This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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59289 | But why? |
59289 | Do we have to watch it, tonight? |
59289 | Ellie, does n''t it strike you as strange-- almost unbelievable-- that we accept the concept of longevity as a subversive one? 59289 Ellie, how can you go right back to eating after what''s happened to Eddie?" |
59289 | Sydney, you would n''t shame me like that, would you; not like that weak- kneed Eddie? |
59289 | What else are the boys to do? 59289 What is it?" |
59289 | What''s so thrilling about being sixty plus? |
59289 | What''s the matter? 59289 Why not?" |
59289 | Why should I feel sorry for him, if he did n''t have the guts to wait? 59289 Would you get my slippers, honey?" |
59289 | But what of it? |
59289 | But-- what have I missed? |
59289 | Does n''t it seem-- well, weird-- that we sixty plus- ers sit around every night-- just waiting?" |
59289 | Have you got an answer?" |
59289 | In a young people''s world-- what else is there to do?" |
59289 | on? |
23485 | And did he catch you? |
23485 | And he let you go? |
23485 | And what shall I do with the bag? |
23485 | Did n''t I tell you quite plainly that I wanted a green coat and yellow trousers? |
23485 | Did she open the bag and fly away? |
23485 | Did you meet the red policeman? |
23485 | Do you not know that a roll of butter can not walk like a hen? |
23485 | Is that really so? |
23485 | No,she said,"people do n''t have hens for tea, do they?" |
23485 | Now, sir,said the red policeman,"what have you got in that bag?" |
23485 | Oh, you do, do you? |
23485 | What are you laughing at? |
23485 | What are you singing for? |
23485 | What have you done with the bag? |
23485 | What is it? |
23485 | What shall I do with the bag? |
23485 | What, might I ask, brings you here? |
23485 | Where is the roll of butter? |
23485 | Why did you burn it? |
23485 | Why? |
23485 | Why? |
23485 | 2 THE RED POLICEMAN RAN AFTER HIM 7"WHATEVER ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?" |
23485 | At length his wife came in to him from the garden and said,"Whatever are you laughing at?" |
23485 | He shouted out,"What have you got in that bag?" |
23485 | Now why did the old man burn his bag? |
23485 | Whatever shall I do?" |
23485 | [ Illustration:"Whatever are you laughing at?"] |
23485 | said the old man,"a hen?" |
32448 | All ready for the trip? |
32448 | Are you really glad, Lewis? |
32448 | But you still want to go back? |
32448 | Did n''t John give you any hint at all? |
32448 | Do you mean,I said slowly,"that you would n''t sell us tickets even if we had the money?" |
32448 | Do you see anyone yet? |
32448 | Do you, Lewis? |
32448 | For yourself? |
32448 | Going to town? |
32448 | How can we tell them goodbye? |
32448 | How many? |
32448 | I can hardly believe it, can you? |
32448 | I never thought it would have changed this much, did you? |
32448 | Is n''t there any way,I said hesitantly,"that I could get them for less? |
32448 | Is n''t there some way--"Sixty- five years? 32448 Is there-- is there some way we could be excused from the insurance?" |
32448 | It''s good to be alone, is n''t it, Lewis? |
32448 | It''s very bright tonight, is n''t it? |
32448 | Lewis,Martha said,"where are they taking us?" |
32448 | Lewis-- are you really glad we came back? |
32448 | May I help you? |
32448 | Only, how can we tell_ them_? |
32448 | Pardon me,I said to the clerk,"but who should I see about getting a visa?" |
32448 | Party? |
32448 | So we could go back this year? 32448 Surprised?" |
32448 | They do n''t know you''re planning to leave yet, do they? |
32448 | Tickets? |
32448 | We''re going home? |
32448 | We''re really going home? |
