ai n''t it?"
20628That''s talkin'', ai n''t it?
20628The old favorite?"
20628The question now is, do you want to meet him?"
20628They''re still dead, I suppose?"
20628Think I can stick around here all night?
20628Third floor west, was n''t you?"
20628Torchy, do n''t you suppose you could do it for her?"
20628Understand?
20628Very firsh thing he says is,''And who the devil are you?''
20628Visiting here, too, eh?
20628Was his memory good?
20628Was n''t he her father, and was n''t he payin''all the bills?
20628Was the grave of Donna Mario there?
20628We almost got to the noddin''point when we met in the elevator, did n''t we?"
20628We''ll land him yet, eh, Torchy?
20628Well, sir, anything to report?"
20628Were you ever there?"
20628What about baggage?"
20628What about her?"
20628What about him?
20628What became of him?"
20628What could Jonesey have to forget?
20628What did you go in there for?"
20628What do you make out of this?"
20628What do you say?"
20628What if he had done the lines and lyrics to"The Buccaneer''s Bride"?
20628What if her feet should skid and after ten or a dozen bell hops had boosted her up again they should find me underneath?
20628What is the number of his regiment?"
20628What is your pleasure?"
20628What makes you think he might show up, Torchy?"
20628What reminded you of them?"
20628What say?"
20628What we do n''t want is-- eh?
20628What would Ellery be passin''stuff through the window for if there was n''t?
20628What''ll they say to this wide jump of yours?"
20628What''s a bent hairpin in the mud to you?
20628What''s he done?"
20628What''s his number?"
20628What''s it all about, somebody?"
20628What''s the number again?
20628What''s your guess?"
20628What?
20628What?"
20628When you tell Mr. Ellins that I''ve been here, and gone, could n''t you somehow forget to say just how I looked?
20628When?"
20628Where did he get such a fancy tag?
20628Where do you think I''m goin''to get hot coffee for you, anyway?
20628Where does that leave you?"
20628Where have you been since night before last after dinner?"
20628Where was this musical gent and his tourin''car?
20628Who did it?"
20628Who do you think you''re kidding, anyway?"
20628Who else but Whitey would want him shunted off out of sight for a week or so?"
20628Who knows?"
20628Who saw him last?"
20628Who says it of me?"
20628Why not take our nourishment on the fly?"
20628Why the mournful headshake over him now?"
20628Why will the little imps sing it through their noses?
20628Will you, though?"
20628Would he know Dorr''s Crossing when he saw it?
20628Would n''t Mirabelle be sore if she knew about that, eh?"
20628Would n''t it, now?"
20628Would n''t that spank the pill 200 yards straight down the fairway?
20628Would you blow her to a bowl of chow mein at some chop suey joint, or could you get by with a nut sundae at a cut- rate drug store?
20628Yes?"
20628You ai n''t thought of any way it might be worked, have you?"
20628You ca n''t walk off and leave her with her hands in the air, can you?
20628You get me, do n''t you?
20628You have fresh eggs right along?"
20628You know her?
20628You know?
20628You know?
20628You mean you got the idea from one of the dummies?
20628You remember him, Torchy?"
20628You remember them pictures we used to see of the late Queen Victoria?
20628You remember?"
20628You say he went out in that rig?
20628You see, if he remembers me as I was when that photo was taken-- Well, where''s the harm?"
20628You still have the idea I can trace out Yohness for you?
20628You sure did make it unanimous, did n''t you?"
20628You would n''t expect me to pick out the cheap things for a lady plutess from Brazil, would you?
20628You would n''t have thought she''d been disagreeable enough to go and rehearse all this innocent little bluff of mine to Vee, would you?
20628You''ve seen''em do the shimmy- plus?
20628You?"
20628says I,"Me?
20628says I,"you''re a reg''lar Mr. Zipp- Zipp when it comes to romantic notions, ai n''t you?"
20628she squeals,"what do you think has happened?"
20629A puppy?
20629A swell bunch of grafters Uncle Sam turned back when he let go of the roads, eh?
20629A tall, thin man with red whiskers, eh?
20629Ai n''t that just my luck?
20629Alone?
20629Am I to infer,says Mr. Ellins,"that this He- Crab act of his was humorous?"
20629Am I, though?
20629An-- an Airedale?
20629And I understand you were responsible for the Corrugated baseball team, and are now conducting a pool tournament?
20629And do all the cooking for that big family, I suppose?
20629And had any of the young men succeeded; that is, in producing something with-- er-- a kick to it?
20629And how do you think you are getting on as a business man?
20629And little Polly is having such a good time, is n''t she?
20629And next?
20629And the Old He- Crab referred to-- who was that?
20629And then?
20629And this is a little postponed honeymoon tour, eh?
20629And we could keep him out in the garage, and have Dominick look after him, could n''t we? 20629 And who, may I ask,"goes on Old Hickory,"are the Corrugated Crabs?"
20629And would n''t that be splendid for them all?
20629And you conceived the happy idea of dramatizing me as the leading comic feature for this dinner party of my employees? 20629 And you married the job, eh?"
20629And you still have a capital of three hundred for future operations, eh?
20629And you''re game to tackle any light work with good pay?
20629And''phoned a code message to someone in Broad Street, I suppose?
20629Any message?
20629Any person who can show such marksmanship with a golf ball is quite welcome to---- Ah, just answer that''phone call, will you, son?
20629Any?
20629Been sent to summon the firin''squad, or what?
20629Blakes?
20629Bob calls you Torchy, does n''t he?
20629Buddy?
20629But I do n''t quite see, sir,goes on Piddie,"how a----""Do n''t you?"
20629But I thought you said you did n''t dance any more?
20629But do n''t you see, Bruce,protests Mrs. Mackey,"that if he did I-- I should have to-- to meet him again?"
20629But how about that sport census?
20629But if I had the ring that she gave me-- her token-- well, you see?
20629But say, Hartley''s right up to date in his methods of handlin''a wrathy parent, ai n''t he? 20629 But tell me,"gasps Vee,"what on earth has happened?
20629But what''s all the hurry about?
20629But who would go on adding to your savings account? 20629 But why not?"
20629But you have n''t played golf yourself, have you?
20629But you made good, did you?
20629But your flower bed is about ready, ai n''t it?
20629But, Torchy,says Vee,"what could possibly happen here; that is, like those things in town?"
20629But-- but from where?
20629But-- but how long has this been goin''on, Hartley?
20629But-- but of course he did n''t really take him all that distance?
20629Ca n''t always tell what?
20629Call that a cocktail, do they? 20629 Can I help any?"
20629Can you guess how long it has been since I have appeared in a church?
20629Chesty, eh?
20629Chuck me that Pathfinder from the case behind you, will you? 20629 Church?"
20629Could you call all those fellows back as easily as you sent them off?
20629Could you tell to a stranger in a strange land what one does who has great hunger and no rupees left in his purse?
20629Dess one''ittle toe- tiss?
20629Did you get the hunch from Vincent''s mother?
20629Did you have a good night''s rest?
20629Did you induce him to give the right answer?
20629Did-- did she give you a-- a token, as she did to me?
20629Dig it out, will you?
20629Do I look like a Gladys- hound? 20629 Do I understand that it was an ultimatum?"
20629Do n''t hook over the ears with a wire? 20629 Do n''t you read the newspapers?"
20629Do n''t you remember havin''a debate not long ago with someone who claimed he could pull some wonderful stunt with a mashie- niblick?
20629Do they?
20629Do we go down in a car or something?
20629Do you know what I''ve made up my mind to do some day this week? 20629 Do you like your old Auntie, Richard?"
20629Do you start by joinin''hands around the table?
20629Do you?
20629Do-- do you suppose I could do that, too?
20629Do?
20629Does this one size up like he was a child eater? 20629 Doing it on a bet, I suppose?"
20629Dowd? 20629 Dressed like that?"
20629Dropped how?
20629Eh? 20629 Eh?"
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Eh?
20629Except on a pass, eh?
20629Excuse me, sir,says I,"but you were expectin''a party from the Belgian Commission, were you?"
20629Excuse my askin'',says I,"but are you going or coming?"
20629Fired? 20629 For instance,"he goes on,"what is it these fine Harbor Hills folks do that I ca n''t learn?
20629For instance?
20629For what?
20629Found that your little hundred and fifty a month would n''t go very far, did you?
20629From Louise?
20629From what?
20629Gave your friend the double cross, as I believe you would state it?
20629Ghost stuff, eh?
20629Goin''to hunt her up and give back the ring?
20629Going to bury a cat, or something?
20629Golf? 20629 Got any golf bugs in your buildin'', Cap?"
20629Got to be quite a man, too-- among painters, eh?
20629Had the window marked, did he?
20629Hartley, eh? 20629 Hartley?"
20629Have to buy somebody; eh, Vincent?
20629Have you any more wise deductions to submit?
20629He bane new tenant on second floor, yes? 20629 He does give promise of being a brilliant business man, does n''t he?"
20629Hey, where do I come in?
20629Honest?
20629House painting, eh?
20629How about a round of strawb''ry ice cream sodas; eh, Amby?
20629How about a slice of roast beef rare, with mashed potatoes and turnips and a cup of coffee?
20629How about that, Nicky?
20629How about the old Bonaparte for the eats?
20629How about your old man?
20629How could I, Betty?
20629How could it be?
20629How did you happen to honor us by making your start here?
20629How do you know I''m primed?
20629How do you mean, setting hens?
20629How do you size up Nicky''s plea of not guilty?
20629How does he get away with all that Romeo stuff,I asks Mr. Robert once,"without being tagged permanent?
20629How does it break out?
20629How in the world did you ever manage it? 20629 How much time off do I get, a couple of hours?"
20629How much?
20629How''s the old back feel about now; eh, Torchy?
20629I ask pardon?
20629I beg pardon?
20629I beg pardon?
20629I beg pardon?
20629I do n''t know as it will work in his case, for he''s got it bad, but suppose we tow him out for a look at Private Ben Riggs?
20629I expect it is,says I, squintin''at it professional,"but-- but just what is it supposed lo be?"
20629I expect you did n''t notice the marks on it?
20629I hope you do n''t mind the onion perfume?
20629I mean,says I,"that you do n''t take any stock in that mantle of Sandy the Great yarn?"
20629I say, Bob,says he,"you remember my telling you about the lovely Marcelle Jedain?
20629I say, Lucy,says he,"suppose we make a rinktum- diddy for the folks, eh?"
20629I say, will you call him right up?
20629I see,says Z. K."And if I did fire''em, do you think you have influence enough to get a full crew of union men to finish this job by next Saturday?"
20629I suppose I would be expected to-- er-- meet her there?
20629I suppose he''ll call that coming safely out of a nose dive, eh?
20629I suppose you would find some way of inducing Stella to stay-- if you were not too busy?
20629I take it you''ve not been underground before, sir?
20629I wonder if there are many others?
20629I wonder what they could have been peeved about on such a fine night?
20629I wonder, Torchy,says she,"who could have started such a rumor?"
20629I-- I beg pardon?
20629I-- I hope you still have it?
20629If your car is n''t here ca n''t we take you home?
20629In fact-- well, you get the idea, eh? 20629 Is Polly the one with the pointed chin and the I- dare- you pout?"
20629Is he?
20629Is it a woman- eatin''mouse, or did you grab a hatpin by the business end?
20629Is n''t it all perfectly fascinating?
20629Is n''t it green corn, or string beans that you''re aimin''at, Torchy?
20629Is n''t it perfectly bully that you could come? 20629 Is n''t it perfectly wonderful,"says she, waddlin''in fussy,"that your dear darling little son should be two years old?
20629Is n''t that Buddy''s bark?
20629Is n''t that just like Henry?
20629Is n''t that nice?
20629Is n''t that perfectly stunning, Torchy?
20629Is that rain?
20629Is that what you call it?
20629Is-- is he somebody in particular?
20629It ai n''t any art, is it, just stirrin''up the ground with a spade? 20629 It was, eh?"
20629It would have been a swell bluff if it had worked though, would n''t it?
20629It''s what you get when you fry onions, eh?
20629Joe Bruzinski? 20629 Just how did you work it?"
20629Just like the good old days, eh, Nicky?
20629Just like they was members of One Big Union, eh?
20629Just what''s the difference?
20629Just what''s the matter with us-- Mrs. Garvey and me?
20629Kind of a he- chaperone act, eh?
20629Kind of a matrimonial runner- up, eh?
20629Know anything about industrial welfare work, young man?
20629Lay off''at, tant you?
20629Learned a few things, have n''t you, since you''ve been knocking around?
20629Let''s ask if we ca n''t take her home?
20629Let''s see,opens Old Hickory,"you''ve been with us about a year, have n''t you?"
20629Like it better than being in the bond room?
20629Looks like a case of Cupid throwin''a monkey wrench into the gears of commerce, eh?
20629Me?
20629Me?
20629Me?
20629Meanin''what?
20629Meaning Ambrose the Ambler?
20629Means to devote all his time to breakin''the long distance no- speech record, does he?
20629Might it not, sir,adds Piddie,"have been dropped from an airplane?"
20629Minnie who?
20629Moon shinin''and everything?
20629Mr. Ellins, is it not?
20629Mr. Henry Grummidge?
20629Mrs. St. Claire? 20629 Must have got you in some lively spots, runnin''a right of way smack up to the German lines?"
20629Must you think?
20629No?
20629Nor a club, either?
20629Not at all,says I"Could n''t do much less for a neighbor, could we?"
20629Not what you''d exactly call a shrinkin''violet, eh?
20629Not who and what and why?
20629Now I guess you know where you get off, eh, Vee?
20629Oh, come, lady,says I, slippin''her the confidential smile,"do I look like I did fourth- rate gumshoein''for a livin''?
20629Oh, did you?
20629Oh, for instance,says I"And did n''t you have a snapshot of Stella you took once last summer?"
20629Oh, it ca n''t be as desperate a case as that, can if?
20629Oh, it is, eh?
20629Oh, that?
20629Oh, then she got him, did she?
20629Oh, why drag out the agony?
20629Oh, you were not, eh?
20629On his way to hand Ferdy the glad jolt, eh?
20629On the runnin''board?
20629One what?
20629Over what?
20629Pardon me if I seem curious,goes on Old Hickory,"but just how did you-- er-- create the illusion?"
20629Pictures?
20629Polite, but not insistent, I suppose?
20629Polly? 20629 Pullin''the old stuff, eh?
20629Quit?
20629Really?
20629Right off the boulevard, eh?
20629Same old cut- up, eh, Amby?
20629Say, I ask you, do they look it?
20629Say, Mr. Ellins,I calls out,"if it was shot from a roof how do you dope out this grass stain on it?"
20629Say, where do you get that stuff?
20629Say, you are a fast worker when you get going, ai n''t you?
20629Say,demands''Ikky- boy, pushin''her face away fretful,"where oo get''at stuff?"
20629Say,says I,"how''s that block sociable progressin''?"
20629Sayin''a piece, was n''t you?
20629Secretary, are you? 20629 See what the Curb crowd did to G. L. T. common yesterday?
20629See?
20629Seen him yet?
20629She was n''t after sayin''as much, ma''am,says Stella,"but would I be sittin''in the parlor with my hands folded, and her so stylish?
20629Sideways? 20629 So why should you wish yourself back in China?"
20629So you did have to crawl back, eh?
20629Some great good fortune, eh? 20629 Son of yours with us?
20629Sort of a limousine body- black, eh?
20629Sort of a poddy, heavy set old party with a smooth face?
20629Sort of a trunk check, eh?
20629Still getting on well with your job?
20629Still strong for it, eh?
20629Still,says Vee,"they have been livin out here nearly a year, have n''t they?
20629Suppose I use only the last of it, the Balla Ben part?
20629Telephone?
20629Tell Ellins, will you?
20629Tell me, how do you get it to wave so cunningly in front?
20629That is-- er-- final, is it?
20629That the idea?
20629That will sound nice, wo n''t it?
20629That''s good,says I,"but he do n''t need to lug it to the dinner table, does he?"
20629That''s logical,admits Old Hickory,"but from where did he shoot?
20629The boss is always fair game, eh?
20629The impossible beast? 20629 The one with the honey- colored hair and the bashful behavin''eyes?"
20629Then he did n''t pull the''bless you, my children,''stuff, eh?
20629Then maybe you''ll leave your card?
20629Then take me out to him, will you?
20629Then we would start the card with''Where born?''
20629Then why in the name of the seven sins do you stick?
20629Then you do n''t think, Mr. Ellins,says I,"that we ought to have the boy page Sir Oliver Lodge?"
20629Then you got some more comin''to you, have n''t you?
20629Then you have n''t gotten acquainted with anyone in the building here?
20629Then you rather hope he''ll refuse to come?
20629They''re genuine, ai n''t they?
20629They-- they never use a-- a rifle for such purposes, do they?
20629Think I can stand up there before a thousand or more people and give Polly away?
20629Think you''d like to go, do you?
20629This ai n''t another visit from the creek, is it?
20629Um precious''ittle sweetums, ai n''t oo?
20629Until what?
20629Vee,says I, when we gets back to our own fireside,"what friend has Stella got that she calls Maggie, dear?"
20629Verona,she goes on, ignorin''me,"you are certain it is quite all right, are you?"
20629Want me to scuttle the steamer?
20629Want to wait?
20629Wants to see me squirm, does he?
20629Was n''t I right about Louise?
20629Was n''t it you laid the tracks that got up them big naval guns?
20629Was n''t that the kind I''ve heard you boostin''all along?
20629Was that the real reason why you were in Worcester?
20629We?
20629We?
20629Well then, why do n''t you find me a substitute? 20629 Well, Torchy,"says he,"how did you leave Bruzinski?"
20629Well, how about that foreign contract?
20629Well, son,says he,"is it the natural blond on the seventh, or the brunette vamp who pounds keys on the third that you want to meet?"
20629Well, what can you do with a Scotchman who''s mad clear to the marrow? 20629 Well, what do you expect me to do?"
20629Well, what do you think?
20629Well, what does she want with----?
20629Well,says I,"ai n''t there mint on top and a cherry in the bottom?"
20629Well,says I,"who does this H. Munson Schott party say he is?"
20629Well,says he, as I taps him on the shoulder,"is it all over?"
20629Well,says he,"I presume you noted the arrival of the prodigal son; eh, Torchy?"
20629Well,''Ikky- boy, how you and Buddy been behavin''yourselves, eh?
20629Well?
20629Well?
20629Well?
20629Well?
20629Well?
20629Were the window washers at work on our floor this mornin''?
20629Wh- a- at?
20629Wha- a- at?
20629Whaddye mean, natural?
20629Whaddye mean, nice?
20629Whaddye mean, them?
20629Whaddye mean?
20629Whaddye think this is, a soap fact''ry? 20629 What about Gummidge then?"
20629What about starting with your own block?
20629What about your successor, Vincent?
20629What are the facts about Stella?
20629What do they take me for, a gold fish?
20629What do you mean by that, Bruce?
20629What do you think of this new near- beer?
20629What do you think?
20629What if I did?
20629What if it was some golf nut who''d gone out on a roof?
20629What now?
20629What of it?
20629What shall I do, then?
20629What sort of noises?
20629What the blazes is a grenadine cocktail or-- or a pineapple punch?
20629What then?
20629What was his line before he went in the army-- plumber, truck driver, or what?
20629What would that indicate?
20629What you been up to?
20629What you going to do besides fire him? 20629 What you going to do now?"
20629What''ll it be?
20629What''s his pet side line?
20629What''s it all about?
