R. D. Blackmore,
Lorna Doone — 25. A great man attends to business
(1869)
“ For if ever I saw a man's eyes become two holes for the devil to glare from, I saw it that day; and the eyes were those of the Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys.Mr. Spank was in the lobby before me, and before I had recovered myself—for I was vexed with my own terror—he came up sidling and fawning to me, with a heavy bag of yellow leather. ”
R. D. Blackmore,
Lorna Doone — 25. A great man attends to business
(1869)
“ Never again will I trust mine eyes for knowledge of a greenhorn.'He slipped two guineas into the hand which I had hooked through his elbow, and spoke in an urgent whisper again, for the people came crowding around us—'For God's sake let me go, boy; another moment will be too late.''Learned sir,' I answered him, 'twice you spoke, unless I err, of the necessity of a clerk's fee, as a thing to be lamented.''To be sure, to be sure, my son. You have a clerk as much as I have. There it is. Now I pray thee, take to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. ”
R. D. Blackmore,
Lorna Doone — 25. A great man attends to business
(1869)
“ Would to God that I only knew how she is faring now, and how the business of the farm goes!''Sir, I respect and admire you,' the old gentleman replied, with a bow very low and genteel; 'few young court-gallants of our time are so reverent and dutiful. Oh, how I did love my mother!' Here he turned up his eyes to heaven, in a manner that made me feel for him and yet with a kind of wonder. ”