32448 | What does it mean, Lewis? |
32448 | What is it? |
32448 | What''s that, Lewis? |
32448 | Why ca n''t we go back this year, Lewis? |
32448 | Why, Martha? 32448 Yes?" |
32448 | You do n''t mean you want them for yourself, do you? |
32448 | Are n''t you?" |
32448 | But where is home in an ever- changing universe?_*****"Lewis,"Martha said. |
32448 | Do n''t you see? |
32448 | Farwell?" |
32448 | Farwell?" |
32448 | Farwell?" |
32448 | How much would they cost? |
32448 | I mean, we would n''t need insurance, would we?" |
32448 | Martha.... How could I tell her? |
32448 | Please sit down, wo n''t you?... |
32448 | Then he said slowly,"You realize, do n''t you, that if you went back to Earth you''d have to stay there? |
32448 | What was it that reporter said about us? |
32448 | What would happen, I wondered, if I went to the spaceport and asked for tickets? |
32448 | You would n''t want to spoil the surprise, would you?" |
32448 | Young? |
57975 | A short step? 57975 Ah, you think that the late Captain was-- er-- a-- ah-- some good in the world?" |
57975 | And now where is the treasure? |
57975 | Can he live in a house on the land and sail on the sea at the same time? |
57975 | Captain Shannon''s place, eh? |
57975 | Did you note the significance of that? 57975 Did you say-- that you-- er-- found the portrait in a closet-- er-- and went to the trouble of framing it?" |
57975 | Do n''t that beat everything? 57975 Do you like John Silver?" |
57975 | Do you think Ocean View will completely restore your health? |
57975 | Eh? |
57975 | Feeling,--feeling? |
57975 | How do you know it''s just what we want? |
57975 | I suppose it is some years since you knew him? |
57975 | I think he''s just fascinating, do n''t you? |
57975 | I wonder if I''ve got the correct picture in my head of that knight of the waves hanging up in that library? 57975 I wonder if she''s found any more qualities in the old Cap''s picture? |
57975 | I-- er-- do you? |
57975 | Oh does it? |
57975 | So you have pressed Mr. Murphy into service, Joseph? |
57975 | What did I tell yuh? |
57975 | What you say is perfectly correct, but what were you going to say about the treasure? |
57975 | Where is the rest? |
57975 | Who''s goin''to foller me? |
57975 | Why do n''t he live in it himself, then, if it''s such a fine place? |
57975 | Why, Mr. Murphy, do you talk to yourself or are you reading aloud? 57975 Why, ai n''t I?" |
57975 | You remember that I read last night that Captain Shannon had been on Cocos Island? |
57975 | But have you any maps or plans or charts or whatever tells you where to look?" |
57975 | But would n''t you think there would be changes in the shore line since the time this chart was made?" |
57975 | Could it be that this stranger was a spy? |
57975 | Did you mean that you have actually sought a specific treasure?" |
57975 | Did you notice the style of this narrative, Joseph? |
57975 | Do you remember that he said that when he felt he was armed with the sword of the Lord and of Gideon he could face ten thousand foes?" |
57975 | Had he really known the Captain and suspected the existence of the treasure? |
57975 | How did Kate know this neighbor''s name? |
57975 | I do n''t suppose you have ever come across it?" |
57975 | I do n''t suppose you were ever taken that way?" |
57975 | I think it is a remarkable face, do n''t you?" |
57975 | In what direction I''d like to know?" |
57975 | Line for line, ai n''t they?" |
57975 | Murphy?" |
57975 | Now do n''t you think that''s the wisest course to pursue?" |
57975 | Now is n''t there somebody that could handle them Boulbys?" |
57975 | Now you know all about Captain Kidd?" |
57975 | Now, er, well really what is remarkable about the face?" |