20629What''s the big idea, Torchy?
20629What''s the breed, Joe?
20629What''s the fun of livin''if you ca n''t?
20629What''s the idea?
20629What''s the name?
20629What''s the scandal, Piddie?
20629What''s your wish?
20629What?
20629What?
20629What?
20629Whatever put that in your mind, me lad?
20629When does he spring that jolly stuff? 20629 Where are they now?"
20629Where could I scrape up enough money to move to Texas, I''d like to know?
20629Where did he hail from?
20629Where did you put Auntie?
20629Where did you round up all the perfectly good men?
20629Where does she get that stuff?
20629Where was that? 20629 Where''d you collect the sweet young things, Stanley?"
20629Where''s all the coal?
20629Where?
20629Where?
20629Which has been the worst cut- up today, eh?
20629Who do you like best around this joint, anyway?
20629Who do you mean?
20629Who is implying that you do? 20629 Who me?"
20629Who was our young friend with all the literature?
20629Who was the brainless wretch?
20629Who would they give it to?
20629Who''s been telling her we handle the social blacklist for the Roaring Rock district of Long Island?
20629Who''s saying you are? 20629 Who''s your neighbor?"
20629Who?
20629Why Auntie?
20629Why Crabs?
20629Why ask me, who was smuggled in the back door?
20629Why could n''t I do it?
20629Why did n''t you hang that blue card in the right window?
20629Why did n''t you say so? 20629 Why do n''t you speak to her some time?"
20629Why have n''t we met before?
20629Why not find the lovely Marcelle first and explain about the ring afterwards?
20629Why not from Minnie?
20629Why not sample some of it?
20629Why not?
20629Why not?
20629Why should he not?
20629Why should n''t I be?
20629Why the deuce do you bring her here?
20629Why the masquerade?
20629Why, Torchy?
20629Why, do n''t you remember?
20629Why, from Minnehaha?
20629Why, how comfy you are here, are n''t you?
20629Why,says F. Hallam,"do n''t you understand what has happened during these last two weeks?
20629Why,says Waddy,"could n''t you-- er-- telephone to him, or send a messenger?"
20629Why-- why-- Who says there''s anything the matter with either of you?
20629Will Senor Alvarado stake you to that?
20629Will you please tell me which is the Blakes''bell?
20629Wo n''t um let me tiss um''s tweet''ittle pinky winky toes?
20629Wo n''t you come over and find out?
20629Wot kind?
20629Wot you t''ink? 20629 Would it have been in that three- cornered strip that runs along by the road?"
20629Would you?
20629Wrong?
20629Ye- e- es, are n''t we?
20629Ye- e- es?
20629Yes, sir?
20629Yes, sir?
20629Yes, that''s the main mystery, ai n''t it?
20629Yes,says he,"they seem to be doing fairly well this summer; but how about next winter, when they go back to town?
20629You are in town for the week- end, are you?
20629You bet him he could n''t, did n''t you?
20629You did manage it, did n''t you?
20629You do n''t eh?
20629You do n''t happen to know a Mr. Schott, do you?
20629You do n''t mean he does it himself?
20629You do n''t mean it?
20629You do n''t stand to lose anything, do you, even if they do chatter? 20629 You do n''t, eh?"
20629You expect us to put a premium on the sort of work you''ve been doing? 20629 You grasp the idea now, do n''t you?"
20629You have tried that before, have n''t you? 20629 You know that carload of mill machinery that had been missing for so long?
20629You know?
20629You mean you struck a gusher on the sheep ranch?
20629You no lika da dogs, hey?
20629You remember that yesterday Mr. Ellins called for a special report on outside holdings? 20629 You remember the Whitleys that complained about him?
20629You say they were not seen again?
20629You sent a couple of non- union plumbers down here the other day, did n''t you?
20629You would?
20629You''re not enthusiastic about it, eh?
20629You''re quite sure this is fame, are you?
20629You''re rather clever at that sort of thing, are you?
20629You''re some little Polar explorer, ai n''t you?
20629You-- er-- know the circumstances, I presume?
20629You-- you mean you''re a reg''lar painter?
20629Young man,says he as he hands it over,"perhaps you can fell me something about this?"
20629Young man,says he, chewin''his cigar savage,"what should you say was the longest steamer trip that one could buy a ticket for direct from New York?"
20629Your mother, eh?
20629''But-- er--?
20629''How many do you lie?''
20629About 5:30 will do for a starter, eh?"
20629Ai n''t raisin''that kind, are you, Joe?"
20629Ai n''t there the four nieces and three nephews that hardly knows their aunt by sight?
20629And are you a high- brow; if so, why?
20629And how do you know, Vee, but what I''m the grandest little digger ever was?
20629And if I have such an unsuspected talent as that should n''t I exercise it occasionally?
20629And if I were not tied up by an important committee meeting out at the country club I should be very glad to-- er--""Ye- e- es?"
20629And is n''t everything so handy?"
20629And is n''t that a picture for an artist?"
20629And it''s so fortunate we happened to see you, was n''t it?"
20629And maybe you''re willin''to tell how you get this way-- great hunger and no rupees?"
20629And now I expect they''re livin''happy ever after?"
20629And now I suppose she''s like a full blown rose, perfect, exquisite?"
20629And now where is the darling little baby that I have n''t seen for months and months?
20629And was n''t it this kind?
20629And what''s so precious in the bundle you have on your knees?"
20629And when he''s towed me to the manager''s sanctum he demands:"Well, what''s gone wrong with Louise?"
20629And where can I find another?"
20629And who needs it more at such a time as this?
20629Any more like him?"
20629Any other reasons why you wished to remain on our pay roll?"
20629Anything new this morning, Governor?"
20629Are n''t his artist friends giving him a banquet at the Purple Pup?
20629Are n''t you, you young tarrier?"
20629Are we back in the will again?
20629Are you hungry enough for that?"
20629At which Vee would snicker and observe:"Now is n''t he the dearest thing to do that, Torchy?
20629Bring it out, will you, Torchy?"
20629Buddy?"
20629But are we acquainted now?
20629But from whom?"
20629But here-- say, how do you break into this bunch, anyway?"
20629But how could I keep a real artist like that with a movie firm offering him five times the money?
20629But how did papa take it?"
20629But if he should decide not to it would be rather a relief, would n''t it?
20629But if there is one, why should they come here?"
20629But just what was it he did?
20629But say, Torchy, honest to goodness, is Broadway like this all the time now?"
20629But that''s makin''fair progress for the first five minutes, eh?
20629But what do they think?
20629But what do we feed him-- dog biscuit?"
20629But when could you find the time?"
20629But where, Torchy?"
20629But who is this Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Porter Blake, anyway?"
20629But who was he, and what was the grand idea?
20629But without gettin''right down to brass tacks, or namin''any names, could n''t you slip me a few useful hints?
20629But, by the way, just how did you feed it to her?"
20629But-- but just where is it?"
20629CHAPTER X''IKKY- BOY COMES ALONG Being a parent grows on you, do n''t it?
20629Ca n''t they be organized, too?"
20629Ca n''t we have a sitting tomorrow?"
20629Could I do it?
20629Could I have done that if I''d had on my mind a fiendish plot against the peace and safety of the only real aunt we have in the fam''ly?
20629Could n''t I come in on the piano?
20629Could n''t I telegraph to the War Department?"
20629Could n''t have him indicted under the Lever act, could you?"
20629Could n''t you find out how many were interested in one particular thing-- music, or dancing, or bridge-- and get them together?"
20629Could you, now?"
20629Did n''t she now?"
20629Did you ever try walkin''down an idea?
20629Do let me have him for a moment?"
20629Do n''t people turn and stare after him in the street and nudge each other in the subway cars?
20629Do n''t you know how to present a government pass?"
20629Do you get it?"
20629Do you remember that anyone came into the directors''room during our session?"
20629Do you see?"
20629Do you think either Rutter or Staples gave me credit for that?
20629Do you wonder I did n''t give way to any wild, uncontrolled joy?
20629Do you wonder that I bought all my clubs of him, had a collection of his best scores, and kept a large''photo of him in my room?
20629Does n''t that sound arty?
20629Dowd, the golf addict, is still in the private office givin''Old Hickory another earful about the Scotch plague, ai n''t he?"
20629Dowd?
20629Dowd?
20629Eh, Torchy?"
20629Eh?
20629Eh?"
20629Eh?"
20629Eh?"
20629Eh?"
20629Ellins?"
20629Ever try that for an appetizer?
20629Exactly what happened last night?"
20629First off he thought Ben had something to do with the Barbara Freitchie stunt, or was he the one who jumped off Brooklyn Bridge?
20629Frankly now, young man, how do you think I would look before the altar?"
20629Furnished kind of nice, do n''t you think?"
20629Get Mrs. Ellins on the long distance, will you?"
20629Get me?
20629Get me?"
20629Grass?
20629Had he taken a look at it?
20629Had n''t I heard Vee sayin''how she liked some particular kind of a dog?
20629Hamilton is really quite a wonderful cook; are n''t you, Hammy, dear?
20629Hartley indulges in a couple more blinks and then adds:"I trust that I made it clear, Mr. Piddie, how important such an increase was to me?"
20629Has n''t he got his pockets full of newspaper clippings to prove it?
20629He knows all about it, do n''t you, Torchy?"
20629Held a record, did n''t you?"
20629Hey?
20629Honest, now?
20629How about Edith?
20629How about next Saturday?
20629How am I going to think in a bedlam like this?"
20629How are they going to keep from starving?"
20629How could it be?"
20629How did-- did you get it?"
20629How do they behave when they''re among themselves?"
20629How many guests did you say?"
20629How will this do?"
20629How''d you work up to that so quick?"
20629However did you do it?
20629I never have asked any odds of book agents, so why begin now?
20629I say, Bob, is n''t Torchy to stay with me until I find Bruzinski?"
20629I wonder if he''s got it patented?"
20629I-- I suppose I''m fired, sir?"
20629If I had to say the lines would she spot me by my voice?
20629In other words, the wizard met a master mind, eh?"
20629Is he here?"
20629Is it art, books, languages, or the snare drum?"
20629Is it just his good luck?"
20629Is it parlor etiquette?
20629Is n''t that silly?
20629Is n''t that the female instinct for you?
20629Is she a help-- or otherwise?"
20629It is to be entitled,''What is a Revertist?''
20629It was so generous and kind of you?"
20629Just how, now?"
20629Lay off me for a minute, will you?
20629Let''s try that''Dardanella''thing?"
20629Lucky for the suspender wearin''sex there ai n''t any such pre- nuptial test as that, eh?
20629Matt?"
20629May I ask what course you would recommend?"
20629Maybe you remember Ferdy, who had the nerve to marry Marjorie Ellins, the heavyweight sister of Mr. Robert''s, here a few years back?
20629Maybe, though, you do n''t remember about Private Ben Riggs?
20629Mr. Nickerson Wells, eh?
20629Not a member?
20629Not until Hartley steps right up to him and remarks:"Mr. Tyler, I believe?"
20629Now can we do business?"
20629Now how in the name of the Secret Seven could this happen?
20629Now tell me, how do they do it?"
20629Now what was the big argument?
20629Now what''s the big idea?
20629Now where''s that kitchen alarm clock?
20629Now, just what does that mean?"
20629Odd way to get it, eh?
20629On the front page?"
20629On the other hand, could I renig on the job after all that brash line of talk I''d given Vee?
20629Or pass around silk socks, or scented toilet soap?
20629Or was that conundrum about July cotton a vaudeville gag that got past me?"
20629Perhaps you did n''t know she did promise, though?"
20629Please, mother may n''t I?"
20629Rather stout by this time, I suppose?"
20629Remember me, do n''t you?"
20629Richmond, did n''t you?"
20629Say, how about buyin''the estate here?
20629Say, who''d have thought that a few clothes could make such a difference?
20629Say, you ca n''t always tell, can you?
20629Say, you''ll see more shiny hardware lugged out of here on a Saturday than----""But did you notice any being lugged in today?"
20629Schott?"
20629Scratchin''your head, ai n''t you?
20629See what I''m up against, Torchy?"
20629Shall we?"
20629She lets on not to notice until Vee leans out and asks:"Mrs. Garvey, is n''t it?"
20629Slit pockets?
20629So why should he work for wages any more, or save up any of the easy money that''s coming his way?
20629So why should his sister Stella be cookin''for other folks when she might be livin''swell and independent with them?
20629So you see?
20629So you think I''m an old crab, do you?"
20629Sounds a bit raw, does n''t it?
20629Sunday, eh?"
20629That satisfactory?"
20629The portrait?
20629The private letter book?
20629They sure did play it up, eh?
20629They would know exactly how to go about persuading Stella to stay, I suppose?"
20629Think you could place him somewhere?"
20629Thinks I''m an old crab, does he?"
20629To begin with, who was the man?"
20629To get back to the main argument, however; just how do you think the news should be broken to Dick Harrington?"
20629Torchy, in what department is young Tyler now?"
20629Understand, Torchy?
20629Was she a stunner?
20629Well, maybe Mr. Robert remembers that brother Dan of hers he helped set up as a steam fitter out in Altoona some six or seven years ago?
20629Well, son, want to call it a trade?"
20629Well, son, what have you to offer?"
20629Well, what does this mean-- a masquerade?"
20629Well, what was a fond mommer to do in a case like that?
20629Well, why not?
20629Wells?"
20629What about her?
20629What are some of the charges in the indictment?"
20629What are they after; my consent, eh?"
20629What brainy stunts or polite acts are they strongest for?
20629What did you work at back in Burmah?"
20629What in thunder have you got to do with it?"
20629What is this marvelous recipe of yours?"
20629What say?"
20629What was I doing about it?
20629What was the party''s name who gave you the job?"
20629What was the use wastin''any more breath?
20629What would them Rubes have us do-- say it with flowers?
20629What you say?"
20629What''ll I feed him, Torchy?"
20629What''s his alibi?"
20629What''s it done for him?
20629What''s the rest?"
20629What''s up?"
20629Where did they all come from?
20629Where did you plant it?"
20629Where is she?"
20629Who are you?"
20629Who did you find?"
20629Who is he?"
20629Who the syncopated Sissyphus is she?"
20629Who?
20629Why do you knock off to talk to me?"
20629Why not, after we''ve stood two years of each other without any serious dispute?
20629Why should he?
20629Why would n''t his Psyche picture fit in?
20629Why, you''re the one who''s going to handle that ore transportation deal for the Corrugated, ai n''t you?"
20629Why?
20629Will you come in a minute and thaw out in front of the wood fire?"
20629Will you, eh?
20629Wo n''t it be nice having them so near?"
20629Would he?
20629Would n''t six hours do the job?
20629You get me, I presume?"
20629You get me; eh, Torchy?"
20629You know how that home brew stuff works sometimes?"
20629You know?
20629You organized that, I suppose?"
20629You remember hearin''about the Countess, maybe?
20629You understand, Ellins?
20629You''re not having a dance or-- or anything, are you?"
20629You''re staying for dinner, are n''t you?"
20629You''ve heard of him, of course?"
20629Your cook, is she?"
20629boy?
20629demands Z. K."Got to get the work finished somehow, have n''t I?"
20629says Tony,"What you miss?"
20629says Z. K."Do you mean he was fired?"
20629what is this charge of$ 16.85 on my bill?''
3567, said the Emperor;to Court?"
3567Ah, Monsieur, if we condemn him, how shall we be able to acquit ourselves?
3567Am I;said Napoleon,"to regulate my actions by the Grand Marshal''s watch?
3567And indeed what order could Marshal Ney have given?
3567Bourrienne,said he,"can you imagine anything more pitiable than their system of finance?
3567Bourrienne,said he,"do you still keep up your acquaintance with the Fauchers?"
3567But is there none in the Guard''s chest? 3567 But,"added Reynier,"if you should persist in forcing him to resign the supreme power, whom will you put in his place?"
3567Can you carry it to this point? 3567 Did he speak about Egypt?"
3567Do you confess having been arrested in the place designated by the witness?
3567Do you know, Bourrienne,said he,"that I have been performing the duties of professor?"
3567Do you think I have time to read all your fooleries?
3567Do you think,returned he,"that my heart is less French than yours?
3567Had he not seduced his sisters, one after the other?
3567Has my wife been saying anything more to you about the Bourbons?
3567Has not your insatiable ambition brought us to this? 3567 Have you any one among your officers,"he asked,"who is well acquainted with Ragusa?"
3567Have you not read your bulletin?
3567Have you read this bulletin?
3567Have you seen him, Bourrienne?
3567How can I help it?
3567How can you expect,said Napoleon,"that I can accede to such a proposition?
3567How did Napoleon receive you?
3567How so?
3567How,said I, with thorough astonishment,"how came you to be employed in this affair?
3567Is it done, Noverraz?
3567Is it my fault?
3567Is it really true,said the Emperor to them,"that you thought of crossing the sea in this?"
3567Is, then, my power so insecure,said he,"that it may be put in peril by a single individual, and a prisoner?
3567Marshal,said the Emperor, before he opened the letter,"may this be read aloud?"
3567My dear Bourrienne,said he,"can you suppose that the elevated rank I have attained has altered my feelings towards you?
3567Of what do you complain?
3567Pray,said he,"am I not thought to be given to a belief in predestination?"
3567See,said he one day,"was there ever such an inconsistency?
3567Sieyès, however, is a very profound man.--"Profound?"
3567Simpleton,said Lefebvre,"why did you not come to me?
3567Sir, said the Emperor, getting more and more irritated,I have given the orders once more; why have they not been executed?
3567So, Monsieur Horan,said he,"you did not leave the Empress during her malady?"
3567That is not much good, is it?
3567Well and had you not the resource of weak states? 3567 Well, Bourrienne,"said Murat, after we had exchanged the usual courtesies,"well, what are you about now?"
3567Well, Doctor,said he to him,"are you satisfied with your patient-- is he obedient enough?
3567Well, Esmenard,said he,"do you still hold your place in the police?"
3567Well, General,said I,"what think you of our journey?
3567Well, General?
3567Well,asked the latter,"have you seen Bourrienne?"
3567Well,said he,"and what would you have done?"
3567Well?
3567What are you doing here?
3567What are you doing there, Bourrienne? 3567 What can I do?"
3567What did you go there for?
3567What have I said?
3567What is it,said he,"these babblers want?
3567What is it?
3567What is the matter?
3567What matters that? 3567 What pamphlet is this?
3567What signifies that,replied Bonaparte,"if it was necessary to the object he had in view?"
3567What was the cause of that malady?
3567What was the force of that army?
3567What will become of me,said he,"if the English, who are cruising hereabout, should learn that I have landed in Corsica?
3567What would you have, my dear?
3567What,said Josephine,"can be thought of this in Paris?
3567What; General, is it you?
3567Where are you going? 3567 Where have you been?"
3567Where is Duroc?
3567Where was my head when I made that grant?
3567Who could have foreseen,said he,"that after being your prisoner I should become the protector of your property?
3567Why,he said, addressing me hastily,"why was not my letter delivered yesterday evening?"
3567Would you believe, my dear friend, that the persons to whom I made these candid protestations laughed at my credulity? 3567 You are above these weaknesses; but what would you have?
3567You are in love? 3567 You are perhaps right, sir,"said M. de Blacas,"but what could I do?
3567You are, then, decidedly going to Asia?
3567You remarked it, Bourrienne?
3567You seem to admire him greatly,said Bonaparte to M. Lemercier;"what do you find in him so astonishing?
3567You will dine with me?
3567''Do you see this man?''
