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unearths some literary gems.
***“Do yer knaw him?”“Know him! T-t-t—” Mr. Ashworth went on making this t-t-t noise for about two minutes.***“The Silver King”…. was the name they had given Mr. Mitcham’s overcoat, which was no ordinary garment. It had first made its appearance at Haxby…, and immediately it had seemed as if another person had joined the party. Mr. Mitcham was now described as “travelling an overcoat,” just as some players are said to “travel” a mother or other relative…. It had the air of having been round the world far more times than Mr. Mitcham himself, and of having seen places that its owner would never be permitted to see. At any moment…, you felt that this astounding overcoat might begin to supplement Mr. Mitcham’s travel reminiscences or set him right in a loud voice.***“Not at all! Rather! Absolutely! roared Inigo, who did not know what he was saying.[Cf. Can of Yams: "Gesundheit. You’re welcome. Mazel tov. Please, I insist."]***“That,” said Inigo with deliberation, “was our fellow passenger, a large and rather tight gentleman with a mind like a cheap Christmas card.”***“He said something about having the scenery and props and script of a revue (I think its name was ‘And You’re Another!’)....”***And his eyebrows completed the rebuke.***Unkerlarthur came nearer and was so confidential that his mouth seemed to slip round to the right side of his face and stay there.***“Well, I don’t know,” he remarked, feeling the end of his nose as if he were not sure it was still there.***“You show ’em tha’, you’ll walk up withou’ a wor’.” Thus Mr. Milbrau, who ended by gabbling so furiously there was hardly a consonant left in his speech.
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