57975 | Now, would there be an old iron- bound sea- chest, the kind sailors hide things in, in a corner here?" |
57975 | Page 55--omitted double closing quote added--"... Now you know all about Captain Kidd?" |
57975 | She had so often urged her brother to develop this quality, that now his utter lack of imagination made her reply crisply--"How do I know? |
57975 | Was he going to stay in the vicinity to keep watch upon them? |
57975 | Was n''t it a pity? |
57975 | Was she not in danger by remaining there with a lunatic? |
57975 | What about that chart? |
57975 | What do you think now, Joseph?" |
57975 | What had he been saying? |
57975 | Where was she to begin? |
57975 | Where was the bulk of it? |
57975 | Who''d have thought it? |
57975 | Would he fall from grace if he took a little rest? |
57975 | Would you happen to be fond of flowers, now?" |
57975 | Would you have any idea where he put the money and valuables, if he found them?" |
57975 | Would you tell me something more about him?" |
57975 | Would you-- ah-- could you consider a lodger, madam?" |
57975 | exclaimed Miss Katherine to her brother,"is n''t it delightful to find just what we want with so little trouble?" |
57975 | whispered Mrs. White to herself as she rose on trembling limbs,"what''s she after or is she crazy? |
34255 | Ai n''t there three hundred and sixty- four days in the year for_ them_? |
34255 | And, Peter? 34255 Do n''t you think so?" |
34255 | Do n''t you think you''d better be getting dressed, Reuben? 34255 Feeling all right for to- day?" |
34255 | Goin''to wear your black dress? |
34255 | Had n''t you better sit down on some monument and rest? |
34255 | I never did-- did I? |
34255 | I would n''t of believed it, Peter; would you? 34255 It do n''t seem to amount to much, does it?" |
34255 | Just h''ist the curtain a mite, wo n''t you? 34255 Peter,"he said, unexpectedly,"how long is it since we was married?" |
34255 | Peter? |
34255 | Peter? |
34255 | Tired? |
34255 | What do they want to go decorating all their relations for? |
34255 | What''ll folks say? |
34255 | Who''d decorate Tommy, then? |
34255 | Would you mind staying where you are till I get your coffee heated? |
34255 | You would n''t give Tommy the go- by, would you? |
34255 | You''ll see the boys do n''t forget to decorate Tommy, wo n''t you? |
34255 | A Connecticut tobacco- planter? |
34255 | A village carpenter? |
34255 | Ah-- what? |
34255 | Better, oh, better a hundred times to endure, to suffer-- if it came to suffering-- to take your share( perhaps he had his-- who knew?) |
34255 | But to her own soul she said:"What''s a doctor?" |
34255 | By what? |
34255 | By whom? |
34255 | Can you? |
34255 | Did it matter whether Reuben understood her or not? |
34255 | Did n''t you? |
34255 | Do n''t you remember?" |
34255 | Everybody''s got flowers-- See?" |
34255 | Had not she always known what he should do, or what he could? |
34255 | Has young Jabez locked up everything? |
34255 | He''d rather than sympathy-- wouldn''t you, Reuben?" |
34255 | Heroes? |
34255 | How old are you, Reuben?" |
34255 | How''d you get to be so, then, I''d like to know?" |
34255 | I ca n''t remember which died first, him or the baby; can you? |
34255 | I wonder if there''s a johnnyquil left to decorate him?" |
34255 | Just David Swing on his crutches, and Jabez Trent with the shaking palsy? |
34255 | Only old blind Mr. Succor? |
34255 | Only those poor, familiar persons whom one saw every day, and did not think much about on any other day? |
34255 | Peter? |
34255 | Peter?" |
34255 | Reuben? |
34255 | Say, Peter, we''ve gone through a good deal, have n''t we-- you''n''me? |
34255 | She gathered him and poured her powerful being upon him-- breath, warmth, will, prayer, who could say what it was? |