3567''Excommunicated you, my son?''
3567''For what purpose are we come here?''
3567''How is that?''
3567''I know,''said I,''that your Majesty may still keep the sword drawn, but with whom, and against whom?
3567''If they do not like me to remain in France, where am I to go?
3567''Should they,''thought I,''suffer for their mother''s faults?''
3567''Was not this well done, Bourrienne?''
3567''Well,''said I,''since it was so very right, why did you not follow my example, and why leave me to say all?''
3567''Well,''said the First Consul, advancing angrily towards Fouché,''will you still say that this is the Royalist party?''
3567''What do they mean to do with me?''
3567''What do they want with me?''
3567''What do you suppose they would do to a man disarmed like me?
3567''Why not America?''
3567''Why should I not stay here?''
3567''Will you have the goodness, Madame,''said he,''to go and wait for me at my head- quarters?
3567-- What could be expected from Regnier, charged as he was with incompatible functions?
3567--"A Chouan?"
3567--"A very young man, say you?
3567--"And how much did you pay him?"
3567--"And what did he say?"
3567--"And what then?"
3567--"And whose, then?"
3567--"Are you not my secretary?"
3567--"But are you sure he is against you?"
3567--"But the money?"
3567--"But what is to be done?
3567--"But, Sire, is she not as unhappy in being banished from her country and her friends as if she were in prison?"
3567--"Did he reproach me with nothing else?"
3567--"Did she see that she was dying?
3567--"Did you kill a man?"
3567--"Did you not choose him; why then can you not choose some one else to govern you?
3567--"Did you tell him I wished him to pay 6,000,000 into your chest?"
3567--"Do you imagine I do not think of it?
3567--"Do you think I am to be deceived by these fair promises?
3567--"Does not her conduct justify me in so doing?"
3567--"General, have you proofs against him?"
3567--"General, need I remind you that Louis, in his letter, guarantees the contrary of all you apprehend?
3567--"General,"said I,"on what do you ground this assurance?"
3567--"How came you to give your dog that name?"
3567--"How so, you little rogue; do you mean to insult me?"
3567--"How the devil should I know?"
3567--"I do not know; but is this the time to think of such a thing, when the eyes of all France are fixed upon you?
3567--"I, General?
3567--"In May?
3567--"Is he still at home?"
3567--"May I presume to inquire what it is?"
3567--"Nay, that is impossible."--"Why?"
3567--"Not a hair has escaped me: what say you?"
3567--"Oh no, it is worthless; what say you?"
3567--"Sire, how can you imagine my mother is happy when she is absent from her country and her friends?
3567--"Sire, my brother and myself had intended to settle in France, but how can we live in a country where our mother can not visit us?"
3567--"Sire, will your Majesty permit me to repeat that my mother has no wish whatever to mingle in society?
3567--"That is true, I certainly do not."--"Why?"
3567--"Then surely you would not harm the man by whom it is signed?"
3567--"Then why do you take the trouble to accompany me?"
3567--"Then you do not know where he is gone?"
3567--"Very badly, Sire."--"How?
3567--"Well, Bourrienne, are you of the opinion that Moreau is innocent?"
3567--"Well, Bourrienne, what do you say to it?
3567--"Well, General, why not take means to obviate the mischief you foresee?"
3567--"Well, then, why did you allow it to appear?"
3567--"What am I to understand by that?"
3567--"What can all this mean?"
3567--"What did he say?
3567--"What has Bourrienne done?"
3567--"What is it, and on whose behalf?"
3567--"What is it?"
3567--"What is your name?"
3567--"What is your objection to Desfournaux?"
3567--"What were you doing in Paris?"
3567--"What, sir?"
3567--"What, would you part from her?"
3567--"Where is Bourrienne?"
3567--"Where is your mother?"
3567--"Who was in company with you?"
3567--"Whom have you seen in Paris?"
3567--"Why should I be in uniform?"
3567--"Why should I not?
3567--"Why, General?"
3567--"Will not your troops join me in an advance on Paris?"
3567--"Will she like that?"
3567--"Yes, Sire, she loved you, and she would have proved it had it not been for dread of displeasing you: she had conceived an idea."--"How?
3567--"You believe that?"
3567--''And who has not, Sire?''
3567--''But if I were to pardon you would you be grateful for my mercy?''
3567--''By whom were you sent?
3567--''Did you intend to kill me then?''
3567--''Did you mean to attempt his life?''--''Yes.''--''Why?''
3567--''Does your Majesty suppose that I can bind myself by such an engagement?
3567--''Have I done you any harm?''
3567--''How long have you been in Vienna?''
3567--''Is this the first time you have seen me?''
3567--''She will doubtless be much distressed at your adventure?''
3567--''What condition, Sire?''
3567--''What could I do?''
3567--''What did you intend to do with your knife?''
3567--''What do you mean?''
3567--''What does he say respecting the new regulation for the court- dresses?''
3567--''What is your father?''
3567--''Whose portrait is that which was found on you?''
3567--''Why did you wait so long before you attempted the execution of your project?''
3567--''Why did you wish to kill me?''
3567--''You are ill, then?''
3567--''You are mad, young man; you are one of the illuminati?''
3567--[Here Bourrienne says in a note"Where did Sir Walter Scott learn that we were neither seen nor recognised?
3567--he exclaimed,"is it possible you can be guilty of such baseness as this?
3567After pinching my ear and asking his usual questions, such as,"What does the world say?
3567After reading the report, would you believe that the Emperor flew into a furious passion?
3567After this, what more can be wanted?
3567Against whom did Bonaparte propose to protect them?
3567Am I no better than M. d''Artois?
3567Am I not your comrade?
3567Am I quite right?"
3567Am I strong enough to overcome all those obstacles?"
3567Am I then an advance- guard King?"
3567Am I to trouble much longer the digestion of Kings?"
3567And am I not ready to do so again?"
3567And as to the third, can he find pleasure or honour in humiliation of his son- in- law?
3567And at what a time did this disaster befall him?
3567And patting his belly with both his hands,''Can a man,''he asked,''so fat as I am be ambitious?''
3567And then what title has the Chamber to demand my abdication?
3567And was this not to be obtained?
3567And who was Ney to charge?
3567And why should he have done so?
3567And, finally, what must be done with them when under the ramparts of that town, if we should be able to take them there?
3567Apropos, Bourrienne, have you seen Corvisart?"
3567Are not all the debts of the State sacred?"
3567Are you in a hurry?
3567Are you jesting with me?
3567Are you satisfied?
3567Are you satisfied?"
3567Are you satisfied?"
3567Are you then tired of peace?
3567As M. de Stael advanced towards the Emperor the latter said,"Whence do you come?"
3567As for me, have I not, I ask you, made sufficient advances to him?
3567As he was an eyewitness, why does he not state the whole truth, and say that on her return Bonaparte refused to see her and did not see her?
3567As soon as he entered the apartment in which Napoleon was the latter stepped up to him and said,"Well, how are things going on?"
3567As we passed the Place Louis XV., now Louis XVI., he asked me what Napoleon was doing, and what my opinion was as to the coming events?
3567At another time he would say,"Your dress is none of the cleanest..... Do you ever change your gown?
3567At this period even Madame de Stael said, in a party where the firmness of M. Barbs Marbois was the topic of conversation--"What, he inflexible?
3567Austria, Russia, and Prussia have all had a slice of the cake; when the match is once kindled who knows where, the conflagration may stop?
3567Besides, what could be meant by the reasonable equivalent from England?
3567Bonaparte inquired if some fairy were to offer to gratify all his wishes what he would ask?
3567Bonaparte, is it possible you could suspect Bourrienne, who is so attached to you, and who is your only friend?
3567Bonaparte, not knowing of the little step down into the room, slipped and nearly fell,"Where is Bourrienne?"
3567Bonaparte, on seeing the pearls, did not fail to say to Madame,"What is it you have got there?
3567Bourrienne, are we not old comrades?
3567But are there no means of making them refund?
3567But can a man of sound sense listen for one moment to such a doctrine?
3567But for that I must have twenty years, and who can count on the future?
3567But for this imaginary resistance, officially announced, how would it have been possible to justify the spoliations and exactions which ensued?
3567But how can that fact be ascertained, since General d''Hautpoult was killed on that same day?
3567But if there was duplicity at Vienna was there not folly, nay, blindness, in the Cabinet of the Tuileries?
3567But is that case could I have expected more from him than from my own brother?
3567But is there not some ground for suspecting the fidelity of him who writes or dictates his own history?
3567But it may be said to me, Why should we place more confidence in you than in those who have written before you?
3567But on which side is truth?
3567But once more, what is there to fear?
3567But tell me, what would you do if he were to return?"
3567But under what pretext was the absence of the conqueror of Montebello to be procured?
3567But what are men?
3567But what can be done against illuminism?
3567But what could Mallet do?
3567But what did Napoleon himself say on the subject at St. Helena?
3567But what does this signify to England?
3567But what has been the result of this great political spoliation?
3567But why did he wish to stamp false initials on things with which neither he nor his reign had any connection; as, for example the old Louvre?
3567But why was it not addressed directly to me by Macdonald?"
3567But why?
3567But, even relying on his good faith, would be he able to keep his promise?
3567But, on the other hand, did not the people evince decided obstinacy and insubordination?
3567Can I confine him in the Temple?
3567Can it for a moment be doubted that the principal agents of authority daily committed the most fraudulent peculations?
3567Can not you stay a few minutes longer?"
3567Can she not go to Rome, to Berlin, to Vienna, to Milan, or to London?
3567Can the mercy which they have exercised even in the fury of battle be extinct in their hearts?
3567Can there be a more evident, a more direct proof of this than the digging of the grave beforehand?
3567Can there be anything in common between me and the refugees of Geneva?"
3567Can you disbelieve in God?
3567Can you endure to think of the dismemberment of our country?"
3567Can you see how far reaction would extend?"
3567Citizen, what say they of Bonaparte?
3567Could I be Prefect of Police under a Minister whom a short time before I had received orders to arrest, but who eluded my agents?
3567Could I doubt the truth of Bouvet de Lozier''s declaration, under the circumstances in which it was made?
3567Could I foresee that he would deny his first declaration when brought before the Court?
3567Could I suffer such open conspiracies against the Government?
3567Could it be done?
3567Could it ever have been imagined that the correspondence of the army, to whom he addressed this proclamation, teemed with accusations against him?
3567Could justice, that safeguard of human rights, be duly administered in the Hanse Towns when those towns were converted into French departments?
3567Could she make that sacrifice?
3567Could there be a greater proof of the Consul''s horror of tyranny?
3567Could they be incorporated, disarmed, with our soldiers in the ranks?
3567Could we even tell what might occur during the march?
3567Could we reasonably rely upon Austria?
3567Could you believe for one moment that I would tamper with a magistrate in order to induce him to exercise an unjust rigour?"
3567Could you believe that during the trial he went about clamouring in behalf of Moreau?
3567Detain him?
3567Did he do well?
3567Did he talk of a divorce?"
3567Did not all the Kings that I created act nearly in the same manner?
3567Did she show courage?"
3567Did she suffer much?"
3567Did you ever know an instance of so important an announcement proving untrue after it had been published in the London Gazette?
3567Did you ever know men rise by their own merit under kings?
3567Did you say that the fools of the Faubourg St. Germain would multiply the copies of this protest of Comte de Lille?
3567Do n''t you think we have not worked badly since that time?
3567Do not I know what he did at Lyons and the Loire?
3567Do you imagine that all those who came to flatter me were sincere?
3567Do you know that you have all of you been the cause of my not following up the battle of Chebreisse?
3567Do you know what passed when I took him aside?
3567Do you not read them?
3567Do you recollect the necklace?"
3567Do you remember what you said to me in the Rue St. Anne nearly two years ago?"
3567Do you suppose I am ignorant of what he said of me and of my vote at the National Convention?
3567Do you suppose I am not acquainted with everything?
3567Do you swear?"
3567Do you think I am to be imposed upon by that word?
3567Do you think I would have left you alone with a man like that?
3567Do you think to overawe us by this?
3567Do you wish to have an idea of their appearance?
3567Does any one imagine that the Foreign Powers will be won over by fine words?
3567Does he sulk at me?
3567Does not every State creditor say the same of his debt?
3567Does not this form a singular contrast with the patriotic munificence displayed at the death of General Foy?
3567Education-- is it not?
3567Feeling the cold air which came up the staircase he pressed my arm and said,''Are they going to put me into a dungeon?''"
3567Finding me still alone with the sentinel, he asked me, smiling,"whether I had not been frightened?"
3567Flattery?
3567For whom did I fight at Bassano?
3567Four years ago did I not with a feeble army drive before me hordes of Sardinians and Austrians, and scour the face of Italy?
3567General, what security would you have?"
3567Genevieve?"
3567Grouchy, Ney, D''Erlon-- was there treachery or was it merely misfortune?
3567Had he attached himself to me, I would doubtless have conferred on him the title of First Marshal of the Empire; but what could I do?
3567Has he not been voluntarily chosen Prince Royal of Sweden; may he not also be raised to the same rank in France?
3567Has not England sent assassins?"
3567Has not Savary also eventually got his police?
3567Have I agents in London to disturb the Government of Great Britain?
3567Have I food for them?--ships to convey them to Egypt or France?
3567Have I not always been contending either with domestic enemies or foreign foes?
3567Have I not been wounded twenty times among you?
3567Have I not shared your fatigues and privations?
3567Have I positive and substantive proof of what I assert?
3567Have I the giving of them?
3567Have not some of the intriguers put it into his head that I regard him with jealousy?
3567Have not the keys of Damascus already been offered me?
3567Have the soldiers of liberty become executioners?
3567Have they calculated upon the inevitable consequences of this abdication?
3567Have they not actually consumed 75,000,000 in advance?
3567Have you heard any bad news?"
3567Have you not sacrificed everything to that ambition, even the happiness of France?
3567He asked Antommarchi if 500 guineas would satisfy the English physician, and if he himself would like to serve Maria Louisa in quality of a physician?
3567He asked me whether I would go with him?
3567He asked, jestingly,"How it was that he frequently beat those who beat better players than himself?"
3567He complained of being accused of ambition; and observing that I looked astonished and doubtful--''What?''
3567He considered victory to be a thing that was impossible, and even with a victory, what would have become of the expedition?
3567He may have reported to you what he pleased, but could not I do the same by him?
3567He merely said,''So you have seen Bourrienne?
3567He never failed to ask whence they came?
3567He one day said to me:"What gross stupidity, is this?
3567He said:"The three armies, of the North, of the Rhine, and of the Sambre- et- Meuse, are to form only one, the army of Germany.--Augereau?
3567He says that he made us Kings; but did we not make him an Emperor?
3567He showed me this letter, saying,"What do you think of it?
3567He then asked,"Was she long ill?
3567He will not remain at Savona, and where does he wish I should send him?"
3567Here Josephine again interrupted me by exclaiming,"My kind friend, when you spoke of children did he say anything to you?
3567His favourite phrase, which was every moment on his lips, must not be forgotten--"What will history say-- what will posterity think?"
3567How are your children?
3567How can this be answered?
3567How could he be otherwise?
3567How could he have supported the establishment he did with only 15,000 francs of income and the emoluments of his rank?
3567How could it be otherwise?
3567How could it ever be said that the Directory"kept General Bonaparte away from the great interests which were under discussion at Rastadt"?
3567How could it ever be said that the Duc d''Enghien perished as a presumed accomplice in the conspiracy of Georges?
3567How could that Prince write to Bonaparte to offer him his services and to solicit the command of an army?
3567How could you suffer such a snare to be laid for him?
3567How do you think a man can make friends unless he keeps a good table?
3567How does this declaration tally with his avowal, that if he had received the Prince''s letter he should have lived?
3567How give credit to assertions so very opposite?
3567How have they made their fortunes?
3567How is this precipitation to be explained?
3567How shall I be sure that you will not compromise other persons equally unjustly?
3567How then should the news alluded to have escaped me?
3567How was it that the name of the illustrious accused was not once mentioned in the course of that awful trial?
3567How was she to wear a necklace purchased without her husband''s knowledge?
3567However great Napoleon may have been, was he not also liable to pay his tribute to the weakness of human nature?
3567I asked Josephine whether she wore out two hats in one day?
3567I asked him to give me his word that he would do nothing against me; what do you think was his answer?"
3567I at first refused my sanction to this measure; but after the charge made against him by Bouvet de Lozier, how could I act otherwise than I did?
3567I had passed the evening of this day with M. de Talleyrand, who then observed to the Emperor Alexander in my presence,"Will you support Bonaparte?
3567I have kept no memoranda of their names; and indeed, what advantage would there have been in doing so?
3567I immediately recognised the Duc de Berry,''How, Monseigneur, is it you?''
3567I know well there are societies where it is said,"Is this blood, then, so pure?"
3567I know what will be your answer; but are you not able to impose whatever conditions you may think fit?
3567I made some observations on the subject, and in particular asked whether there were sufficient proofs of his guilt to justify his condemnation?
3567I mentioned this to Bonaparte, and I immediately perceived by his hasty"What do you say?"
3567I remember that one of his chief arguments was this:"What is it that distinguishes men?
3567I replied,''do you imagine the nation will suffer a bastard to govern it?
3567I sacrificed my home, abandoned my property, and lost everything for the Republic?
3567I then asked him what he intended to do with the knife which had been found upon him?
3567I was about to depart when Fouché; called me back saying,"Why are you in such haste?
3567I was directed to answer,"The First Consul,"to the sentinel''s challenge of,"Who goes there?"
3567I will suppose myself again victorious; but what should I do in London with an army diminished three- fourths and without the hope of reinforcements?
3567I wished for the empire of the world, as who would not have done in my place?
3567I wished that he would deny the attempt; but how was it possible to save a man who was determined to sacrifice himself?
3567If I were to name you King of Spain would you accept the offer?
3567If he was not so implicated, where is the proof of his guilt?
3567If it admits it, what kind of predetermined result can that be which a simple resolution, a step, a word, may alter or modify ad infinitum?
3567If the infected were removed, why not mention it?
3567If, as Napoleon has declared, the young Bourbon was an accomplice in the crime, why was he not arrested at the time the others were?
3567Immediately after Napoleon''s examination of the young fanatic he sent for M. de Champagny:"How are the negotiations going on?"
3567In a few minutes Bonaparte entered, and taking up the pamphlet pretended to look through it:"Have you read this?"
3567In what a tone of sincerity did he say to me one day, when returning from the parade,"Bourrienne, do you hear the acclamations still resounding?
3567In what class am I placed?
3567Indeed, what said article 5 of this law?
3567Instead of giving an explanation of what he had said, he began to make fresh accusations; and against whom?
3567Is Fortune to be again brought forward here?
3567Is he ill?''
3567Is he not satisfied with being a King?''
3567Is he still here?"
3567Is he the author?"
3567Is history to be written from such documents?
3567Is it astonishing that this obscurity and vagueness should have banished all confidence on the part of the Plenipotentiaries of the Allied powers?
3567Is it believed that axioms in metaphysics, declarations of right, harangues from the tribune, will put a stop to the disbanding of an army?
3567Is it not betraying Europe to introduce Asiatic barbarities into her disputes?
3567Is it not criminal to bring foreign invasion upon a country?
3567Is it possible that you disown me?
3567Is it thus that you dare affront a Marshal of France who has bled for his country, and grown gray in victory?
3567Is it, I ask again, is it while the enemy is in France that you should have done this?
