" God , " saidsaythe dying man , pointingpointhis finger , with a ghastly looklook, at the undismayed countenance of his enemy , -- " God will give him blood to drink ! "
CHAPTER 1 The Rassendylls -- With a Word on the Elphbergs “ I wonderwonderwhen in the world you ’re going to do anything , Rudolf ? ” saidsaymy brother ’s wife .
“ Good families are generally worse than any others , ” she saidsay.
“ She objectsobjectto my doing nothing and having red hair , ” saidsayI , in an injured tone .
“ It generally crops out once in a generation , ” saidsaymy brother .
“ I wishwishthey did n’t crop out , ” saidsayRose , still flushed .
“ I rather like them myself , ” saidsayI , and , risingrise, I bowedbowto the portrait of Countess Amelia .
“ I wishwishyou ’d take that picture away , Robert , ” saidsayshe .
“ The difference between you and Robert , ” saidsaymy sister-in-law , who often ( bless her ! )
“ Nonsense ! ” saidsayshe , tossingtossher head ; and after a moment she wentgoon : “ Now , here ’s Sir Jacob Borrodaile offering you exactly what you might be equal to . ”
Therefore I saidsay: “ My dear sister , if in six months ’ time no unforeseen obstacle has arisen , and Sir Jacob invites me , hang me if I do n’t go with Sir Jacob ! ”
“ Madame , ” saidsayI , “ for your sake I ’ll go , if it ’s no more than a beggarly Legation .
But Tom Sawyer he huntedhuntme up and saidsayhe was going to start a band of robbers , and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable .
She saidsayit was a mean practice and was n't clean , and I must try to not do it any more .