34255 | Succor?" |
34255 | These plain, obscure old men?--Heroes? |
34255 | Think you could take it?" |
34255 | Unregarded, unimportant, aging neighbors? |
34255 | When he did, it was to say only this:"Peter? |
34255 | Where''s he buried, Peter? |
34255 | Where''s the cushions?" |
34255 | Who was it, that followed the veteran, with the dumb, delighted fidelity that one race only knows of all created? |
34255 | Who''d thought he''d tumble down the cellar stairs? |
34255 | You stood more, you was under fire more, you never was afraid of anything-- What''s rheumatics? |
34255 | You''d''a''liked a daughter round the house, would n''t you, Peter? |
29284 | And-- if you please, Captain Price, will you speak in a low tone? 29284 But Gussie said you said--""Alfred, at your time of life, are you beginning to quote Gussie?" |
29284 | But how about your daughter? |
29284 | Dear me, yes,said Mrs. North, twinkling;"why, I''d forgotten all about it, but the eldest boy-- Now, what was his name? |
29284 | Did you know them, mother? |
29284 | Do you smoke, sir? |
29284 | Do you suppose she knows that story about old Alfred Price and her mother? |
29284 | Do you want to leave Old Chester? |
29284 | Do you wish me to go into brain- fever before your eyes, just from worry? |
29284 | Does your mother resemble you, madam? |
29284 | Flora? |
29284 | Foolish? 29284 Going out? |
29284 | Gussie put you up to this, Cy--_rus_? |
29284 | Have you cautioned your mother? |
29284 | Her views? 29284 How''s her head, Cy?" |
29284 | I do n''t bother you, coming to see you, do I? |
29284 | I expect you need me, do n''t you, Alfred? |
29284 | I suppose I can stay at home, and let''em get over it? |
29284 | I think I''d better put another shawl over your limbs? |
29284 | If there''s anything you want, mother, you''ll be sure and tell me? |
29284 | Lydia,said she,"is there anything''awe''-inspiring in this display of the elements?" |
29284 | Mother, are you_ sure_ you do n''t feel a draught? |
29284 | Now, what''s my association with that name? |
29284 | Oh, may I? |
29284 | Or a middle- aged one? 29284 Sealed orders?" |
29284 | She hinted that he-- that you--"Well? |
29284 | Stay at home? 29284 Suggested-- what?" |
29284 | Want to come and smoke with me? 29284 Well, who else would he come to see? |
29284 | Well, why did you talk to her about it? |
29284 | What do you say, ma''am? |
29284 | What do you say? |
29284 | What has she done? |
29284 | What motive? |
29284 | What''s the matter with you, Cyrus? |
29284 | What''s wrong? |
29284 | What,_ now_? |
29284 | What? |
29284 | Where you bound? |
29284 | Who is that stout old gentleman going into the Price house? |
29284 | Why did n''t they go right off? |
29284 | Why should n''t he go and see her to- morrow? |
29284 | Why? |
29284 | Will you be true to me, Letty? 29284 Would what?" |
29284 | You have children? |
29284 | You will meet me at the minister''s? |
29284 | You will not fail me? |
29284 | Your father- in- law?--my mother? |
29284 | _ Why?_said Mrs. Cyrus, with faint animation. |
29284 | --Well, Alfred?" |
29284 | Ai n''t you skipper?" |
29284 | And when Neddy Dilworth''s wife confessed coquettishly, that one would hardly take her to be a year or two older than her husband, would one? |
29284 | And yet, as Lydia Wright said,"How could a young lady die for a young gentleman with ashes all over his waistcoat?" |
29284 | Anything I can do for you?" |
29284 | But I hope I was polite?" |
29284 | But you never saw old Flora?" |
29284 | Come aft, will you? |
29284 | Could she? |
29284 | Cy?" |
29284 | Gussie did n''t say anything about a young fool, did she?" |
29284 | How could it help it? |