3567Is not Wright, who landed Georges and his accomplices at Dieppe, a captain in the British navy?
3567Is there treason here?
3567Is this the recompense you had in store for me?
3567It must, however, be respected, for it had its source in love of their country; but, while we excuse it, can it be justified?
3567It was impossible that the monarch could remain at the Capital, and yet, where was he to go?
3567It was not so with the Prussian Commissioner, to whom he said duly,"Are there any Prussians in my escort?"
3567It was speedily ascertained that the little advanced guard of the headquarters had not heard the"Qui vive?"
3567It was then asked how we could, without that consent, have attempted such an enterprise?
3567Let him sell his property and quit?
3567Madame Bonaparte informed me that she had heard persons to whom Bonaparte expressed a desire to recall me observe,"What would you do?
3567May I count on you?
3567Medicine was really the only political fraud to which Josephine had recourse; and in her situation what other woman would not have done as much?
3567Must Europe again be deluged with blood?
3567Napoleon broke out,"Yea, that he may end in the same manner as that of Alexander?
3567Napoleon said to the individual in question,''Well, does not the Prince regret leaving France?''
3567Napoleon would say,"why does she not ask me herself: is the girl afraid of me?"
3567Napoleon''s countenance was so altered that the Marshal, struck with the change, said, as if it were involuntarily,"Is your Majesty indisposed?"
3567Of these how many were for me?
3567On Sunday, the 9th of May, Lucien came to see Madame Bonaparte, who said to him,"Why did you not come to dinner last Monday?"
3567On coming into Napoleon''s presence he said,"What do you want, General?"
3567On reading that a slight sneer was observable in his countenance, and he said,"What are these idiots dreaming of?
3567On showing their warrant Fouché said,"What does this mean?
3567On this rock?
3567One day Napoleon said to Las Cases,"Your orthography is not correct, is it?"
3567One day, after a long pause, he said to me:"Do you know what I am thinking of?"
3567Ought I to have given it another King?
3567Ought the representatives to reduce the Government to the necessity of being unjust and impolitic?
3567Parbleu,"said Bonaparte,"that is Fouché?"
3567Salicetti, you know me; and I ask whether you have observed anything in my conduct for the last five years which can afford ground of suspicion?
3567She had asked him whether the tyrant was soon to pass that way?
3567She loved me truly-- she-- did she not?
3567She said to her father,"Would he too make me a prisoner before your eyes?
3567Should the prisoners be set at liberty?
3567Should they be embarked?
3567Should they be sent into Egypt?
3567Since the commencement of the Revolution, have I not always been attached to its principles?
3567Since you and I separated have you heard them repeated?"
3567Staps asked who Corvisart was?
3567Tell him so if you see him again, But is it not my duty to bestow as much in charity as I can?"
3567Tell me why you wish the Bourbons back?
3567The Emperor has treated you unjustly; and to whom has he not been unjust?
3567The Emperor put the following questions to Staps, which I translated, together with the answers:"''Where do you come from?''
3567The First Consul recollected him, and ordered him to be shown into his cabinet.--"What, are you here?"
3567The master could have his minister hanged with public applause, and the minister could hang-- whom?
3567The motives may be explained, but can they be justified?
3567The six battalions of the division of Nimes want clothes, equipment, and drilling, say you?
3567The treaty contained no stipulation dishonourable to Russia, whose territory was preserved inviolate; but how was Prussia treated?
3567Then how oppose all the Austrian forces that will march to the protection of Vienna?
3567Then, after a moment''s pause, he added, still addressing Macdonald,"Marshal, where shall I go?"
3567Then, suddenly changing the subject of conversation, he said,''Have you not lately observed something extraordinary in Murat?
3567There is no doubt of that, Sire; but because you are not liked in these two Courts, is it to be inferred that they would assassinate you?''
3567There is the Hotel de Noailles-- why do n''t you take it, and furnish it in proper style?"
3567They wish to be citizens-- why did they not know how to continue so?
3567This boasting might impose on those who did not see the real state of things; but what were we to think of it?
3567This he might have said; but if he did so express himself, how are we to reconcile such a declaration with the statement of O''Meara?
3567This is not what you will approve the most, but in my present situation what signifies it?
3567This plan was all very well, but how was it to be put into execution?
3567This resolution could have originated only with himself, for who would have dared to suggest it to him?
3567This was from zeal, but was not the First Consul right in saying that such zeal was unfortunate?
3567This was true; but how was it to be prevented?
3567Thus, when I am mistrustful of myself I ask, should I have been treated so at the Tuileries?
3567To England?
3567To such arguments what could have been answered?
3567To this he would not have failed to add,"Whose are the votes opposed to me?
3567Twice have 24,000,000 of French called me to the throne: which of you durst undertake such a burden?
3567Upon which the Consul angrily interrupted him, saying,"Do you think I am a mere capuchin?
3567Vexed at receiving no satisfactory answer to his inquiries he called Rapp, and said,"Do you know, Rapp, where Bourrienne is?"
3567Was I to abandon Holland to our enemies?
3567Was I to be received by my old comrade of Brienne, or by His Imperial Majesty?
3567Was Ney to be the one man to shoot down his old leader?
3567Was Ney to deliberately kill his old commander?
3567Was ever such an account of a dynasty given?
3567Was it too abrupt a transition from the habits of the twelve preceding years?
3567Was not the rapidity of the Emperor''s first operations a thing hitherto unprecedented?
3567Was not this opinion of Bonaparte, formed on the past, fully verified by the future?
3567Was there any other charge against him, or had calumny triumphed over the services he had rendered to his country?
3567Was this possible?
3567Was, then, the time for this innovation not yet arrived?
3567Well, whom do you think I mean to appoint in his place?
3567Were I to allow you to march out, what security can I have that you will not join them, and afterwards fight against me?
3567What are you about?
3567What can France do against you?
3567What can he want?
3567What can she want more?
3567What could I do, Collot?
3567What could I do?
3567What could I do?
3567What could I say to them?
3567What could I say, what could I do?
3567What could be more iniquitous than to attack me without a declaration of war?
3567What could he achieve against the English in Portugal?
3567What did Bernadotte do?
3567What did I do?
3567What do people say of that buffoon, Bonaparte?"
3567What do these people owe me?
3567What do you mean?
3567What do you mean?"
3567What do you think I did at the Temple?
3567What do you think is the point his negotiations put most forward?
3567What do you think of that, Bourrienne?"
3567What do you want me to do with them?"
3567What does all this flight of imagination mean?
3567What does he desire of me?"
3567What does it contain?
3567What happened?
3567What has been the result of the first war?
3567What in the world can be more ridiculous than commercial laws carried out to one''s own detriment?
3567What is a Christian dog to a Turk?
3567What is nature?
3567What is said about it in Paris?"
3567What is said on the subject?"
3567What is the result at present?
3567What is the result of it?
3567What mean the prayers and mysterious fasts you have ordered?
3567What means were not employed to mislead the opinion of the public respecting Moreau?
3567What might happen in the event of a battle before St. Jean d''Acre?
3567What more could we do in Syria but lose men and time, neither of which the General had to spare?
3567What now remains of Austerlitz?
3567What resistance could it have opposed to the man destined to change the face of all Europe?
3567What respect, indeed, could Bonaparte entertain for the applicants to the treasury of the opera?
3567What right had he to call him"General"Bonaparte?
3567What shall I gain by it?
3567What should he have cared for the column which we beheld on our arrival in Alexandria had it not been Pompey''s pillar?
3567What sort of a history would he write who should consult only the pages of the''Moniteur''?
3567What sovereign can, without injuring himself, persecute me?
3567What the devil am I to do, then?"
3567What then are the feelings of your army?"
3567What then remained for me to do?
3567What think you I ought to do?
3567What think you?"
3567What think you?"
3567What trade could possibly exist under the Continental system, and the ruinous severity of the customs?
3567What was Bonaparte''s conduct?
3567What was the consequence?
3567What was the course pursued by Napoleon when, being at war with Russia, he wished to detach Sweden from her alliance with Alexander?
3567What was the result of that memorable expedition?
3567What was to be done?
3567What will be the result of your conduct?
3567What will become of poor France?
3567What will become of us when you are gone?
3567What would be said of so sudden a reconciliation?
3567What would happen if the importation of these goods were absolutely prohibited in Hamburg?
3567What would have become of me had I been in Verona on the Monday?
3567What would have ensued?
3567What would he do with me?
3567What would she have done?"
3567What would that language have been?
3567What''s the meaning of this, madame?
3567What, after all, was this new oath?
3567What, in fact, was the Emperor Alexander''s situation with respect to France?
3567What, in fact, was the population of these remnants of the grand Hanseatic League of the Middle Ages?
3567What, therefore, do you expect me to do?
3567What, under such circumstances, could have been expected even from a man gifted with great talents?
3567What, who are you?
3567When Bonaparte returned to his cabinet he said to Rapp,"Tell me, Rapp, why you left these doors open, and stopped with Bourrienne?"
3567When I had examined it I said,"General, it has been due for a long time; why have you not got it paid?
3567When I returned to the tent of the General- in- Chief he asked,"How is Caffarelli?"
3567When I saluted the General, whom I had not seen for twelve days, he thus addressed me:"So you are here, are you?
3567When I spoke in confidence to your brother, could I regard him as an inquisitor?"
3567When do you think of setting out?"
3567When he looked at them he said,"Here is money-- what is the meaning of this?"
3567When shall we pay a visit to London with those brave fellows?"
3567When the day''s work was done,"Let us see,"said Talleyrand;"what did Monsieur say?
3567When we were alone the General said to me,"Well, what do you think of that?"
3567Where did you get these pearls?
3567Where had they disembarked, who had received them; what had been done with them?
3567Where is he?"
3567Where was your support-- your strength?
3567Where were the ships?--Where could they be found?
3567Where, then, would have been her navy, her trade and even her existence?
3567While negligently rolling his balls about he muttered these words:''Do you ever see Bourrienne now?''
3567Who but a thorough Republican, the stanch friend of equality, would have done this?
3567Who can assure us that that General had been able to communicate with the Marshal?
3567Who could grant them?
3567Who could have suggested to him such an act as this?"
3567Who could help being intoxicated by so much enthusiasm?
3567Who has not made a pilgrimage to Vincennes and dropped a tear where the victim fell?
3567Who urged you to this crime?''
3567Who would believe it?
3567Who would not suppose from this phrase that Napoleon had taken no part whatever in the great financial operation between Spain and South America?
3567Who would suppose it?
3567Who, in Heaven''s name, has not already inhabited this palace?
3567Who, indeed, could be so blind as not to see that the ruin of the Continent would be the triumph of British commerce?
3567Why allow her to have all the advantages of the first step?
3567Why are you vexed at such trifles?
3567Why be silent on so important an event?
3567Why did he get Talleyrand to ask me for a passport?
3567Why did he not apply for a passport as every one else does?
3567Why did the cannon- balls spare me only to die in this deplorable manner?
3567Why did they wink at the accumulation in the Tuileries of the contributions and exactions levied in, conquered countries?
3567Why did you go and get into debt with that-----?
3567Why did you not make your complaints in private to me?
3567Why do you remain Minister of the Police if you wish to betray me?
3567Why do you return with the First Consul?
3567Why does he make himself a Neapolitan?
3567Why is he not a Frenchman?
3567Why not anticipate her?
3567Why should I have dreaded it?
3567Why should not France, if it ceases to be free, prefer the race of her ancient kings?
3567Why should she wish to place herself immediately within the reach of my tyranny?
3567Why should the Russians have the right of opposing destiny and thwarting our just designs?
3567Why the devil, then, do you come to me for advice?
3567Why then fight for a few paltry villages?
3567Why then should it be put upon record?
3567Why this silence?
3567Why, in the devil''s name, have they served me thus?"
3567Will you breakfast with me tomorrow morning?''
3567Will you send, for this purpose, your power of attorney to Baciocchi, or to whomsoever you think fit?
3567With eyes burning with rage, he exclaimed in an excited voice,"Why have my orders not been executed?"
3567With this conviction, would he have left the head apothecary in that town?
3567Would it be believed?
3567Would so long an interval have been suffered to elapse before he was arrested?
3567Would they wish to proclaim in the face of the world that all they did was through fear?
3567Would you believe it,"pursued Rapp,"that neither Murat nor Berthier said a word in reply?
3567Would you believe it?
3567Would you have dared to fire on me?''
3567Would you imagine it?
3567Yet that is the way your grandfather defended Louis XVI..... As to the confiscation you speak of, what does that prove?
3567Yet what was this liberty?
3567You are a brave fellow-- I saw you at Aboukir-- how is your old father?
3567You deceive me at St. Helena?
3567You expect the Russians?
3567You have never given credit to the horrid accusation?"
3567You make remonstrances; is this a time, when the stranger invades our provinces, and 200,000 Cossacks are ready to overflow our country?
3567You see to what a string of absurdities that will lead?"
3567You talk of the future; but what will be the future fate of France?
3567Your Majesty may convince yourself of it; would you without need expose the lives of so many men?"
3567and then Napoleon much affected drew close to M. Horan, and added,"You say that she was in grief; from what did that arise?"
3567are you not angry when at length the truth reaches your ear?"
3567are you satisfied?"
3567but why?
3567carried off?
3567continued Rapp,"what could I do?
3567could he, as he asked, stop the sea with his hands?
3567did he really say so?"
3567did you venture so far?"
3567do you not see that the Druses only wait for the fall of Acre to rise in rebellion?
3567etc.,"he said to me,"By the by, have you attended the proceedings against Moreau?"
3567exclaimed he,"does Chateaubriand think I am a fool, and that I do not know what he means?
3567has calumny such powerful charms that, once they are submitted to, their yoke can not be broken?
3567have I nothing but my cloak and my sword now?''"
3567have you not got the Cross?
3567he added,''have I accustomed them to such great victories that they knew not how to bear one day''s misfortune?
3567he continued,''am I ambitious then?''
3567he exclaimed,"what is your opinion?
3567he said,"Why was I not there to take my chance?
3567how could you send me such reports as these?
3567how many children they had, and who their husbands were?
3567how?"
3567is it not good?"
3567is not now sitting opposite to you?
3567is that all?
3567nothing-- all authority is in the Throne; and what is the Throne?
3567repeated Napoleon hastily,"and what is that something else?"
3567said Bonaparte,"it is Chateaubriand''s book, is it?
3567said the soldier,"why does he come with his diplomacy to such a devil of a country as this?"
3567she used to speak of me then?"
3567then a crime is nothing to you?''
3567to wish to hear that preface?
3567was any general ever expected to undergo such a test?
3567was it not in your power to let them escape?"
3567were they not to blame in throwing stones at the guard, forcing the palisades, and even refusing to listen to the voice of the magistrates?
3567what are you about?"
3567what course they had sailed?
3567what have we here?
3567what is your opinion of it?"
3567what ships they had met?
3567what was their destination?
3567what will become of us?"
3567what will become of us?"
3567who could then have foreseen that the duchy of Cambacérès would become the refuge of a Princess of Austria, the widowed wife of Napoleon Bonaparte?
3567would you believe it?
3567would you go with him?"
33293A fancy price for my fancy? 33293 A long call, was n''t it?"
33293A thing like that seems to sweep across life like a hurricane, does n''t it? 33293 About the marriage?"
33293Admiration?
33293Ah, Alban, how are you? 33293 Ah, well, what was the truth about it-- who can tell now?
33293Alison''s? 33293 Am I so much the worse man of the two?"
33293And Aunt Sarah?
33293And I suppose that we adjourn--_sine die_?
33293And Mr. Austin, too, will forget all about our little quarrel?
33293And a gentleman?
33293And are you going to write the notes and do the accounts yourself?
33293And did all go smoothly with the clergyman''s family?
33293And do n''t you think I''m the happiest man on earth?
33293And if he has already decided against us?
33293And it also seems to you that that would be very easy?
33293And ought n''t she to apologize for driving restive horses? 33293 And perhaps I''m a bit too big-- and you''re hardly that yet, are you?"
33293And she''s there, I suppose, is n''t she?
33293And that sets fools gossiping, I suppose?
33293And the mother?
33293And what had she done?
33293And what might n''t it be for my dear man who''s dead?
33293And what was she like?
33293And with you, too, I hope?
33293And you ask me no questions?
33293And you met her?
33293And you were very meek and mild?
33293And you''re loftily indifferent about Aunt Sarah?
33293And-- er--''Chat''was governess at the Simpsons'', was she?
33293Annoyed, is n''t he?
33293Another row? 33293 Any news from the house?"
33293Are even good things soiled if they are taken from that hand?
33293Are they still there?
33293Are we? 33293 Are you beginning to feel a little responsible?
33293Are you dining with any other friends to- night?
33293Are you free to come for a walk?
33293Are you going to clear out for the Institute?
33293Are you human?
33293At five- and- twenty?
33293At the Flower Show? 33293 Aunt Sarah''ll do the cursing-- but who cares for that?"
33293Before the county? 33293 Before you give your answer?"
33293Brave? 33293 Bribe-- and bully?"
33293But confoundedly conceited?
33293But did you come here only to say things like that? 33293 But does that make things any better?"
33293But if one can afford a romance? 33293 But if she doesn''t-- if she need n''t?"
33293But my father? 33293 But she need n''t hurry, need she?
33293But so often against the results of it?
33293But what are you going to do with him?
33293But what will Mr. Octon say to that?
33293But what----?
33293But who''s going to live in it-- unless you are, Austin?
33293But why should it be?
33293But why? 33293 But you do n''t know perhaps how much I''ve made out of these marvelous books in the last four years?
33293But you''ll accept his decision? 33293 But you''re set on it?"
33293Ca n''t you really guess? 33293 Ca n''t you see-- can''t you understand?"
33293Ca n''t you understand why I do this?
33293Can you understand business?
33293Changed her mind and come back sooner? 33293 Come in?"
33293Come now, does your position interfere with your friendships? 33293 Could I persuade you to drop in, too, Mr. Dormer?
33293Damn it, does she want Lacey for herself, after all?
33293Depends a bit on the relative ages, does n''t it?
33293Did Lacey bring the parson?
33293Did he give you a card, Loft?
33293Did he never see her?
33293Did he say I was a scholar?
33293Did he?
33293Did it look so like it this afternoon?
33293Did n''t he deserve to be deluded? 33293 Did n''t we agree that I was-- marriageable?
33293Did she come alone?
33293Did she love my father very much?
33293Did she say anything about it herself?
33293Did she tell you anything interesting about him?
33293Did you get at Powers? 33293 Did you quarrel?"
33293Do you agree with what these gentlemen say?
33293Do you know a sandy- haired boy who wears a red cap and rides a girl''s bicycle?
33293Do you know that this is a most exciting evening?
33293Do you know where your father is?
33293Do you know, Mr. Austin, you''re really rather handsome?
33293Do you leave by an early train to- morrow?
33293Do you live in the house?
33293Do you mind if I come, too? 33293 Do you think I''m right in the determination I''ve come to about myself?"
33293Do you think that Miss Driver would wish to receive a call from me?
33293Does Miss Driver know this?
33293Does he stay long?
33293Does it really amuse you to play the fool just now?
33293Does she mean to let the house?
33293Does that explain anything else I''ve said?
33293Does that gentleman come from Cheltenham?
33293Even if one does n''t marry, it''s something to be marriageable, is n''t it?
33293Father would have thought him dull and pompous, would n''t he? 33293 For her?"
33293Friendship is surely mutual?
33293From me? 33293 Get rid of him?"
33293Gives me the best advice he can, speaking his mind honestly, without fear and in friendship?
