The man in the frieze coat was reading the broadsheet of August 31 When the crowd collected round him he seemed confused, but at the demand of the tall
lad who had pushed his way up to him, he began in a rather tremulous voice to read the sheet from the beginning.
We'll fix you," cried the
lads, as one clapped his cap on her head, another tied a rough jacket round her neck by the sleeves, a third neatly smothered her in a carriage blanket, and a fourth threw open the door of the old barouche that stood there, saying with a flourish
"Hearken to him
lads! He is a master bowman, Your dad says amen to every word he says."
As soon as she was gone the
lad took the pin out of his master's coat, who instantly awoke.
The next morning, after giving his father time to precede him and conclude his business with Paulvitch, the
lad hastened to the Russian's room.
The tipsy antics of the
lads had led a majority of the soberer-minded lassies to compel a departure.
The
lad, however, still maintained his resolution, and was dismissed with much wrath by Mr Allworthy, who told him he should have to the next morning to consider of it, when he should be questioned by another person, and in another manner.
'Tis like a maiden's for purity, and, withal, the fairest that e'er mine eyes did see; but, if I may judge fairly by thy looks, grief cometh to young as well as to old." At these words, spoken so kindly, the poor
lad's eyes brimmed up with tears.
Geoffrey dismissed the cab; and sent the
lad in, to wait for further orders.
Before my Fritz came, I used to think how, when I'd made my fortune, and no one needed me at home, I'd hire a big house, and pick up some poor, forlorn little
lads who hadn't any mothers, and take care of them, and make life jolly for them before it was too late.
"No
lad of yours, and my name's my own," retorted the other with spirit.
The
lad stood before Durbeyfield, and contemplated his length from crown to toe.
'Why, bless me,' cried the old gentleman, 'the
lad is here!
It seems there was a ship lost in those parts; and the next day a gentleman of my family was seeking wreck-wood for his fire along the sands, when he came upon a
lad that was half drowned.
It is such a fond anxious mother's voice that you hear, as Lisbeth says, "Well, my
lad, it's gone seven by th' clock.