29284 | I mean in her views?" |
29284 | I''ll tell her, if you want me to?" |
29284 | Lavendar? |
29284 | Mary North exclaimed, in utter astonishment:"is that all? |
29284 | My angel, could you-- fly, to- morrow?" |
29284 | North?_"said Dr. Lavendar; and then he did chuckle. |
29284 | Of course, she is queer, but--""Queer? |
29284 | Price?" |
29284 | She married the oldest Barkley boy, did n''t she? |
29284 | The Captain came across the street, waving his newspaper, and saying,"So you''ve cast anchor in the old port, ma''am?" |
29284 | Then he said, meekly,"Does your mother object to tobacco smoke, ma''am?" |
29284 | Tire yourself out in the kitchen? |
29284 | Was it the oldest girl or the second sister?" |
29284 | What has he ever done to have such a daughter- in- law? |
29284 | Where''s Cyrus?" |
29284 | Who had so and so married? |
29284 | Why do you listen to her? |
29284 | Why, you''d far better--""What?" |
29284 | Will you wait for me?" |
29284 | Would she? |
29284 | You married his sister, did n''t you? |
29284 | he said; and then they both laughed, and she began to ask questions: Who was dead? |
29284 | is it possible that you do n''t know about your mother and my father- in- law?" |
29284 | she exclaimed, looking over the banisters,"when did you come in? |
29284 | to save her mother, what would she not do? |
10087 | ''How much will it cost?'' 10087 Abe Rose, dew yew know what ails yew?" |
10087 | Ai n''t yew a- goin''ter shake hands? 10087 Ai n''t yew a- goin''ter shake hands?" |
10087 | And Angy so cheerful all the time? 10087 Angy?" |
10087 | Are we expecting the President? 10087 Brother Abe, now tell me honestly: do you think he would make a good husband?" |
10087 | But haow on arth be we a- goin''ter sleep him? |
10087 | Dew I look like one of them sissy- boys, er jest a dude? |
10087 | Dew yew know what''ll happen tew yew ef yew do n''t git out o''this bed an''this here house? 10087 Dew yew think I be a baby?" |
10087 | Did I git a offer, Mother? |
10087 | Do n''t yer think yer''d better make it day after ter- morrer? |
10087 | Father, shall I pin yer''old- man''in yer buttonhole? |
10087 | Father,Angy said coaxingly,"why do n''t yer put some o''that air''sweet stuff''Miss Abigail give yer on yer hair? |
10087 | Feel pooty good, do n''t yew? |
10087 | Gals,he asked humbly,"would yew ruther have a new''beloved brother''?" |
10087 | Hain''t you noticed, gals,she persisted,"that thar hain''t been a death in the house sence we took him in? |
10087 | Haow''d yew git here? |
10087 | Haow''d yew git here? |
10087 | Him need hardenin''? |
10087 | Hol''on a minute; supposin''I fergit whether I be a man er a woman? |
10087 | How do you explain it? |
10087 | How on arth be yew goin''ter vittle him? 10087 Huh?" |
10087 | Hy- guy, Angy,Abe went on,"yew ca n''t believe nothin''yew hear, kin yer? |
10087 | Hy- guy, that coffee smells some kind o''good, do n''t it? 10087 I hain''t sech a bad- lookin''feller when I''m dressed up, be I, Mother? |
10087 | It''ll buy a postage- stamp, wo n''t it? |
10087 | Me? |
10087 | Mother jealous of me? |
10087 | Mother, jealous of me? |
10087 | Mother, yew hear that? |
10087 | My, but yew kin git''em, ca n''t yew? |
10087 | Oh, is that you, Brother Abe? 10087 Or''long erbout May er June?" |
10087 | Sam''l Darby? |
10087 | Sary Jane,inquired Mrs. Homan sweetly,"what''s the matter with that pepper- pot? |
10087 | See here, whose spree is this? |
10087 | Seen anythink of that air Eph Seaman? |
10087 | So yew been jealous of yer ole man? |
10087 | Tew late? |
10087 | Then why do n''t yew git up? |
10087 | Waal, I says tew''em, I says:''Want ter drop a passenger at Twin Coves?'' 10087 Whar yew goin'', Cap''n Rose?" |
