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'Good Will'; Christmas Stories

'Good Will'; Christmas Stories

Pearse, Mark Guy

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ISBN10: 1151612405
ISBN13: 9781151612403
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.08 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881. Excerpt: ... HOW SQUIRE GEOFFREY WARMED HIMSELF, AND GOT AN APPETITE FOR HIS CHRISTMAS DINNER. CHAPTER I. 'ail in fn'0 JFeelm's.' QUIRE Geoffrey sneezed. There could be no manner of doubt, at least a score of witnesses attested it. The last high note that finished tho a-tish-a rang yet in the recesses of the oldfashioned piano, and in the antique china bowls, and in the depths of vases, and in the dim corners.of the dining-room, aa if it were a good joke and they laughed to each other over it. 'Well, bless me!' said the Squire, ' I really and again he went 'a-tish-a, ' and set the room off into another ringing laugh. 'Well, I never, ' cried the Squire in growing wonder; 'I 'and again the head was lifted, the eyes were closed, the mouth opened, and the Squire was going to sneeze again; but he didn't. 'Dear me! bless me! well, I never! I am co-o-old, ' shivered the Squire, as he drew near to the fire and spread his snuff-coloured handkerchief over his knees. Nor could there be any more doubt of this statement than of the previous one. Quite as many witnesses gave evidence to prove it. The row of well-kept grinders in the Squire's head, quite forgetful of their aristocratic belonging, chattered as if they had been the property only of some frozen-out gardener; the nose was frosted at the tip as if it had not been high and arched, and in fact could have behaved no worse if it had been born a very pug; his Norman blood that had come over with the Conqueror froze as if it had been of a republican red instead of an ancient blue; down the Squire's back poured cold springs just as if he had been nothing better than a London omnibus driver, and up and down him crept shivers that began at his toes and worked their way up until they shivered themselves out in the shivering words, '...

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