33293Going to stay?
33293Got any tobacco and a drink, Mr. Austin? 33293 Grown up, of course, by now, is n''t she?
33293Happy here? 33293 Has he such a bad character among you as that?"
33293Has it Miss Driver''s approval?
33293Have we any other business?
33293Have you any objection?
33293Have you any objection?
33293Have you been here long?
33293Have you got the card?
33293Have you no care for what you love?
33293Have you seen him since-- since the end, Austin?
33293Have you? 33293 He does n''t know you''ve come here, of course?"
33293He seemed to refer to-- Cheltenham?
33293He was n''t at all a scholar himself, I suppose?
33293He would have decided against it?
33293He''s to live at Ivydene?
33293Heavens, have I been making thrusts at you? 33293 Here?"
33293His coming upset your brilliant idea?
33293His snatching away the whip and breaking it-- isn''t that bad?
33293How can it? 33293 How could you expect a girl to think about them in such circumstances?"
33293How dare you say that? 33293 How did he look?"
33293How did the-- the governor behave?
33293How did they dare to be so malicious about her? 33293 How did you manage it?"
33293How do you know she dislikes you, if you come to that? 33293 How does she know I dislike her?"
33293How does she look?
33293Hunting people, will they? 33293 I do hope she''s not distressed about this morning?"
33293I go back with the promise of your neutrality?
33293I hope Miss Driver is well?
33293I hope you know that-- that he and I parted-- that day-- in a-- a friendly way?
33293I hope you''re well, Mr. Austin? 33293 I say, I suppose you''re pretty well in the know up there, are n''t you?"
33293I say, do you think Octon had a right to say that?
33293I say, how long ought we to give the governor?
33293I say, may I come over the day after to- morrow? 33293 I say, would n''t you like to see over it?
33293I shall have to be?
33293I suppose I seem to her-- and perhaps to you-- a very ineffectual person?
33293I suppose you''re aware that you pay me four hundred pounds a year?
33293I thought that perhaps Lacey would have told you about her?
33293I wonder, Austin, whether you''re aware how matters stand between Miss Driver and my father?
33293I''m afraid we must tell him our plans, Austin-- in strict confidence?
33293I''m sure you do, but--I could not help blurting it out--"won''t her being here make matters worse?"
33293I? 33293 If I use the road, and she comes back and finds me using it, where am I?"
33293If he knows, what does it matter whether he finds me or not? 33293 If he wo n''t be dissuaded?"
33293If there is no more, what was easier than to say so, to lay scandal to rest, to give an account of yourself? 33293 If you come to that,"said I,"are you going to stay either, Cartmell?
33293If you''ve so much on your shoulders, why add even trifles?
33293In fact you''ve--''walked out of the house''--?
33293Is everybody tracking me?
33293Is he going for good?
33293Is n''t it a good deal too late to talk about that? 33293 Is n''t she just as charming as she looks?"
33293Is n''t that beginning the story at the wrong end?
33293Is n''t that rather severe? 33293 Is n''t that really rather interesting about Eleanor Lacey?
33293Is she here?
33293Is she to bear his name?
33293Is that Miss Driver?
33293Is that quite so essential?
33293Is that the impression you get from her letter?
33293Is that your estimable neighbor?
33293Is-- is this really necessary?
33293It ca n''t take very long, can it? 33293 It''s a perfect idea-- only I hope you would n''t mind turning out?"
33293It''s not inconvenient? 33293 It''s rather an old coat, is n''t it?"
33293It''s what he use to say to me himself three times a week?
33293Jolly old place, is n''t it?
33293Let the grizzly bear put on silk knee- breeches-- wouldn''t he look elegant? 33293 May I come into your house?
33293Meant for a gentleman, perhaps?
33293Miss Chatters?
33293Miss Driver?
33293Mr. Austin? 33293 Need you ask me, Octon?
33293Nice little ones-- to suit a single man?
33293No fit companion either, perhaps?
33293No gentleman desires to say any more?
33293No harm in that-- so long as it does n''t interfere with Margaret?
33293No time for riding?
33293Nor a gentleman?
33293Nor give it grudgingly?
33293Not even to God?
33293Not much danger of the governor slipping up, is there? 33293 Now when shall it be?
33293Of course I''d no business to say that to her-- but had n''t she been trying to draw me all the time? 33293 Off?
33293Oh, that''s Gerald Dormer, is it-- the new man at Hingston?
33293Oh, when I''ve so much on my shoulders, why do you worry me with trifles?
33293Oh, you mean Margaret Octon? 33293 Oh, you''ve got a dinner- party to- morrow?"
33293Or if he thought she meant to hit him?
33293Or is Chat?
33293Out of sight in moral qualities?
33293Perhaps some of the preliminary work could----?
33293Perhaps you might go so far as to admit that it is inevitable? 33293 Perhaps you told him that you wanted a bit of his land?"
33293Perhaps you would n''t mind giving us five minutes to ourselves, Austin?
33293Rabbit ca n''t have been a very amusing youth to walk home with in the gloaming?
33293Seeing much of our friend Fillingford just now at the Priory?
33293Seven- thirty, as usual?
33293Sha n''t the girl have her chance?
33293Shall I try to guess it?
33293Shall it be Lady Jenny? 33293 Shall we get back from what is n''t in question to what is, Lord Fillingford?"
33293Shall we go and beat up the governor?
33293Shall we go inside?
33293She attends church fairly often, does n''t she?
33293She told you to say that?
33293She''s going to pay you a visit?
33293She''s straight as a die, is n''t she? 33293 Since he wrote you a letter, may I venture to ask--?"
33293So you''ve found that out? 33293 Something gained for you?"
33293Something out of me? 33293 Soon?"
33293Speaking through you?
33293Suppose the fairy godmother seemed not so very old herself-- that mischief proved attractive-- that----?
33293Suppose you both marry-- or either? 33293 Sure, Mr. Austin, it''s time for the prizes?"
33293Surely that''Besides''is superfluous, anyhow?
33293Surely you''ve got plenty? 33293 That did n''t end so deuced happily, did it?"
33293That he may have got-- what? 33293 That idea was entirely erroneous, I suppose?
33293That would be very forgiving-- but hardly proper, would it, Chat? 33293 That''s the old lady with the fat horses, is n''t it?
33293That''s why, is n''t it? 33293 The boy?
33293The day after to- morrow? 33293 The end came easy, did it?"
33293The good?
33293The marriage coming off? 33293 The priest in his office?
33293The time seemed so long till I came, did it?
33293The whole road is n''t hers, is it?
33293The woman?
33293Then all she''s got-- the big place and the money-- the influence and so on-- wouldn''t attract you?
33293Then are you alone here?
33293Then what chance have we poor women?
33293Then what happened at the Smalls, at Cheltenham?
33293There was plenty of room?
33293There''s not much more to say, is there? 33293 They''ll guess, wo n''t they?"
33293Things begin to move directly I come back, do n''t they? 33293 This is a daughter?
33293This is walking on a razor''s edge, is n''t it?
33293Through all your doubles?
33293To being robbed of their farms by deceitful wiles?
33293To his own profit and comfort?
33293To the station?
33293To which Lady Aspenick----?
33293Turned out? 33293 Unless Lord Fillingford is very obstinate?"
33293Was I loyal to him that night we went to Hatcham Ford? 33293 Was it?
33293Was that your idea of something civil?
33293Was the Smalls and the Simpsons justice? 33293 We did n''t bring it off, I gather?"
33293Well no-- you must n''t put it on the woman, must you?
33293Well, I ca n''t go to him, can I?
33293Well, I was in a scrape, was n''t I? 33293 Well, but it''s hardly reasonable to expect to have things both ways, is it?"
33293Well, how have you all got on without me?
33293Well, then, his daughter''s a Church- woman, is n''t she-- by the same excellent evidence?
33293Well, then, when we''re alone?
33293Well, what''s your own opinion about it?
33293Well, you remember Hatcham Ford?
33293Well?
33293Well?
33293Well?
33293Were they friends?
33293Were you so much attached to Fillingford Manor?
33293What I hate about that fellow Octon-- Oh, I beg pardon-- isn''t he a friend of yours?
33293What am I doing?
33293What am I to work on? 33293 What are you thinking of?"
33293What brought you here?
33293What did he say?
33293What did you say?
33293What did you want to ask?
33293What do you mean by that?
33293What do you mean, Austin?
33293What do you suspect me of now?
33293What do you think of this, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer?
33293What does he say to give that impression?
33293What does it matter then what I do?
33293What has happened?
33293What is there?
33293What was happening between Lady Sarah and Powers all this time?
33293What was her name?
33293What will you call me?
33293What''s Sir John Aspenick got to take on? 33293 What''s that got to do with it?
33293What''s the good of hiding me? 33293 What''s the good?
33293What''s the good?
33293What''s the one little thing?
33293What''s the other doing, Austin?
33293What''s your opinion?
33293What?
33293When did she come?
33293When did you see Octon?
33293Where am I?
33293Where are my roses?
33293Where are you going to?
33293Where are you going?
33293Where''s she been all the while?
33293Who is she-- besides me?
33293Who said that?
33293Who speaks now?
33293Who told you that?
33293Who''s been exercising the gentle art this afternoon?
33293Who''s coming?
33293Who''s stopping you?
33293Who''s talking of romances? 33293 Who''s that pretty girl?"
33293Why are n''t we proud of her, father?
33293Why deliberate evil if I do?
33293Why did n''t he go himself?
33293Why did you wake up? 33293 Why do n''t you take a little holiday, and come back when things are settled?"
33293Why do you tell him to go?
33293Why do you want to come?
33293Why does she do it?
33293Why does she do it?
33293Why not? 33293 Why should n''t she build an Institute?
33293Why should n''t the child have her chance?
33293Why to- day? 33293 Why?
33293Will she care about being clever?
33293Will you come?
33293Wo n''t your friend come in, too?
33293Would you like to see the gardens?
33293Would you rather I went away for a bit? 33293 Yes, I will come-- I hope I know how to behave myself, do n''t I?"
33293Yes? 33293 You ca n''t possibly mean that it''s this girl?"
33293You can hold your tongue, Austin?
33293You consider that Miss Octon''s feelings are deeply engaged in this matter?
33293You do n''t mind my saying it? 33293 You do n''t want my help to- night?"
33293You had a little secret understanding between yourselves?
33293You know that house next to Hatcham Ford-- a new red house? 33293 You mean Mr. Alison?
33293You mean to say Miss Driver does n''t tell you----?
33293You must see that there are elements in this case which-- which make it a bit different? 33293 You really refuse to leave me, Austin?"
33293You really think that?
33293You really wo n''t go? 33293 You remember your promise?
33293You remember? 33293 You think there''s a chance she won''t--?"
33293You took Miss Driver home, Thompson?
33293You will communicate with me, if necessary?
33293You wo n''t let it be too long, will you? 33293 You would n''t expect him to have, would you?
33293You''d convene a meeting?
33293You''ll admit my compliments to- night have been terribly left- handed?
33293You''ll come in, wo n''t you, if you hear me scream?
33293You''ll give him the sack?
33293You''ll look after Powers for me, wo n''t you, Austin? 33293 You''re going away?"
33293You''re sure you do n''t mind, Austin?
33293You''ve always thought of me as a bachelor, have n''t you? 33293 You''ve guessed something, Austin?"
33293You''ve had a hand in this mischief, I suppose, Austin?
33293You''ve had a wife all this time?
33293You''ve made acquaintance? 33293 You''ve no special information?"
33293You''ve not been there?
33293You''ve nothing to add to your polite excuses?
33293You''ve seen it, of course, Miss Driver?
33293You''ve seen our poor Jenny-- the poor child? 33293 You, I suppose, have no business with him just now?"
33293You, Mr. Austin? 33293 ''What are you going to do?'' 33293 ''Who''s it from?'' 33293 ''Why do you say that?'' 33293 ''You''ll go this evening-- to Breysgate?'' 33293 ( Did he unintentionally hint that some other things would not?) 33293 ( O Bindlecombe, what of your deceitful promises to spare them?) 33293 ( Was Chat also among the CÃ ¦ sars?) 33293 ( Were these the occasions on which she was rather late for supper-- without incurring Chat''s rebuke?) 33293 A voice came from above our heads:Jenny, are there any signs?"
33293A woman profoundly humiliated in herself but resolute not to accept outward humiliation?
33293A woman ready-- even determined-- to pay a great penalty for what she had done, but resolved to evade or to defy the obvious and usual penalties?
33293After a long pause, which I had no inclination to break, she went on:"I daresay you wonder why I came back here?"
33293Ah, dear serpent, what had you in your heart save to make your dove happy?
33293Alison?"
33293Alison?"
33293All Lady Sarah said was,"Do you feel called upon to do as much as that?"
33293All this in a very tiny corner?
33293Am I to take orders from you-- my secretary-- my servant?"
33293And Amyas?"
33293And Miss Driver thinks this marriage desirable?"
33293And a big settlement?
33293And a heart somewhere?
33293And explanations?
33293And he himself judge of the sufficiency of the occasion?
33293And if I told it, what would he say?
33293And she meant that there never should be?
33293And then-- how should I get on with the shrew?
33293And was Jenny, with her bright eyes intent on Cartmell''s face?
33293And was what he-- the other-- let you do justice either?"
33293And what are we to do with Powers?"
33293And what good does it do?
33293And what of the Dormers?
33293And what''s her new game?
33293And what, after all, does a flick in the face come to, Mr. Philosopher?
33293And why?"
33293And yet you think you could--?
33293And you think he referred to tact?"
33293And you will see Mr. Cartmell about that business, wo n''t you?"
33293And you''d have no pity for him either?"
33293And-- one could not help asking the question-- what of Fillingford?
33293And-- the thought flashed into my mind-- had he any knowledge of Fillingford''s frequent calls or of the dexterous management of Lacey?
33293Anyhow, none of the trouble''s her fault, is it?"
33293Are n''t you considerably premature?"
33293Are there any?
33293Are we going to be terribly busy in the immediate future?"
33293Are you ever at home in the evenings?"
33293Are you going to do anything about it?"
33293Are you traitors?
33293As far as the house, say?"
33293As for threatening, why, how could I?
33293As usual?
33293As we drove in at the gates, she asked suddenly,"How am I to behave?"
33293At any rate, my getting Oxley would annoy Lady Sarah, would n''t it?"
33293At what hour to- morrow afternoon do you suppose that it would be convenient to her to receive me?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Austin?"
33293Before many days were out, Catsford became one colossal"Why?"
33293Being in a scrape does teach one to think, does n''t it?
33293Besides why should n''t I give a chance to an old acquaintance rather than to a stranger?
33293Bindlecombe was in no way reluctant, but opined that plans depended largely on site; must not the question of site be taken in hand simultaneously?
33293Bluntly-- for which party was this a score?
33293But I ca n''t stand still just because the Aspenicks have stood still for six hundred years, can I?
33293But about your seeing her, Cartmell?"
33293But do n''t you find her charming?"
33293But do you always find it easy to explain yourself-- even to yourself, to say nothing of other people?"
33293But had Powers been thinking of that?
33293But had it come across her thoughts that, by divine chance, she might have to do neither?
33293But he was honest and straight, upright and just, kind and----""Kind?"
33293But he was kind to Margaret, was n''t he?"
33293But how did you come to know that?
33293But how do I threaten her?"
33293But if he were resolved and she ready, why did the thing hang fire?
33293But if that is your conclusion, Miss Driver, how does it fit in with your conduct?"
33293But if you''d step inside-- perhaps just a little drop of Scotch, sir?
33293But is Lacey to share the impression?"
33293But is it fair to Lord Fillingford?"
33293But it was preposterous to suppose that he ever would?
33293But not a woman?
33293But not very----?"
33293But right or wrong, you would n''t have me beaten?"
33293But shall I tell you your mistake?
33293But then how could he-- he, the ostracized?
33293But to see Alison with Margaret obliterated any criticism left possible by his affectionate nature and( may I add?)
33293But to surrender the exercise and expansion of self?
33293But was it an assurance of truth?
33293But was it still open in any effective sense?
33293But was the Borough Council going to refuse a hundred thousand pounds freely given for the borough''s benefit?
33293But what''s the good?"
33293But why had she let him in?
33293But would n''t that be perfect-- after it all, you know?"
33293But would she miss it?
33293But you do n''t think I''d force her?"
33293But you''ve heard?
33293By the bye, are you very busy, or could you ride to- morrow?"
33293CHAPTER XIV THE EIGHT- FIFTEEN TRAIN If Jenny were bound to see Leonard Octon that evening, why had she not sent for him to her own house?
33293Ca n''t he let me alone still?
33293Ca n''t you go a little further?"
33293Ca n''t you hear that great big outrageous guffaw of his breaking out over it?
33293Ca n''t you really see any difference between me as I am and the girl who came here a year ago?
33293Ca n''t you understand this?"
33293Can you tell me that, Austin?"
33293Cartmell?"
33293Cartmell?"
33293Clear away obstacles and open the adit to profitable working?
33293Could n''t ask more, could you?"
33293Could n''t she help it?
33293Could not all that grace and joy avail to blot out the name she bore?
33293Could she not herself destroy even what she brought?
33293Dare you do that-- with what there is lying between you and Lord Fillingford?"
33293Day by day she must have debated"Shall it be to- morrow?"
33293Did Lacey brave the disapproval of his family for nothing?
33293Did Miss Driver of Breysgate Priory travel by night to London in that fashion?
33293Did Octon smoke his pipe in Powers''s house and drink Powers''s whisky for nothing?
33293Did he mean still to be in touch with Jenny, still to keep up communication with her-- a hold on her-- even though he went?
33293Did her mood change-- or had the moment come for an artistic dissimulation?
33293Did his humility, hardly less disagreeable than his insolence, disarm her wrath?
33293Did my father ever come here?"
33293Did my father mention him?"
33293Did my melodrama alarm you?
33293Did n''t he dare to trust himself-- was he so careful of his reputation?
33293Did n''t you say that being marriageable was an asset-- even though one did n''t marry?"
33293Did they?
33293Did you see her?
33293Do n''t you like Mr. Nelson Powers?"
33293Do you believe that what they said was true?"
33293Do you know that it was only with the bitterest fear that I agreed to marry Leonard himself?
33293Do you know what I mean?"
33293Do you mean me to answer that?
33293Do you recognize any responsibility in yourself for that?"
33293Do you remember how I came in first?"
33293Do you think I could learn it now?"
33293Do you understand that?"
33293Do you understand what I''m at, when I say this?"
33293Do you want me to go to him at the Manor?"
33293Does n''t it stick in your throat a bit?"
33293Does n''t our disposition determine our attitude to these things much oftener than our attitude is shaped by our opinions?
33293Eminently marriageable?
33293Even you ca n''t refuse that?"
33293Feeling that, am I eager to marry Amyas Lacey?
33293For a romance?"
33293For ourselves?"
33293Forty- three may not be senile, but would you call it ideal?
33293Funny, was n''t it?
33293Going?
33293Had Jenny herself ever thought differently-- at least before that fatal night?
33293Had he struck on that explanation for himself?
33293Had he, Jenny?"
33293Had she really made up her mind then?
33293Had the prestige been brought to bear on Chat-- so that she was wholly his?
33293Had to pay him something, I suppose?"
33293Half chaffing her, half really wondering what she would be at, I asked,"Do you want Oxley Lodge for Margaret?"
33293Has she broken faith or threatened anybody''s honor?
33293Has she practiced deceit and betrayed trust?
