When Mrs. Hall wentgoto clear away the stranger 's lunch , her ideaideathat his mouth must also have been cut or disfigured in the accident she supposed him to have suffered , was confirmedconfirm, for he was smokingsmokea pipe , and all the time that she was in the room he never loosened the silk muffler he had wrapped round the lower part of his face to putputthe mouthpiece to his lips .
Brothers are better , ” she murmuredmurmuras he putputthe glass tube under her tongue .
He putputhis arm about my shoulder , for we were old friends , and together we wentgoup the green bank to the house , and , when I had broughtbringhim a pipe , satsitdown side by side upon the doorstep .
Consequently the advertisement was withdrawnwithdrawat a dead loss -- for as to sherry , my poor dear mother ’s own sherry was in the market then -- and ten years afterwards , the caul was putputup in a raffleraffledown in our part of the country , to fifty members at half-a-crown a head , the winner to spend five shillings .
As for me , I was hungry , and contentedcontentmyself with silently demolishingdemolishthe tea , ham , and toast , while my mother and sister went on talkingtalk, and continued to discussdiscussthe apparent or non-apparent circumstances , and probable or improbable history of the mysterious lady ; but I must confessconfessthat , after my brother ’s misadventuremisadventure, I once or twice raisedraisethe cup to my lips , and putputit down again without daring to taste the contents , lest I should injure my dignity by a similar explosionexplosion.
I wentgoup to my room with a piece of candle , and putputit on the table .
When Gertrude got past the hair-ribbon age , and Halsey askedaskfor a scarf-pin and putputon long trousers -- and a wonderful help that was to the darning .
I answeredanswerin few wordsword, but to no purpose , and made a signsignwith my hand that was loose , puttingputit to the other ( but over his excellency ’s head for fear of hurting him or his train ) and then to my own head and body , to signify that I desired my liberty .
A backward glanceglanceconvincedconvinceme that to return by the way I had come would be more hazardous than to continue across the plateau , so , puttingputspurs to my poor beast , I made a dashdashfor the opening to the pass which I could distinguishdistinguishon the far side of the table land .
I earnestly expressedexpressmy hope that he would n't , and heldholdtighter to the tombstone on which he had putputme ; partly , to keep myself upon it ; partly , to keep myself from crying .
" I 've knet yeh eight pair of socks , Henry , and I 've putputin all yer best shirts , because I want my boy to be jest as warm and comf ' able as anybody in the army .
When he putputher hand back under the quilt he wentgoover to one of the windows -- they were both tight shut -- and liftedliftit a little way .
He putputon his hat , and , pausingpauseby the bed-side on his way to the door , addedadd, ' She was a good-looking girl , too ; where did she come from ? '
As the lad stood in a dubious attitude , Durbeyfield putputhis hand in his pocket , and producedproducea shilling , one of the chronically few that he possessed .
She saw , I suppose , the doubt in my face , for she putputthe rosary round my neck , and saidsay, " For your mother 's sake , " and wentgoout of the room .
She was to have come back Saturday , but putputoff till Monday , perhaps on account of -- I do n't know .
At three o'clock in the morning Dr. Archie was in the parlor puttingputon his cuffs and coat -- there was no spare bedroom in that house .
' You need n't mind sending up to me , if the child cries , nurse , ' saidsaythe surgeon , puttingputon his gloves with great deliberation .
I answeredanswerin a few words , but in the most submissive manner , liftingliftup my left hand , and both my eyes to the sun , as calling him for a witness ; and being almost famished with hunger , having not eaten a morsel for some hours before I leftleavethe ship , I foundfindthe demandsdemandof nature so strong upon me , that I could not forbear showingshowmy impatience ( perhaps against the strict rules of decency ) by puttingputmy finger frequently to my mouth , to signifysignifythat I wanted food .
The mother was first putputupon the auction-block , and soldsellto a noted negro trader named Jennings .
" It is well I drewdrawthe curtain , " thoughtthinkI ; and I wishedwishfervently he might not discover my hiding-place : nor would John Reed have found it out himself ; he was not quick either of vision or conception ; but Eliza just putputher head in at the door , and saidsayat once -- " She is in the window-seat , to be sure , Jack . "
There she foundfindby the half-extinguished firefirean iron saucepan filled with cold boiled potatoes , which she putputupon a broken chair with a pint-cup of ale .
‘ If Good was there you probably did , ’ I putputin sarcastically , for Good is a great hand at talking .
Well , Judge Thatcher he tooktakeit and putputit out at interest , and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round -- more than a body could tell what to do with .
She tooktakedown a jar from one of the shelves as she passedpass; it was labelled ‘ ORANGE MARMALADE ’ , but to her great disappointmentdisappointmentit was empty : she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody , so managed to putputit into one of the cupboards as she fellfallpast it .
She putputdown the eggs and bacon with considerable emphasis , and calledcallrather than said to him , " Your lunch is servedserve, sir . "
I putputtwo sentinels of my own company , on whom I could rely , to keep the door .
" Well , a booky as big almost as a haystack ; I have putputup two bottles of the gillyflower water for Mrs. Sedley , and the receipt for making it , in Amelia 's box . "
The first day in the hall of the castle when she had saidsaygoodbye she had putputup her veil double to her nose to kiss him : and her nose and eyes were red .