[Uncle Silas by J. S. LeFanu]@TWC D-Link bookUncle Silas CHAPTER XVII 6/12
Thankee, Mrs. Mouser, ma'am, for the honour of the meetin', and more particular for the pleasure of making your young lady's acquaintance--niece, ma'am? daughter, ma'am? granddaughter, by Jove, is it? Hallo! there, mild 'n, I say, stop packin'.' This was to the ill-favoured person with the broken nose.
'Bring us a couple o' glasses and a bottle o' curacoa; what are you fear'd on, my dear? this is Lord Lollipop, here, a reg'lar charmer, wouldn't hurt a fly, hey Lolly? Isn't he pretty, Miss? and I'm Sir Simon Sugarstick--so called after old Sir Simon, ma'am; and I'm so tall and straight, Miss, and slim--ain't I? and ever so sweet, my honey, when you come to know me, just like a sugarstick; ain't I, Lolly, boy ?' 'I'm Miss Ruthyn, tell them, Madame,' I said, stamping on the ground, and very much frightened. 'Be quaite, Maud.
If you are angry, they will hurt us; leave me to speak,' whispered the gouvernante. All this time they were approaching from separate points.
I glanced back, and saw the ruffianly-looking man within a yard or two, with his arm raised and one finger up, telegraphing, as it seemed, to the gentlemen in front. 'Be quaite, Maud,' whispered Madame, with an awful adjuration, which I do not care to set down.
'They are teepsy; don't seem 'fraid.' I _was_ afraid--terrified.
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