33293Have I any friends left?"
33293Have n''t you read it?
33293Have you been very bored?"
33293Have you grown into an old bachelor?
33293He looked down in my face as I sat in my arm- chair and then said,"You''ve heard, have n''t you?"
33293He might even act on this view-- always without acknowledging it; surely Churches have been known to do that?
33293He stopped you?"
33293He told you the dreadful thing about it, too, did n''t he?
33293He understood-- perhaps he was wrong-- that Mr. Driver usually reserved a power to break leases at the end of seven years?
33293He wanted Fillingford Manor-- you remember, Sir John?"
33293He winked at me, adding,"After all, it is n''t as if she had to buy Fillingford, is it?"
33293He''d been made to feel the world his enemy when he was young; that must tell on a man, must n''t it?"
33293He''ll be what I want-- and do you seriously mean to say that you think there''s any danger?
33293How about some idea of-- the lesser evil?
33293How am I to face Bindlecombe, eh?
33293How could it be for good?
33293How dare you?
33293How did the stroke of fate leave her?
33293How did you know?"
33293How do you like the change from old Driver?"
33293How in the world came she on Octon''s mantelpiece?
33293How is that regarded at the Manor?"
33293How should she?
33293How was the animal liked?"
33293How were these words given?
33293How would it go?
33293I carry my answer with me-- isn''t it so?"
33293I could not judge how far that was true-- but that or something like it was surely what they called prestige?
33293I fancy that he found it hard to forgive; was not Fillingford Manor gone forever?
33293I gather that she can do as she pleases about that?"
33293I had sooner have asked"For how long?"
33293I have little doubt that you gathered from that conversation that I had had another idea in my mind?"
33293I hope Lady Sarah is equally pleased?"
33293I hope your trip was prosperous?"
33293I hurried up here, Austin----""To annoy your neighbors-- knowing they were assembled here?"
33293I know you think you have a right to say them-- but what''s the good?"
33293I say, I suppose we might as well start?"
33293I say, come this week-- while we''re by ourselves?"
33293I suppose they''d never heard of me?"
33293I suppose you''ll be wanting Overington next?"
33293I think you knew pretty well the state of things then existing between Miss Driver and myself?
33293I''m afraid she''s crying up in her own den-- and that''s not right for to- night, is it?"
33293I''m all right-- you get out of your scrape in the best way you can?''"
33293I''ve stood a good deal from you, have n''t I?
33293If Powers could not afford to oppose her on the Committee''s work, could he afford any the more to thwart her in her private concerns?
33293If Providence, or nature, or society makes a scheme of things, it is surely a merit in us poor units to fit into it?
33293If he had been kind, why had I heard that wail?
33293If he said that, what should I answer?
33293If he were not the rose, yet--?
33293If it''s a hundred thousand for an Institute, what might n''t it be for a whim, Miss Driver?"
33293If that were her disposition now-- if what I had foreshadowed as a possibility had become a fact-- would Octon save her from the results of it?
33293If you take a lease for only seven years, how are you aggrieved by getting notice to quit at the end of the term?"
33293In order that the servants might not know, and spread the gossip among their friends in other households?
33293Institutes as such, and all similar works, Octon hated-- why educate people who ought to be driven?
33293Is he to go on coming to Breysgate?
33293Is he to go on using your park?"
33293Is it to be fatal to him that he was once unwise-- worse than unwise?
33293Is it-- loyal-- to your father?"
33293Is n''t he splendid, poor boy?
33293Is n''t it only a burden on you?"
33293Is n''t that rather rare?"
33293Is n''t that what you want?"
33293Is n''t this house big enough for the mite?"
33293Is not the scene, too, something?
33293Is she here?"
33293Is she likely to die and leave you her property?"
33293Is she no fit wife for a young man?
33293Is that all?"
33293Is that dreadful?"
33293Is the beauty of it nothing to you?"
33293Is there any news in the neighborhood?"
33293Is there no more?"
33293Is your father in?"
33293It did-- and surely by Jenny''s will?
33293It must be short for something?"
33293It was Fillingford-- Would he meet Octon?
33293It was headed"Catsford a Metropolis-- Why not?"
33293It was not for me to argue the question with him; even if my tongue were free, why should I?
33293It''d seem more natural the other way, would n''t it?"
33293It''s a bore always to have to be setting to work to melt people, is n''t it?"
33293It''s the people who in their hearts just don''t----""Care a damn?"
33293Jenny copied the attitude of the pair on the terrace; she put her arm through mine and said with a laugh,"She is pretty, then?"
33293Jenny listened with a happy smile, and then went on,"You want to know what I mean by my conduct?
33293Jepps?"
33293Late for business?
33293Leonard did n''t mind defying either, did he?
33293Let''s see, how long have you been with him?"
33293Listen, do you hear hoofs?"
33293Lord Fillingford, in return for your compliment, may I beg a favor of you?"
33293Lunch to- morrow?
33293Man, man, do you suppose I''m worrying about things like that?"
33293Marriage may be a great thing, but I ca n''t think that marrying just to mend matters is anything very great and sacred, can you?
33293May I introduce my friend, Mr. Dormer-- of Hingston?"
33293Men would feel that way, would they?"
33293Might I, in that way, have had a better chance of getting rid of Powers in the end?
33293Might I-- oh, might I take a message to her room?
33293Might not the dove be made bearer also of an olive branch, made a harbinger of peace?
33293Miss Driver has mentioned my appointment?"
33293Miss Driver, you say, was pleased?"
33293Mr. Austin, will you kindly look after Mr. Octon''s comfort for the rest of the evening?"
33293Mr. Bindlecombe''s my friend still?"
33293Must I dodge for my life-- or for hers-- without even a civil word or look-- just an order from a flunkey?"
33293Must she really recall Powers?
33293My being in this park is against the law, is n''t it?"
33293My roses are good enough for that lot, but I''m not, eh?"
33293No?
33293Not Miss Chatters?"
33293Not a woman?
33293Nothing goes beyond these walls-- neither to Fillingford Manor nor elsewhere?"
33293Now she looked at him and asked briefly,"What follows?"
33293Now what do you?"
33293Now, if Mr. Cartmell must go, will you take me up?"
33293Now-- how would he take it?
33293Octon did not mind the hatred-- did Fillingford feel the lack of liking?
33293Octon''s?"
33293On the way home Margaret was silent for a while; then she asked,"Did Lord Fillingford know my father?"
33293One who likes me, has my happiness at heart?"
33293Or blow all the mine to ruins, and engulf the engineer in the_ dà © bris_?
33293Or did you see him as he went away?
33293Or done worse things still?
33293Or if quiet perforce, why did he seem placid, content, and, contrary to all expectation of him, amiably trustful?
33293Or is there, too, a true gospel of drawing in-- of renouncing?
33293Or tea?
33293Or would Jenny have been the slave?
33293Or would she fall into one of her rages, bid them all go hang, and throw in her lot with boycotted Octon?
33293Or, at all events, if ever entertained, is abandoned now?"
33293Or, at any rate, from whom neither has been had?
33293Or, on the other hand, was she not?
33293Or, rather, leave her fame?
33293Powers?
33293Powers?
33293Private faults-- how many?
33293Rather straight of him, do n''t you think?"
33293Reward him?
33293Rusty?
33293Shall we see if she can get it?"
33293Shall you be here?"
33293She came to me, laughing, and took hold of my hands:"But if I choose to have them both ways, sir?"
33293She gave no sign, however, of taking my remark in that sense, unless any inference can be drawn from her saying,"Oh, he''s a widower?"
33293She laughed again as she added,"Not even you can ask''On what?''"
33293She looked up again:"He''s doing all right, but-- hadn''t Leonard better go?"
33293She must bring memories with her-- of old wrong and old humiliation?
33293She paused on the threshold, lifting her brows a little and smiling as she whispered,"Something uncomplimentary?"
33293She raised her hands for an instant, as though in lamentation;"Oh, why is he like that?"
33293She turned quickly on him:"In the end, what do you make of it?"
33293She turned to me,"Do you mind waiting at the house a quarter of an hour?
33293She was reasoning; the affair could not look dangerous; then it looked dull?
33293She''d surely never marry him without settlements?"
33293Should I easily marry another man now?"
33293Sixteen and----""Hopelessly innocent?"
33293Some day-- a ride?
33293Some people like power-- I do n''t know whether a priest can understand that?"
33293Some quoted CÃ ¦ sar''s wife-- when do they not?
33293Somehow all this sounded a little bit unreal-- or, if not unreal, shall I say preliminary?
33293Still I daresay you yourself sometimes think--?
33293Suddenly, through the wall, I heard a wail-- surely I heard a little sob?
33293Surely Jenny Driver might have known that her chance lay in having it all forgotten and-- and in being-- well, just the opposite of what she is now?
33293Surely it is?
33293Surely that was the truth-- and not merely the abortive parson talking again?
33293THE GREAT MISS DRIVER CHAPTER I WHAT IS SHE LIKE?
33293That was, surely, at least a permission to be near her?
33293That"friendly glass"--what was its significance?
33293That''s pronounced Charters, is n''t it?"
33293The eleven- five, I suppose?"
33293The girl-- I think her as charming as you do-- comes from nowhere and has, I suppose, nothing?"
33293The one on the right of the north door, Amyas?"
33293The way one would choose?
33293The woman who brought Margaret Octon to Breysgate-- would she hesitate at capturing young Lacey if she could?
33293Then he leaned forward and half- whispered,"You put your money on Fillingford?"
33293Then she''d understand----?"
33293There''ll have to be an inquest-- or something corresponding to it, I suppose?"
33293There''s nothing else against her?
33293This question of the road-- work on the Institute at a standstill-- no more parties at Breysgate( what of the Flower Show next summer?)!
33293Thursday?
33293To have that beautiful little creature treating one as a god-- who could refuse the incense, or not become devoted to the worshiper?"
33293To keep Jenny out of mischief?
33293To send them away on dictation-- would she do that?
33293To what end?
33293Verily the question"What is she like?"
33293Very pretty?"
33293WHAT IS SHE LIKE?
33293Was a millennium to come when he was to lie down on Jenny''s hearthrug side by side with Octon?
33293Was a present and immediate domination over even such as Powers essential to her content?
33293Was he coming to her as Nathan came to David-- to denounce her sin?
33293Was it being brandished before my eyes, to gain me also-- for what I was worth?
33293Was it enough to account for her continuing to keep Fillingford at bay?
33293Was it love?
33293Was it mere chance that Ivydene was just opposite Hatcham Ford?
33293Was it possible that Jenny, having lost the father, would annex the son?
33293Was it wholly insincere?
33293Was it?
33293Was n''t that easy?"
33293Was she a sensible young woman who would know a good secretary when she saw one?
33293Was she here to make Octon unsay his determination?
33293Was the exchange unfair?
33293Was the inherited liking for"driving wedges"still in force?
33293Was there much positive reason for that doubt yet?
33293We shall see you again some day soon?"
33293Well, I must do something with my life, must n''t I-- and with all this money?"
33293Well, now, how do you do, sir?
33293Well, perhaps you could-- who knows?"
33293Were we wrong?
33293What a man-- or woman-- is in worldly relations, is n''t he apt to be in regard to religious affairs?
33293What about Cartmell''s letter?"
33293What are yours?"
33293What brings you to Catsford?"
33293What character have you except what I choose to give?
33293What could I do against you, Miss Driver?"
33293What did she say to you?"
33293What did you want to marry him for?
33293What do you make of all that, Austin?"
33293What do you mean by a friend?
33293What do you think he meant by that, Austin?"
33293What else should it be?
33293What had Chat meant that she tried to do?
33293What had I seen while the mask was off?
33293What happened?"
33293What have you against her, Mr. Alison?
33293What have you been thinking about?"
33293What have you got to do with Alison these days?"
33293What if he beat down the natural weapons-- and ignored the rest?
33293What is one''s way?
33293What is the Table of Weights?
33293What was she thinking now-- when the night was past?
33293What was the meaning of it?
33293What was the truth of it?
33293What was to be done about this now?
33293What would they make out of these contradictory attitudes of the dual personality?
33293What''s she taking me on the terrace for?"
33293What''s the event?"
33293What''s the good of a lot more?
33293What''s the use of being rich?"
33293What, Miss Driver?"
33293When I''ve tried to make her love me-- and-- and she does?"
33293Where are you going?"
33293Where does his view lead?
33293Where have you left her?"
33293Where shall I go?"
33293Where to?"
33293Where was he to fit in, what part was he to play?
33293Who cherishes a friend from whom there is neither profit nor pleasure to be had?
33293Who could bear a grudge against that simple joyfulness, who resist that unconscious pleading for oblivion?
33293Who could say that Fillingford himself would not do as, in fact, he had done, and go to Breysgate on receipt of her letter?
33293Who''ll employ you if I wo n''t?
33293Whom had she been waiting for?
33293Why I make Fillingford Manor unhappy, and all my neighbors mad with curiosity?"
33293Why am I to seek unhappiness, to seek fearfulness, to create misery?
33293Why did n''t you give her more room?"
33293Why did n''t you give me room?"
33293Why did you ask me that question, Austin?"
33293Why do n''t they spell''em that way, or else let it alone?"
33293Why do n''t you like my poor Institute?"
33293Why early possession-- and five hundred paid for it?
33293Why is this pretty nearly as bad as the other?"
33293Why not say young Lacey at once?"
33293Why not wait a little?
33293Why should Octon''s coming have anything to do with it?
33293Why should he have talked about his dead wife and his young daughter to ears that cared not a straw about either of them?
33293Why should n''t I employ him?
33293Why should not Jenny come home?
33293Why the devil should my father be so interested in Powers?
33293Why was Leonard Octon keeping quiet?
33293Why, after all, should he worry about reading books?
33293Will Powers speak-- and lose his livelihood?
33293Will you come back to dinner?"
33293Will you drop in on the exile and smoke a pipe now and then after dinner?"
33293Will you find me anywhere that is not a corner, please?
33293Will you permit me to pass to the other point you mentioned-- that of your son''s interest?"
33293With such ability and such self- confidence what need had she of my presence?
33293With whom?"
33293Wo n''t you tell your son what you would do if you were in his place?"
33293Worldly Wiseman?"
33293Would he believe it and go home peacefully-- to face Lady Sarah''s angry scorn and the doubts of his own perplexed mind?
33293Would n''t a good scolding from you----?"
33293Would n''t that do for us?
33293Would you like to?"
33293Yet what?
33293Yet where the difference in principle?
33293You came here, Mr. Alison, to tell me that I was not a fit wife for Lord Fillingford''s son?"
33293You do know that?"
33293You do n''t know if she''ll be here to- morrow?"
33293You do n''t suppose I liked doing it?"
33293You know that; but is it kind to presume on it, to push me too far just because you know I like you?"
33293You mean about that miserable Powers?"
33293You must be glad, in the end, that you did n''t stay?"
33293You remember that little spar we had?"
33293You saw me bow to her?"
33293You saw me in Catsford?
33293You saw us three walking together?
33293You saw what happened?
33293You split the tree; do n''t you blunt the wedge in time, too?"
33293You were about to tell me what you thought about it?"
33293You''ll ask them to give you a glass of beer, wo n''t you?"
33293You''ll be happy here for a bit longer?"
33293You''ll come, of course?
33293You''ll go for me, Austin?"
33293You''ll not dissuade him?"
33293You''re not hurried?"
33293You''re sure I can be of no use?
33293Your father''s at the Priory now?"
33293as he inquired bluntly,"Does your father say anything about your mother?"
33293she told Fillingford with a sudden turn toward him, followed by a lively blush-- how came her interest in those chimneys to be so great?
20627A discard? 20627 A real wedding, you say?
20627A swell chance I''ve had to tell you anything, ai n''t I? 20627 A-- a what?"
20627A-- a what?
20627A-- a which?
20627About that Rowley proposition?
20627Ah, thanks,says he,"North exit, did you say?
20627Ai n''t goin''so soon, are you,says I,"without breakin''a few more hearts?"
20627Ai n''t that it?
20627Ai n''t they some birds? 20627 Ai n''t you the foxy pair, though?
20627Ai n''t you?
20627All of it?
20627Almost a description of me, ai n''t it?
20627Always?
20627Am I the guy?
20627And Aunty, I trust,goes on Mr. Robert,"is as well as usual?"
20627And I might add, Torchy, that one of those most interested is a near relative of a certain young lady who----"Aunty?
20627And I presume you understand just what that means?
20627And a youth known as Torchy?
20627And all the other stores like this-- how many of them have you?
20627And did n''t she have sort of droopy shoulders,I goes on,"and a trick of starin''vague, with her mouth part way open?"
20627And did n''t you bring me my meals three times a day for four mortal weeks?
20627And is n''t it thrilling? 20627 And it had n''t been opened for ever so long, you say?
20627And one''s parents too?
20627And there was something queer about-- about your family, was n''t there?
20627And unless you''re achin''to start somethin'', why not let me handle this''Who the blazes are you?'' 20627 And what is this precious corporation of which I''m supposed to be the head?"
20627And what''s the name?
20627And where do you think you''re going, you and your Arabella?
20627And you ai n''t startin''out on this expedition with both arms roped behind you, are you?
20627And you want someone to make up your mind for you, eh?
20627And you''ve been out since daylight?
20627And your folks moved up there later, eh?
20627And yours?
20627And-- and this store too?
20627Another procrastinating producer?
20627Any hitch?
20627Any new quotations in sculpture?
20627Anybody callin''for me?
20627Anything else to- day?
20627Anything else?
20627Anything more, Madam?
20627Anything on him when you rounded him up?
20627Anything you''re likely to recover from?
20627Are n''t you the one they called-- er---- What was it you were called?
20627Are you looking for me?
20627Are you quite certain, however, that Verona would like it too?
20627Are you?
20627As an open show?
20627As best man,he goes on,"we appoint you general manager of the whole affair; do n''t we, Elsa?"
20627As office boy, still?
20627As saintly as ever?
20627Ask him where this guy was buttling,--in a bank,says I,"or at the Subtreasury?"
20627Asked him, have you?
20627Aunty told me to wait, did n''t she? 20627 Aunty''s planned to have the S. R. O. sign out on my evenin''s, ai n''t she?"
20627Back here?
20627Ballard?
20627Been over long?
20627Before you get the final word from us?
20627Blue which?
20627Both feet Methodists, eh?
20627Both knees on the rug and the reg''lar conservatory nook wilt- thou- be- mine lines?
20627But I did n''t dream,says Mr. Robert,"that you ever did anything so-- er----""Commonplace?"
20627But I presume some of them are able to help you?
20627But I presume that you hope to retire very soon?
20627But I was hoping that perhaps you might---- Come, Torchy, has n''t it occurred to you that I would hardly come as an utter stranger? 20627 But how do you know, Vincent, that I''m one of the reg''lar staff and not canvassin''for something?"
20627But how should I know if someone has wished a life income on you? 20627 But how was it, anyway, that Mr. Robert got himself in wrong with you?"
20627But how?
20627But if one has no home?
20627But if she has n''t?
20627But if you could get the wad back?
20627But just where, Robert,she demands,"is this absurd affair to take place?"
20627But suppose he could be coaxed into tellin''where the loot was?
20627But this raisin''a fam''ly tree comes high, do n''t it? 20627 But what about the_ Balboa_?
20627But what has that to do with it?
20627But what then?
20627But what''s the good,I goes on,"if you ca n''t make other folks see you''ve got a good thing?"
20627But where? 20627 But you do n''t want him walking out here, do you?"
