The children were all in school , and there was nobody abroad in the streets but a few rough-looking countrymen in coarse overcoats , with their long caps pulledpulldown to their noses .
She did not notice the little boy until he pulledpullher by the coat .
He pulledpullfrom his pocket two egg-cups , with pink moss-roses on them .
However , blood being thicker than broth , he was pulledpullthrough .
“ One day blue -- one day red -- one day green , ” he toldtellus , and pulledpullfrom his pouch another strip of bright-hued cloth .
Once he had washedwashhis hands in the lavatory of the Wicklow Hotel and his father pulledpullthe stopper up by the chain after and the dirty water wentgodown through the hole in the basin .
The Old Man pulledpullup at the bunk-house , the stranger sprangsprangout over the wheel with the agility which bespoke youthful muscles , and the Old Man introducedintroducehim with a quirk of the lips : “ This is Mr. Mig-u-ell Rapponi , boys -- a peeler straight from the Golden Gate .
A black servant , who reposed on the box beside the fat coachman , uncurleduncurlhis bandy legs as soon as the equipage drewdrawup opposite Miss Pinkerton 's shining brass plate , and as he pulledpullthe bell at least a score of young heads were seen peeringpeerout of the narrow windows of the stately old brick house .
Well , I 'll write and tell her never to expect a literary leg-up from me again ... ' Mrs Gildea pulledpullthe sheet she had been typingtypeout of the machine , insertedinsertanother , alteredalterthe notch to single spacing and rattledrattleoff at top speed till the page was covered .