William MacLeod Raine

Name: From the Chops of the Lion
Author: William MacLeod Raine

From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

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“From the Chops of the Lion”, published in 1901, is a work by William MacLeod Raine. It explores elements such as Ludwyck, Macquoid and Blanke.

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ What is the meaning of this fairy-tale you are telling about Captain Macquoid? Is it a new diversion for my amusement? And have these good men a part in it? Alack, your efforts to amuse grow wearisome, sir,” she told him with lazy scorn.
The Hon. Levering Blanke looked like a whipped cur, his face gone pale in blotches beside the patches of paint. He was a man of no force of character, but on my soul, I think he loved her with all the sordid little heart was left him after forty years of selfishness. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ If not, Jack Ludwyck goes straight home.” Then to me: “You must know, Captain Macquoid, that all London has been captured by a bewitching little rebel from the colonies. Egad, she tucks away our scalps in that trim belt of hers as composedly as any of her native redskin chiefs. There are a dozen titles dangling round her. Faith, she may have Jack Ludwyck any time she beckons with that imperious little nod of hers. Blanke here wants her, but zounds! he has no chance—too fat, too old, and too conceited,” the candid youth concluded affably. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ Blanke say?” stormed the little lady. “I have known this gentleman all my life. We were brought up side by side on neighboring estates. Forsooth! I ought to know him. But what does Mr. Blanke say? I hear him say nothing. He seems to me to stand there like a wart, a necessary evil, but scarcely an ornamental one. Speak out, Sir Silent, unless that you be dumb,” she taunted, as the fine ladies of the period were wont to do.
Old Brooke grinned at him out of toothless gums, and Ludwyck laughed outright in his face, for Blanke looked his name to the life. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ But how thin you are looking, how white and ill and old! Did they try to break your heart in prison, Dale? And did you think I had forgotten? I moved heaven and earth without avail to get you exchanged. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ This gentleman, too, tells a story that must be investigated.”
“Perdition take him and his stories!” I cried, and my anger would have made the fortune of a play-actor. “Can a gentleman not attend a public ball without having the beaks blundering in on him with some wooden-headed fool to lead the way? Are you all drunk or mad?”
“What a to-do is here about nothing!” cried My Lady impatiently. “Sure, there are many here to identify you, Captain Macquoid. With whom did you come to the rout?”
I took my cue on the instant.
“With Sir John Ludwyck, Mistress Phyllis. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ The beaks set on me and pinned my hands to my sides. Nor did I offer any resistance, for I had elected to play the game out by effrontery, as I had begun it.
“Be not so rough, my good fellows,” I drawled. “Faith, you manhandle one most vilely. I would have you know I am an officer in His Majesty's service. A pox on you, what mad notion is in your heads?”
“You may be what you say you are, sir,” the fellow answered civilly enough. “But you fit the description of the rebel Carteret, and our runners have brought word that he was nearing London. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ A head, adorned with a queue wig, was thrust from the window of the coach. “'Od's blood!” began the owner of the head. “What the devil do you mean by—?” The question tailed off into a gasp, and the head was withdrawn abruptly in deference to a pistol flourished under the nose of the macaroni. ”

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William MacLeod Raine, From the Chops of the Lion (1901)

“ A storm having arisen, Carteret incited the rebels to rise against the prize crew and recover the sloop, which was again run down by a British man-of-war in the English Channel a year later. Brought to Mill Prison, this notorious rebel Carteret has twice succeeded in breaking gaol. Wounded three soldiers before being retaken after last escape. All loyal men are earnestly warned against assisting this bold and bloodthirsty rebel to leave the Kingdom. ”

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