20627But you found out, did n''t you?
20627But you''re certain Miss Hampton is the one, are you?
20627But-- but how did you know?
20627But-- but whom are you describing?
20627By the way,I goes on,"who''s he sendin''out with the Nash work-- Gedney Nash''s, you know?"
20627Ca n''t do anything with who?
20627Ca n''t those things be taken out?
20627Ca n''t we suspend the rules and regulations for once? 20627 Can you?"
20627Case of the cat comin''back, eh?
20627Chop it, ca n''t you?
20627Come, Helma, you''ll go with us, wo n''t you?
20627Cook?
20627Corns, or backache?
20627Could n''t he have an umbrella?
20627Could n''t you get me in on that affair, Bob?
20627Could you put it a little simpler?
20627Cousin Philip, eh?
20627Did I have opinions at twenty- two?
20627Did I?
20627Did n''t I see you stowin''that away in one of your desk pigeonholes yesterday?
20627Did n''t I tell you you''d do better by drapin''it over a chair back?
20627Did n''t think I''d been banished for life, did you?
20627Did n''t you look at me long enough and steadily enough to remember? 20627 Did she hand you one?"
20627Did you ever hear anything so batty?
20627Did you get any hint as to what was so funny about all that?
20627Did you hear that, Zenobia? 20627 Did you know that we held a big block of your M., K.& T.''s?
20627Did you pull it?
20627Did, eh?
20627Did-- did you ever?
20627Did-- did you say-- Torchy?
20627Do I pick up one casual along the road?
20627Do I understand,he goes on,"that one of my cards went with those roses?"
20627Do n''t happen to have a lock of her hair with you?
20627Do n''t you ever take a sportin''chance yourself?
20627Do n''t you remember,--Woodie Wiggins?
20627Do we look it?
20627Do you have relays of''em? 20627 Do you know where Elsa Hampton is at this minute?
20627Do you open for the defense, or do I?
20627Do you really mean it?
20627Do you?
20627Do you?
20627Do-- do you think I ought?
20627Does my niece know just how humble a position you occupy? 20627 Doris?"
20627Dummy concern mostly,says I,"faked up to stall off the I. C. C.""Eh?"
20627Eh, Sister?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eloped, have they?
20627English, ai n''t you?
20627Er-- won''t you sit down?
20627Ever do much with municipal franchises,--trolleys, lighting, that sort of thing?
20627Ever hear that one?
20627Excuse me if I seem to crash in,says I,"but was that a gust of superheated air, or did you mean it?"
20627Federated?
20627Ferdie, could you help tie in a reef?
20627Five hundred feet up?
20627Found something to eat, did you? 20627 From what-- chilblains on the ears?"
20627From what?
20627Funding, eh?
20627Get from under, eh? 20627 Get out of my house before I-- I----""Oh, I say,"breaks in Gilkey,"before you do what?"
20627Go aboard what, I''d like to know?
20627Goin''to call?
20627Got the same old nerve with you, eh, Whitey?
20627Guess we''ve started something, eh?
20627Handed out rough sometimes, ai n''t it? 20627 Have n''t I pitied the poor victims who had to go through with it?
20627Have n''t gone aboard yet?
20627Have we got to the wrong place?
20627Have you?
20627He is n''t here, is he? 20627 He''ll be waitin''for the closing quotations, wo n''t he?
20627He''ll tell, then?
20627He''s goin''to be a missionary too?
20627He''s got all the earmarks of a reg''lar invited guest, ai n''t he?
20627Her?
20627Home or church?
20627How about Nelson?
20627How about a dominie?
20627How about his weak points?
20627How about swappin''what you know for two tickets to Australia?
20627How did you do it?
20627How did you get in here, Sir?
20627How do I stand here in the Corrugated? 20627 How should I know?"
20627How''d you guess I wa''n''t the new District Attorney?
20627How''d you guess?
20627How''s that?
20627How?
20627How?
20627I beg pardon, Sir?
20627I beg pardon?
20627I do n''t expect you''d want to part with that face shrubbery, or have it landscaped into a Vandyke, eh?
20627I expect you''ve talked this all over with her father, eh?
20627I rather thought from what Helma said you''d been to see her that night?
20627I recall your skates-- those funny old wooden- topped ones, were n''t they?
20627I suppose you would like to hop- skip- and- jump down to the altar?
20627I thought you was down at the Springs?
20627I trust that you begin the day with a deep conviction of sin?
20627I trust you remember me?
20627I wonder if I''ve got time to work up some scheme of puttin''the skids under him?
20627I wonder would he give me a few lessons, in case I should run across your Aunty some day?
20627I''d be a hot substitute along that line, would n''t I?
20627I''ve never taken up a passenger, though; but I''ve thought that----"Then why not now?
20627I-- I beg-- oh, it''s you, Torchy, is it?
20627I-- ah-- I beg pardon?
20627I-- er-- I beg pardon?
20627If I ever had the luck to get that far,thinks I,"would I have to go through any such an act with Aunty?
20627If it wa''n''t,says I,"what would be the fun in tellin''it to you?"
20627If she wa''n''t,says I,"why should he keep the folder?"
20627In funding?
20627In some other store, perhaps?
20627In the Hollow, was n''t it?
20627Inside what?
20627Is it straight,says I,"about her and Blair?"
20627Is it true about the work papers, Sir?
20627Is it, though?
20627Is n''t Ferdinand here, then?
20627Is n''t he brutal?
20627Is n''t it wonderful?
20627Is n''t she bully?
20627Is n''t this glorious?
20627Is she in, Cephas?
20627Is that an island somewhere,says I,"or just a mixed drink?"
20627Is this going to be a long- distance tryout,says I,"with you reportin''for inspection every other Tuesday?"
20627Is this romance, or business, then?
20627Is this the niece you mentioned?
20627Is-- isn''t she all right?
20627It wa''n''t a case of another party, was it?
20627It was silly of me, was n''t it? 20627 It''s Sukey, is n''t it?"
20627It''s all right, is it?
20627It''s for a sufferer-- isn''t that enough?
20627It''s really quite a game, is n''t it?
20627It''s you, is it, Torchy? 20627 Joey Billings?
20627Just because I''m behind the ground glass instead of the brass rail do n''t make me a sacred being, or you a lobbygow, does it? 20627 Just how?"
20627Just you and Verona?
20627Katie, eh?
20627Keepin''your car in the Sound, are you?
20627Know of any fads of his?
20627Know the party, do you?
20627Know which is Mr. Piddie, do you?
20627Kyrle, you know what you promised when you told me you''d make up with Martha? 20627 Let me see,"goes on Aunty, squintin''foxy at me,"you are employed in Mr. Ellins''s office, I believe?"
20627Let''s see,says Nutt,"what is your specialty?
20627Let''s see,says Zenobia,"Dick and the girl ran off and were married, were n''t they?"
20627Listens like a case of circumstances over which---- But where did you pick up that trick of speakin''of coppers as bobbies?
20627Little Verona? 20627 Lives here, does n''t she?"
20627Make in there against this head wind?
20627Make''em-- say, ai n''t that some life- sized order?
20627Martha, eh?
20627May I go with you? 20627 Maybe I got a customer on the general staff, ai n''t it?"
20627Maybe there''s nobody but Miss Vee downstairs?
20627Me?
20627Me?
20627Me?
20627Me?
20627Me?
20627Me?
20627Met her at Mrs. Astor''s, I expect?
20627Mine?
20627More or less the worse for wear, Arabella, eh?
20627Most of''em are fine,says I, glancin''over the slip;"but who''s this W. T. Wiggins with no address?"
20627Mr. Richard Taber Ballard?
20627Mr. Robert Ellins, then?
20627My good man,says she,"have n''t I seen you somewhere before?"
20627Not anywhere? 20627 Not intending any adverse criticism of the young lady, I trust?"
20627Not meaning me, I hope?
20627Not really?
20627Not the Adam K.''s place, Cedarholm?
20627Not twenty thousand cash?
20627Nothin''startlin''in the mornin''run, eh?
20627Notice the two gents I was just talkin''with,I goes on,"specially the savage- lookin''one with the framed lamps?
20627Now do n''t you wish you''d gone and had your feet educated?
20627Now how does this go?
20627Now we have done it, have n''t we?
20627Now what in blazes was that?
20627Now, Sir,says Vee,"how are you going to hold your cup?"
20627Now, young man, what further details would you like?
20627Now?
20627Of course, it''s sweet to be picked out this way; but it''s a little sudden, ai n''t it? 20627 Off the gate for good, am I?"
20627Oh, I know where you stand, all right,says I;"but ai n''t you drawin''it a little strong?
20627Oh, I say, Bob,he breaks out, after a few preliminary joshes,"who do you suppose I ran across up in the Fitz- William palm room the other night?"
20627Oh, I say,says he,"is n''t that the same fellow she danced with before?"
20627Oh, but is n''t it a beauty?
20627Oh, do you?
20627Oh, is it true?
20627Oh, is it?
20627Oh, it''s you, is it?
20627Oh, yes,says he, sort of languid,"Torchy, is n''t it?"
20627Old Loppy carryin''the book yet? 20627 On a fish- face like that?"
20627One of Miss Vee''s, ai n''t it?
20627One of these fam''ly ringmasters, is he?
20627One of your front- row friends from the Winter Garden?
20627Only I must n''t let them put me in a home; for then I could n''t go with Daddums when he came out-- you see?
20627Or an old watch- dog aunt, eh?
20627Our old friend Ananias, ai n''t it?
20627Pardon me if I seem to hint,says I,"but what''s the matter with brother- in- law Ferdie and Marjorie, with Vee and me thrown in for luck?"
20627Pardon me, Sir,says Ballard,"but did n''t you cross with me on the_ Lucania_ once?
20627Pardon me,says he,"but before we go any further just how much of that rubbish do you mean to transcribe?"
20627Perhaps you attended the same school?
20627Perhaps you would like to present a minority report?
20627Perhaps,says she,"you do n''t mind telling me the reason for this masquerade?"
20627Please, Sir,says she,"where does one go when one is tired?"
20627Promoted, eh?
20627Quit the one thing I can do best? 20627 Rather an odd coincidence, is n''t it?"
20627Really,says she,"I had not considered that it would be necessary----""Eh?"
20627Really?
20627Ring for him, will you?
20627Roses?
20627Rowley,I goes on,"what size collar do you wear?"
20627Safe?
20627Same side of the table,says I,"or opposite?"
20627Sans- which? 20627 Say, Bright Eyes,"says I, pushin''a dollar at her,"take this and ditch that tea stuff for a minute, ca n''t you?
20627Say,I shouts to my aviatin''friend,"how do we get to her?"
20627Say,I sputters out,"ai n''t there room for two?"
20627Say,I suggests,"you ai n''t goin''to lead me in by the ear, are you?"
20627Say,says I,"you-- you ai n''t my reg''lar uncle, are you?"
20627Secret entrance, eh?
20627See here, Son, how long do you think I''ve been plugging at this thing? 20627 See, Torchy?"
20627Shall we drink just once to the memory of it?
20627Shall we try the secret door?
20627She''s one of the discards, eh?
20627Showed him what?
20627Slippin''him a check?
20627So that accounts for the nervous motions, eh?
20627So you returned after all that, did you?
20627So you were trying to pose as Uncle Bill, were you?
20627So you''re no longer an office boy, eh? 20627 Some cute, eh?"
20627Some prize Orpingtons, did I understand?
20627Sorry,says I,"but as he''s very busy he asked me to----""And who, pray,"snaps the old girl,"are you?"
20627Stay in the same house with that man?
20627Still alive, is she? 20627 Still on East 14th Street, eh?"
20627Such as you''ve got in your inside pocket eh?
20627Suppose I get you the correspondence on that?
20627Suppose we circle the block once or twice, while I tear off a few Sherlock Holmes thoughts?
20627Suppose you happened to get her? 20627 Tell me, Honey,"says she,"what is dear old Marjorie''s hubby like?"
20627Tell who?
20627That August night, eh?
20627That Gilkey guy?
20627That Miss Hampton again?
20627That about Grebel? 20627 That bein''the case,"says I,"it''s lucky you ran into me, ai n''t it?
20627That one, eh? 20627 That stunning young woman with the copper- red hair whom you introduced at Palermo?"
20627That was goin''some for Zenobia, was n''t it? 20627 That''s the easiest thing you do, ai n''t it,"says I,"bein''nice to folks that ai n''t used to it?"
20627That''s the main idea; is n''t it, Elsa?
20627That''s their programme, is it?
20627That?
20627That?
20627The Morley Beckhams?
20627The chairman of the Stock Exchange?
20627The mouth breather?
20627The night before?
20627The one at the far end?
20627The question seems rather, what would she do with me? 20627 The real thing in high finance, eh?"
20627The tango factory?
20627The way some of them Wall Street plutes shrink from bein''made richer is painful, ai n''t it? 20627 The what?"
20627The which?
20627The_ Balboa_? 20627 The_ Balboa_?"
20627Them reporters do get things straight now and then, do n''t they?
20627Then his best is n''t very wonderful, is it?
20627Then it''s a clear case with both of you, is it?
20627Then it''s all off with the heathen, eh?
20627Then they pinched you on the premises?
20627Then where?
20627Then why are n''t you wearing your hat also, Torchy?
20627Then why do n''t he---- By the way, just where is Daddums?
20627Then why take such chances as this?
20627Then you did n''t know me?
20627Then-- then shall we do it?
20627Then-- then you need n''t have bothered to come yourself, need you?
20627Then-- then your name is Wiggins?
20627There ai n''t clusters of''em, are there? 20627 They are?"
20627Think I''m a fathead?
20627Think I''m going to spend the rest of the season sitting on a veranda taking pills, do they? 20627 Think you could find it for me, Torchy?
20627Think you could find it?
20627Think you would n''t like it, eh?
20627Think you''ve got your schemes so they''ll work?
20627To see me?
20627To what?
20627Torchy, is n''t it? 20627 Torchy,"says he,"are you a patron of the plastic art?"
20627Unless,suggests Vee, droppin''her long eyelashes coy,"you were not too stupid to think of----""Say,"I breaks in,"gimme that number again, will you?
20627Wa''n''t that pulled off the day you waited for that Duluth delegation to show up, just after Easter?
20627Was he?
20627Was it Gilkey made his entrance through the cucumber frame?
20627Was it jew''lry that was missin'', or what?
20627Was it just her way of handin''you the blue ticket?
20627Was it kind of ginger- colored,says I,"and done in a braid round her head?"
20627Was n''t he just splendid,says she:"standing up to Mr. Pulsifer that way, you know?"
20627Was, eh?
20627We take back the pooh- poohs, eh?
20627We''ll find out all about it later; wo n''t we, Torchy?
20627We''re sailing almost on edge, are n''t we? 20627 We?"
20627Well, Son,says I,"what does Mother call you?"
20627Well, what of it?
20627Well, what''s the trouble now?
20627Well, would n''t that crimp you?
20627Well, young man?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Well?
20627Were n''t you a waitress at the Lakeside Hotel last summer?
20627Wh- a- a- at?
20627Wh- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627Wha- a- at?
20627What about Aunty?
20627What about these Universal people refusing to renew that Manistee terminal lease?
20627What could be fairer than that?
20627What do you hear, now?
20627What does Pa Pulsifer have to say to this defi?
20627What have you in your lap, Child?
20627What is it, anyway?
20627What is it?
20627What is it?
20627What is it?
20627What kind of a Peruvian dialect is this?
20627What now?
20627What on earth do you mean?
20627What original?
20627What sort of a delegation is this?
20627What station do you run from, Sport?
20627What the hyphenated maledictions are you doing there?
20627What then?
20627What you got special against our burg here?
20627What you shushin''about?
20627What young man?
20627What''s it for?
20627What''s that?
20627What''s that?
20627What''s the game?
20627What''s the joke?
20627What''s the programme, anyway?
20627What''s up?
20627What? 20627 What?"
20627Whatever have you been saying to Aunty now?
20627Whatever made you think of that?
20627When does it come off?
20627When does the rest of the chorus come on?
20627Where did he come from?
20627Where did you have breakfast and luncheon?
20627Where do I go to send a telegram?
20627Where is Old Hickory?
20627Where is she?
20627Where was all this?
20627Where''s Robert?
20627Where, did you say?
20627Where?
20627Where?
20627Where?
20627Who can they be?
20627Who cares? 20627 Who is here?"
20627Who is the poor man who knew her once but does n''t any more?
20627Who was it sprung that tale about his being a big English crook? 20627 Who''d you pinch the invite from?"
20627Who''s her lawyers?
20627Who''s next?
20627Who, me?
20627Who?
20627Whose car is that?
20627Whose man?
20627Why did n''t you tell me before, Torchy,says she,"that you had such a perfectly grand name as all that?"
20627Why not sail right in there, look Father between the eyes, and hand that line of dope out to him as straight as you gave it to me?
20627Why not stand pat? 20627 Why not?"
20627Why not?
20627Why not?
20627Why the big weeps?
20627Why the intense surprise?
20627Why throw the harpoon so hasty when he was doin''his best?
20627Why, Sis,says I sort of quizzin'',"what''s the matter with home?"
20627Why, this must be some----"Eh?
20627Why,says I,"not so well as I was a couple of minutes-- er-- that it''s a fine, spiffy afternoon, ai n''t it?"
20627Why,says he,"the fact is, young man, I-- er-- see here, it''s Zenobia Hadley, is n''t it?"
20627Why-- er-- what''s the matter?
20627Why? 20627 Why?"
20627Why?
20627Will it?
20627Will you have lemons too? 20627 With a lady, eh?"
20627With mustard?
20627With two or three more,says I,"you could form a perfectly good mob, could n''t you?"
20627With you, eh?
20627Would it matter to you who owned it,says I,"if you wanted to use it bad?"
20627Would n''t that be-- er-- rather a serious breach of office discipline?
20627Would you be disappointed if I was?
20627Would you insist on my being manicured too?
20627Would you? 20627 Ye- e- es?"
20627Yes, Sir?
20627Yes?
20627You ai n''t springin''any tea- pourin''stunt, are you?
20627You and Doris, eh?
20627You are not a drinking man, are you?
20627You did n''t get all those livin''in London, did you?
20627You did n''t quit at that, did you?
20627You did n''t say who he was, did you?
20627You do n''t know''em, do you? 20627 You do n''t mean that a real sure- fire like you could be shunted that way?
20627You do n''t think I''m springin''any prima donna whim, do you? 20627 You do n''t think a bunch of works like that could be twins, do you?"
20627You do n''t want Marjorie grumpin''around for the next week, do you, wishin''she''d gone, and layin''it all to you?
20627You had tea for breakfast too, did n''t you?
20627You have n''t your cigars, have you? 20627 You heard, I suppose?"
20627You knew Dick very well, did n''t you? 20627 You manage to make a living at this sort of thing, I suppose?"
20627You mean ditch the gabby talk? 20627 You mean pinched?"
20627You mean that she-- that if----"Say,I breaks in,"do you want it straight from a rank amateur?
20627You play the violin, do n''t you?
20627You think it may end the agony?
20627You will, wo n''t you?
20627You''d be scoutin''up here at this time of day after a ten- dollar commission, would n''t you?
20627You''ll be gettin''wise to all the inside deals now, eh?
20627You''re introducin''what?
20627You''ve never found anything better to do,she goes on,"than-- than this?"
20627You''ve no family, I trust?
20627You, Ellins? 20627 You, eh?"
20627You-- you ai n''t the one that left me with Mother Leary, are you?
