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dandled his little charge to and fro, after the most approved nursery fashion,
essaying at the same time the soothing influence of an infantine melody proper
to the occasion; but, failing in his design, he soon lost all patience, and being, as
we have before hinted, rather irritable, though extremely well-meaning, he lifted
the unhappy bantling in the air, and shook him with so much good will, that he
had well-nigh silenced him most effectually. ’
Chapter Twelve
In the elegantly appointed blue saloon, Melusine sat disconsolate, gazing out of
the window at the dull sky. ’
‘Only in hot blood, eh?’ grinned Gerald. It isn’t. "I shall want a bottle or two of sack, and
a flask of usquebaugh. ’
Leonardo had taught her that. It consisted of a close jerkin of brown frieze, ornamented with a
triple row of brass buttons; loose Dutch slops, made very wide in the seat and
very tight at the knees; red stockings with black clocks, and a fur cap. Kneebone was attired in the extremity of the mode.
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