"Canst change thy robe for a jerkin once more at the Abbey, unless perchance you have a friend near at hand."
Why, you had scarce gone ere this loathly John came running back again, and, when I oped mouth to reproach him, he asked me whether it was indeed likely that a man of prayer would leave his own godly raiment in order to take a layman's jerkin. He had, he said, but gone for a while that I might be the freer for my devotions.
Do you know who this is?" he said, addressing his brother, and indicating the gentleman in the
jerkin: "This is Mr.
The man in the leather jerkin shouldered him aside.
And many people preferred to see them alive, breathing, moving, elbowing each other in flesh and blood, in this Flemish embassy, in this Episcopal court, under the cardinal's robe, under Coppenole's jerkin, than painted, decked out, talking in verse, and, so to speak, stuffed beneath the yellow amid white tunics in which Gringoire had so ridiculously clothed them.
I might easily have stifled it with my coat, which I unfortunately left behind me for haste, and came away only in my leathern
jerkin. The case seemed wholly desperate and deplorable; and this magnificent palace would have infallibly been burnt down to the ground, if, by a presence of mind unusual to me, I had not suddenly thought of an expedient.
They will kill me if they find me in the coslupak; so will the Kro-lu if they come upon me before I have won my Kro-lu weapons and
jerkin. You would kill me if you could, and that is the reason I know that you speak lies when you say that your weapons will kill at a great distance.
This year's guest list includes the Anker Morris Men, Gary and Vera Aspey, Les Barker, Cats Whiskers, Glorishears, Jez Lowe, The Ladies of Green Willow, Peeping Tom, Plum
Jerkin and, from America, Tom Lewis.
One was wearing a bright yellow jumper and the other a grey pullover or
jerkin.
And yesterday,Craig looked a far cry from the suave sophisticated agent as he strode round London wearing a flat cap and leather
jerkin.
She regarded him directly, but with no discernible show of feeling, then removed her torn quilted
jerkin. The two of them didn't really have anything to speak about.
Mrs Blair is linking arms with her husband, who is wearing blue jeans and a light blue zip-neck
jerkin with dark blue hoops.
This year's guest list includes the Anker Morris Men, Gary and Vera Aspey, Les Barker, Glorishears, Cats Whiskers, Peeping Tom, Plum
Jerkin and, from America, Tom Lewis.
Robinsons will host an Immortal Recordings night compered by Terri Hooley and featuring Oops!,
Jerkin Crocus and The Sabrejets.
