[Springhaven by R. D. Blackmore]@TWC D-Link bookSpringhaven CHAPTER XVII 5/12
Though both of them reserves the right to do it, if nature should so compel them--the three-ribbed gentleman with one ear, at five shillings a week, in the sitting-room, and the young man up over him.
Their meaning is for business, and studying, and keeping of accounts, and having of a quiet place in bad weather, though feed they must, sooner or later, I depend; and then who is there but Mr.Cheeseman ?" "How grand he do look upon that black horse, quite as solid as if he was glued to it!" the lady of the shop replied, as she put away the money; "and to do that without victuals is beyond a young man's power.
He looks like what they used to call a knight upon an errand, in the picture-books, when I was romantic, only for the hair that comes under his nose.
Ah! his errand will be to break the hearts of the young ladies that goes down upon the sands in their blue gowns, I'm afraid, if they can only manage with the hair below his nose." "And do them good, some of them, and be a judgment from the Lord, for the French style in their skirts is a shocking thing to see.
What should we have said when you and I were young, my dear? But quick step is the word for me, for I expect my Jenny home on her day out from the Admiral, and no Harry in the house to look after her.
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