10087 | Whar''s my pipe? 10087 What brought you so low, Captain Rose?" |
10087 | What did the gals say ter yew? |
10087 | What do they always say when we ask a favor? |
10087 | What ef he should die? |
10087 | What right you got a- takin''in a good- fer- nuthin''old man? 10087 What yew bin an''done with my wife, an''my horse, an''my man, an''my kerridge? |
10087 | What''d yew come fer? |
10087 | What''s the matter with me? |
10087 | What''s the matter with me? |
10087 | When dew yew start, Havens? |
10087 | When? |
10087 | Why do n''t he come in? |
10087 | Why, Cap''n Sam''l, do n''t yew know that I''m a doomed man? 10087 Why, Father, do n''t yer see yew kin buy back the old chair, an''the old place, too, an''then have plenty ter spare?" |
10087 | Wo n''t yew slick up my hair a leetle bit, Mother? |
10087 | Wo n''t, eh? |
10087 | Wonder who made that necktie? |
10087 | Yes-- yes, a scooter,repeated Samuel, turning suddenly on Abe with the sharp inquiry:"Air yew a- shiverin''? |
10087 | Yew ai n''t a- goin''ter jine''em, tew? |
10087 | Yew ai n''t a- gwine ter make a fool o''yerself, an''jump over the broomstick ag''in? |
10087 | Yew been noddin'', Sam''l? 10087 Yew do n''t mean ter tell me he''s sot ag''in''yew gals? |
10087 | Yew kept the perscription, did n''t yer, cap''n? |
10087 | Yew sure the men will look arter the old fellow well an''not let him over- dew? |
10087 | Yew would n''t''a''had folks a- comin''here ter bid jest out o''charity, would yew? |
10087 | Yew''spect me tew go an''prink up fer a sudden death? |
10087 | Yop, the auction''s over, an''Cap''n Rose, he-- Don''t that cut suit you, Miss Abigail? 10087 5? 10087 A storm coming up? 10087 Abe looked to Angy as if to say,How shall I take it?" |
10087 | Abe,"he tapped the old man''s knee again,"dew yew know what yew need? |
10087 | Abraham limped from the couch to the door himself, and called after him:"Sam''l, do n''t yew want tew sleep by the fire? |
10087 | After all, what was there of his and Angy''s here? |
10087 | Ai n''t gittin''sleepy a''ready, are yer?" |
10087 | Ai n''t it jist bewtiful to be rich? |
10087 | Ai n''t it, gals?" |
10087 | At last she said, half between sobbing and laughing:"Oh, Abe, ai n''t God been good to us? |
10087 | But what was this? |
10087 | But what was this? |
10087 | Captain Rose,"turning to Abe as Samuel would do no more than glower at him,"to what do you attribute your good health at your time of life?" |
10087 | Could she possibly mean that he was to establish himself as the head of the household by repeating grace? |
10087 | D''yew remember--?" |
10087 | Did ever a half- mile seem so long, and had he actually been only twenty- three hours from home and Blossy? |
10087 | Did he care for the opposite sex? |
10087 | Did they belong to them or to the new couple to come? |
10087 | Did you enjoy yourself to- day-- no, yesterday? |
10087 | Did you? |
10087 | Do n''t yew think it''s enough ter set yew up in business, so yew wo n''t have ter go ter the poorhouse? |
10087 | Do yer all think I be a baby?" |
10087 | Do you know, I''ve a good mind to run in to- morrow an article on''Long Island and Longevity,''Taking head- line, eh? |
10087 | Do you think I''m a silly old goose to keep them cluttering around so long?" |
10087 | Do you think he has grown much older? |
10087 | Does it need fillin''?" |
10087 | Er be yew afeard of ketchin''it, tew?" |
10087 | Had he lost his hair then? |
10087 | Had they heard aright? |
10087 | Hain''t it splendid?" |
10087 | Hain''t, eh? |
10087 | Haow dew yew feel naow, mate?" |
10087 | Haow yew like''em? |
10087 | Haow''d yew git here? |
10087 | He recalled how he had said to her at that first simple home meal:"Yew do n''t mind bein''poor with me, dew yer, Angy?" |