20627You-- you did n''t open the act by goin''to a clinch, did you?
20627You-- you do n''t believe he took the money, do you?
20627You-- you do n''t mean Miss Billings?
20627You-- you do n''t, eh, you young scamp?
20627You-- you wanted me to know first, did you?
20627You-- you----?
20627You? 20627 Young man,"says he,"have n''t I seen you somewhere before?"
20627Young man,says he,"whose idea was it, taking you off the gate?"
20627Your son?
20627''Ca n''t you look somewhere else-- at the ceiling, or out of the window?''
20627''Could I have a warm plate?''
20627A charter, was n''t it?
20627Ah, blushing, are you?
20627Ah, what for would we be kidnappin''a remnant like you?
20627Ah-- er-- what''s that note of theirs?
20627Ai n''t that all reg''lar?
20627Ai n''t there a store down near Fulton Market where we could buy a sample?"
20627Always have to cart your gas down this way?"
20627And Zenobia now, is she-- er-- a good deal like her sister?"
20627And as I watches him swing jaunty through the door I remarks under my breath to nobody in partic''lar:"Uncle Bill, eh?
20627And class?
20627And could you find out for me when we organized General Transportation?"
20627And how was I goin''to deliver that message to Vee?
20627And if I might be permitted to add a bottle or two of cold St. Louis----""Do you think I keep house without an icebox?"
20627And if he ever forgets just how merry, for a dime he can go take a look and refresh his mem''ry, ca n''t he?
20627And if that was how the case stood, with Edna longin''for him, and him yearnin''for Edna, why should n''t they?
20627And is old Connolly chief down there still?"
20627And it''s surprising ai n''t it, what a lot of information you can sop up when you do the sponge act in earnest?
20627And now that you''ve brought him, may I hear what your young friend has to say, all by myself?"
20627And solemn?
20627And the reception?
20627And then, grabbin''him by the sleeve as he''s backin''off, I whispers,"What''s the disguise, Skeet?"
20627And this last--''Teg morf rednu''?
20627And was Larkin playin''penuchle?
20627And were n''t you thick with Dick Ballard?"
20627And what do you guess is Mrs. Pulsifer''s openin''as we drifts back towards the scene of the late conflict?
20627And what''s a neck more or less?
20627And why, please?"
20627And would Miss Vee?"
20627And yours, please, Sir?"
20627And, by the way, what schedule are you runnin''this on,--doors open at when?"
20627And-- er-- just leave that terminal lease, will you?
20627And-- say, had n''t I seen them ruddy cheeks and that gray hair and them droopy eyes before?
20627Any ambitions in that direction?"
20627Anyway, you can give me a line on-- on my folks, I suppose?"
20627Are any of them girls?"
20627Are you certain?"
20627Are you comin''or goin''?"
20627Are you on?"
20627Are you ready?
20627Are you ready?"
20627Are your intentions serious?"
20627As for me?
20627Ask your man who''s on the case?"
20627Away from his mother?"
20627Ballard?"
20627Bright?
20627Briscoe?"
20627Broad, did you say?"
20627Bully morning for a flight, is n''t it?"
20627Busy?
20627But about the roses, now?"
20627But are n''t there any other men around?"
20627But he can deliver the goods, ca n''t he?
20627But here''s another: What do you do when you meld a hundred aces, say?"
20627But if I think he''s bilkin''you on this, is it my play to sit behind and chew my tongue?"
20627But it would be great sport to---- Say, Bob, who''s going to be there-- anyone special?"
20627But suppose I am simply trying to avoid the-- the Romeo stuff, as you put it?"
20627But that hits Miss Vee''s aunt rather heavily, does n''t it?
20627But this other dope,"Teg morf rednu?"
20627But what do you think?
20627But what is melding?
20627But what must she think of Robert?
20627But what shall we do?"
20627But what then?
20627But what''s the use?
20627But who''s the Peevish Priscilla here, that''s so tickled to see me come in she has to turn away to hide her emotion?"
20627But why not see Father and tell him about it?
20627By the way, is Miss Vee in?"
20627CHAPTER XIII SIFTING OUT UNCLE BILL Things happen to you quick, do n''t they, when the happenin''is good?
20627Ca n''t we lose a mast or so without gettin''panicky?
20627Ca n''t you smell the sulphur?"
20627Call that quitting, do you?"
20627Can it be that Miss Verona is on the point of returning from somewhere or other?"
20627Can you guess why?"
20627Can you not conceive then that it might be somewhat humiliating to me to know that my maids suppress a smile as they announce-- Mr. Torchy?
20627Charmed to accept''?
20627Come now, ai n''t you as strong for Miss Hampton as ever?"
20627Could I take him into the libr''y?"
20627Could he?
20627Could you have guessed it?
20627Course I ai n''t sayin''they''ll spring any gunplay right in the house; but-- why, what''s wrong, Skeet?"
20627Cut sugar, did you say, Madam?"
20627Cute idea, eh?
20627Debenture six''s, ai n''t they?
20627Did I?
20627Did I?
20627Did he ask for Mutual Funding?"
20627Did n''t I hand it to her, though?
20627Did n''t I know who was there?
20627Did n''t I tell someone to attend to that?
20627Did n''t I tell you to bend your thumbs?
20627Did n''t you tell me to go as far as I liked, so long as I made it merry?"
20627Did they?
20627Did we win Ruby?
20627Do n''t it hit you foolish the first time, though?
20627Do n''t tell me you''ve just bought the estate?"
20627Do n''t they pass it out that way in plays and magazines?
20627Do n''t you recall I was disagreeable enough to ask you not to watch me eat?"
20627Do n''t you see?"
20627Do you accept the position?"
20627Do you wonder I stands gaspin''on the curb until after they''ve turned the corner?
20627Do you wonder she quit?
20627Do you wonder?
20627Does Pa Pulsifer rant any more rants?
20627Does he?
20627Does it work?
20627Does she wait to be hunted up and rescued?
20627Does that sink in?
20627Dorsett?"
20627Eh, Bob?
20627Eh, Bob?
20627Eh, Torchy?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?
20627Eh?"
20627Eh?"
20627Ellins?"
20627Ellins?"
20627Ever ask him where he delivers the Nash business?"
20627Ever cruise around much on them Long Island branch lines?
20627Ever in the Tractions Buildin''?
20627Familiar with the place?
20627Ferdie, ca n''t you think of some way?"
20627Fin''lly Uncle Kyrle remarks:"You had your little niece with you then, did n''t you?"
20627For a second she stands there fingerin''her rings fidgety, and then remarks unexpected:"It''s about Doris, ai n''t it?
20627Funny how you can work out of a scare that way, ai n''t it?
20627Get me?"
20627Get me?"
20627Get that, do you?
20627Get the idea?"
20627Go on, Torchy, think of some more, ca n''t you?"
20627Going, are you?
20627Had Grebel gone out to lunch?
20627Had he glanced at the halftone without recognizin''her?
20627Has Marling of Chicago been called up yet?"
20627Has it ever occurred to you, however, that you may have failed to get my point of view?
20627Have n''t I warned you never to step foot in my house again?
20627Have you any suggestions?"
20627Have you ever told her?"
20627He''s bein''bowed in dignified by the same butler, and is passed on to-- well, it''s a funny world, ai n''t it?
20627Hot time he picked out for it, did n''t he, with me here in the condemned cell?
20627How about it?"
20627How about patronizin''this?"
20627How could that be?"
20627How did you get in here?"
20627How frisky a few freak clothes make you feel, do n''t they?
20627How much?
20627How near did they come to doin''the slope?"
20627How was that?"
20627How?"
20627I expect I can resign now?"
20627I guess we''ve known each other too long for that, eh?"
20627I have a few Orpingtons on my place; but-- oh, by the way, Ellins, are these really intended for me?"
20627I love riding, do n''t you?
20627I only gave you the usual get- busy line, and if you went and----""Was n''t there some advice,"he breaks in,"about using my arms?"
20627I presume, however, that you came on some errand of importance?"
20627I say, would you mind paddling around and giving me a shove off?"
20627I suppose that was why I took my chance when I did, why I----""Kyrle Ballard, you''ve finished your sandwich, have n''t you?"
20627I take it you want to unload as much of this plaster junk as you can?
20627I want first to---- Where is Miss Hampton, Torchy?"
20627I want to ask you, Mrs. Ull, if I may marry Doris?"
20627I wonder where he''s disappeared to?"
20627I wonder?"
20627I wonder?"
20627I''d like to see you facing a nine- hundred- pound she bear with----""Would you?"
20627I''ll have my lawyer go down and----""Say,"I breaks in,"why fat up a lawyer?
20627I''ve been here goin''on four years now, and I ai n''t beefed much about it, have I?
20627I-- I beg pardon?"
20627I-- er-- I trust she was charmed to meet you again?"
20627If I could only find the original now, with her tractable genius for doing exactly what she was told----""Why not send out for her, then?"
20627If I''d taken the money, would n''t it have been found on me?"
20627In other words, how is he getting on?"
20627In your den, are you?
20627Indulging in a shave, eh?"
20627Inside is nothing but a picture, one of these dinky portraits on ivory-- mini''tures, ai n''t they?
20627Is it?"
20627Is n''t that motor a beauty?
20627It is so-- so-- well, so petty and sordid?"
20627It was awful of the bobbies, was n''t it?"
20627It''s in that----""Say,"I throws over my shoulder on my way to the door,"whose aunt is this, anyway?"
20627It''s your birthday, ai n''t it?
20627Joey?"
20627Jumpy?
20627Just asked pleasant and polite for a renewal, did he?
20627Know the old gent, do n''t you?"
20627Know what he used to call your sister Marjorie, summer before last?
20627Let''s see, you ca n''t ring in as one of the fam''ly, can you?"
20627Lindholm?"
20627Look like a discard, do n''t you?
20627Look up the number, will you?
20627Look up the number, will you?
20627Martha Hadley, why in the name of nonsense are you eating dinner with your hat on?"
20627May I ask the occasion?
20627May I?"
20627May I?"
20627May n''t Torchy come to carry the bundles?"
20627Maybe you know how catchin''that sort of thing is?
20627Maybe you know the brand?
20627Maybe you''ve seen products of such exclusive establishments?
20627Mr. Robert hangs his head sort of sheepish, but asks hopeful:"Well, Torchy?"
20627Mr. Robert whirls and demands sarcastic,"Well, what would you suggest, young man?"
20627Music?
20627Nameless waif, eh?
20627Nash?"
20627Nash?"
20627Nice mornin'', ai n''t it?"
20627No piker, was he?
20627No rule against that, is there?"
20627Not in the same line, are you?"
20627Notice me frost her, eh?
20627Now come, Allston, what good would you be after fifteen years''hard?"
20627Now tell me, would anyone but a nut do a thing like that?"
20627Now wa''n''t it?."
20627Now was them any proper motions for a grocery clerk to be goin''through?
20627Now what about this grand larceny charge?"
20627Now what about this retort business?"
20627Now what''s the argument?"
20627Now, how soon may we start?
20627Now, young man, have you thought how we can get the right people here?
20627Of course I knew he did n''t take it; but how in the world did you ever make them let him go?"
20627Or was he just keepin''mum?
20627Or was he nutty, like Donahue had said?
20627Or was it wings she was demandin''?
20627Out?
20627Out?
20627Perhaps you can tell me what they''re doing down there?"
20627Perhaps you never heard of the bursting of that first Birmingham boom?
20627Pretty soon they will be coming back, and then----""Well, what then?"
20627Private Secretary?"
20627Queen of what?
20627Remember hearin''me tell of Aunt Zenobia and her new hubby?
20627Remember her, do n''t you?
20627Remember him, do n''t you?"
20627Retire?
20627Ring up Bates, will you, and have him call a general council of our legal staff for two- thirty?"
20627Robert?"
20627Robert?"
20627Say, but it ai n''t any cinch, this breakin''into public life, is it?
20627Say, how about it, Miss Hampton?
20627Say, old man, let me in on this musicfest if you can, will you?"
20627Say, that ai n''t such slow work, is it?
20627Say, that was something to lean against, wa''n''t it?
20627Say, what do you know about that, eh?"
20627Say, what''s your guess about that?
20627Say, where''s the harm in me takin''Verona out for a half- hour walk along the Drive?
20627See, is n''t that he, standing just over there?"
20627See?
20627See?
20627See?"
20627Seen him, have n''t you?"
20627Sendin''flowers to a young lady ai n''t any penal offense, is it?"
20627Shall I?"
20627She does n''t keep him in a cage, does she?"
20627She just indulges in a flickery smile, then straightens her face out and remarks:"Well, Torchy, I have n''t had the pleasure, have I?"
20627She used to be, as you put it, rather a live one; but I did n''t quite know how----""Kyrle Ballard, is that you?"
20627She''s in the lib''ry, eh?"
20627She-- she still has that, has she?"
20627Sleuthin''around that bunch, are you?
20627So when Doris told me how lonely and unhappy she was at home and begged me to visit her for a week in return-- well, what could I do?
20627So why should n''t it work for him?
20627Some grand little strategy that, eh?
20627Some swell piano performer, eh?"
20627Sort of a blot on the landscape I''d be, would I?"
20627Spidery lookin''affairs, ai n''t they, when you get close to, with all them slim wire guys?
20627Staying at Ferdie''s, eh?
20627Steady comp''ny, ai n''t he?"
20627Stunning, is n''t she?"
20627Suppose I could duck meetin''Westy if I came the first evenin''?"
20627Suppose I drop around again, or look you up at your quarters?"
20627Suppose we double what you''re getting now?
20627Suppose you was as shy on relations as I am, would you turn down the only one that ever showed up?
20627Takin''me one side, he asks confidential,"What did you use on our young friend, persuasion, or assault with intent?"
20627Tell him I was here, will you?"
20627Tell me, why are you back here?"
20627That was speedin''up some for a private sec, wa''n''t it?
20627That was what worried me most,--could I come across with the standin''spiel?
20627That you, Maggie?
20627That''s description enough, ai n''t it?
20627That''s some song, ai n''t it?
20627The place where she''s been takin''lessons, eh?"
20627Then he advances a step or so, points dramatic to the door, and gurgles throaty:"Will-- you-- get-- out?"
20627Then perhaps you can tell me who he left that boy of his with when he went West?"
20627Then, as he passes me he whispers:"I say, when you get a chance, chuck that box overboard, will you?"
20627Then, when she''s gone, he growls savage:"Delightful, eh?
20627There''s a joint somewhere near, ai n''t there?"
20627They''re in the mountains now, you know, and the house is closed; but----""You ai n''t thinkin''of borrowin''their garage for this, are you?"
20627This his door?
20627To- morrow morning, say?"
20627Torchy, ca n''t you suggest something?"
20627Torchy, eh?
20627Torchy, will you step here a moment?"
20627True, you are no longer a mere office boy; but-- well, just who are you?"
20627Want to go?"
20627Want us to put it in?"
20627Wanted my advice, did he?
20627Was I goin''to let a gimlet- eyed old dame with an acetic acid disposition block me off as easy as that?
20627Was I?
20627Was he nutty, or what?
20627Was she thinking?
20627Was she?
20627Was that Russian, or Chinese?
20627Was-- was there another man, do you think, or just some silly misunderstanding?
20627We might-- do I understand that the flitting hubby''s name was Robert?"
20627We''ll just wire for her permission; shall we?"
20627We''ll---- But who else is this arriving?
20627Wednesday, is n''t it?
20627Well, Sir, where''s the boy now?"
20627Well, Torchy?"
20627Well, smuggle Mr. Keyser out the back way, will you?
20627Well, young feller, what is it you got on your mind?"
20627Well, young man, what is your excuse this time?"
20627What I want to know is, who else lives here?"
20627What about William Hines, now?"
20627What about eats, though?"
20627What about that?"
20627What about your salary?
20627What do I mean-- we?
20627What do you know too?
20627What do you mean, eh?"
20627What do you say, Ferdie?"
20627What do you say?"
20627What do you say?"
20627What do you say?"
20627What does Mr. Robert intend to do then-- transport by aëroplane?
20627What does he want?"
20627What if the asphalt over on Fifth- ave. was softenin''up, with the mercury hittin''the nineties, and half the force off on vacations?
20627What kind of a disease is that?"
20627What makes you think it had n''t?"
20627What you pullin''down, Skeet, on an average?"
20627What''s doing in Tractions?"
20627What''s it like, this Naukeesha?"
20627What''s the answer, Vee?"
20627What''s the gentleman''s real name?"
20627What''s the menu?"
20627What''s the real trouble, anyway?"
20627What''s the use keepin''track of how high you are, anyway?
20627Where do you think, though, I ran across that boy of hers?
20627Where had she come from?
20627Where is everybody?"
20627Where was it, now?"
20627Where was the wedding to be?
20627Which side do the Tractions people come down on?"
20627Who do you suppose now gave me your address?"
20627Who knows?
20627Who should I get a glimpse of, though, as I''m handin''my things to the butler, but the favored candidate, Sappy Westlake?
20627Who was she?
20627Who was this finicky party with the willow- ware eyes, anyway?
20627Who''s been tellin''you I was such a simp?"
20627Who''s the girl with the press notice stuff?"
20627Who''s the other?"
20627Whose joint is it, anyway?"
20627Why not at Crag Oaks, her place near Lenox?
20627Why not bluff it out and cut up with some of the other queens?"
20627Why not go in and see her?"
20627Why not see just how much of a bluff this was about Cousin Abie?
20627Why not?
20627Why not?
20627Why not?
20627Why not?
20627Why, how old are you?"
20627Why?"
20627Why?"
20627Why?"
20627Will I ditch him?"
20627Will that do?"
20627Will that do?"
20627With a wink at me and a chuckle he remarks:"Torchy, suppose you tell the gentleman where you are?"
20627Wo n''t you?"
20627Work papers?
20627Work?
20627Would it be asking too much if I requested you to let him take you out for the afternoon?"
20627Would it?
20627Would n''t that crust you?
20627Would n''t they?"
20627Would you like to try the wheel?
20627Would you mind too if I sent you out by the Broadway entrance?"
20627Would you mind using that?"
20627Would you, though, if you had been an invalid for fifteen years?
20627Yes?"
20627You are quite certain, though, that it is n''t someone just behind me?"
20627You do n''t gen''rally wait to have things handed to you on a tray, do you?
20627You do n''t think I''ve kept up that sort of thing, do you?"
20627You do something or other, do n''t you?"
20627You know Piddie?"
20627You know how it is?
20627You know how stiff and wooden he is as a rule?
20627You know the type?
20627You know these bungalow colonies in the woods-- where they live in fourteen- room log cabins, fitted with electric lights and English butlers?
20627You know, I guess?
20627You noticed her, did n''t you, Torchy?"
20627You realize that, I trust?"
20627You scent a crisis, do you?"
20627You too, Hyde?
20627You understand that, I trust?"
20627You used to ask me to skate with you on the lake, did n''t you?"
20627You would n''t, would you?"
20627You would, would n''t you?"
20627You''d naturally look for somebody special after that, would n''t you?
20627You''ve heard it, eh?
20627You''ve noticed?
20627You''ve seen a young turkey, all legs and neck, with its silly head bobbing above the tall grass?
20627You-- er-- get that, I trust, Torchy?"
20627act?"
20627ai n''t she the gentle, cooin''dove, though?
20627but this society life runs into coin, do n''t it?
20627he insists,"and if I do n''t know, what will they think?
20627salary, stage money barred?"
20627why do n''t you shut yourself in a steel vault, and have done with it?"