10087 | He stared at Abe with burning eyes, but Abe only insisted sullenly:"Whar yew an''Blossy been all this time?" |
10087 | How could they be expected to understand? |
10087 | If he had fallen and broken his leg? |
10087 | If old age and the pinch of poverty had failed to conquer their valiant spirit, why should she listen to the croaking tale? |
10087 | Is n''t it a blessing that I never married him?" |
10087 | Lemme see,"the twinkle deepening,"did n''t the gals say yew was a''spectin''somebody ter- day? |
10087 | Let''s see, how many days of this plagued week were left? |
10087 | Miss Ellie wrung her hands,"ca n''t we do somethin''?" |
10087 | Naow, haow many of yew is willin''ter try it?" |
10087 | Not a petticoat in five miles; and I tell you, sometimes we get mad looking at one another, do n''t we, boys?" |
10087 | Ready ter hitch?" |
10087 | Remorselessly went on the rejuvenated Darby:"Hain''t a- goin''ter git up, heh? |
10087 | Rising from his place he besought the sisters:"Yew do n''t think Angy''s feelin''s have been hurt-- dew yew, gals?" |
10087 | Sam''l''s a good pervider; why do n''t yew snap him up ter- day? |
10087 | Say, boys,"looking from one to the other of the old fellows,"so you''re going scootering, eh? |
10087 | See my yaller silk handkerchief, tew? |
10087 | Should she give the old unvarying answer to his tireless formula? |
10087 | Splendid, eh? |
10087 | Suppose that there was something in this? |
10087 | Take it back, did you say? |
10087 | Thar, hain''t that Cap''n Eph a- scootin''in naow? |
10087 | The soil grew more and more barren as the years went by; but still the roses had kept fresh and young, so why, argued Angy, should not she? |
10087 | The three had been sold at auction that day in response to the auctioneer''s inquiry,"What am I bid for the lot?" |
10087 | Then there came murmurs and exclamations, with Miss Abigail''s voice gasping above the others:"What would the directors say?" |
10087 | Touching his hand to his fur cap, he informed Samuel and Abe that news was"as scarce as hens''teeth"; then added:"What''s doing?" |
10087 | Was Samuel to be outdone on his own one- time field of action by an old ladies''darling? |
10087 | Was he very brave-- or would you say more brave than stubborn and contrary? |
10087 | Were n''t yew s''prised tew git the telephone? |
10087 | Wharabouts dew yew cak''late on a- goin''?" |
10087 | What I want is ter ask yew jest one question: Whar, whar on''arth kin we look fer a decent behavin''ole man ef not in a Old Ladies''Hum? |
10087 | What could this continual hobnobbing and going off into corners mean, except-- flirtation? |
10087 | What do you mean by keeping me in bed?" |
10087 | What had happened to her, the undemonstrative old wife? |
10087 | What made her so happy, and yet tremble so? |
10087 | What man would care to read his name between the lines of such a news item as this? |
10087 | What mattered if the chance guest who had just arrived heard him also? |
10087 | What mattered if the sisters gathered in the lower hall heard him? |
10087 | What would Blossy say if she could feel the temperature of the room in which he was supposed to sleep? |
10087 | What would Blossy say if she knew how his back ached? |
10087 | What would she say to this unexpected return? |
10087 | What''d yew come fer? |
10087 | Whatever would Blossy do to Abe Rose if she could suspect how he had tuckered out her"old man?" |
10087 | When I come inter the hall, what dew yew think these here sisters o''yourn was a- discussin''? |
10087 | When had he ever been known to hold wool for Angy''s winding? |
10087 | When''d yew git here?" |
10087 | When, asked the sisters of one another, did Abe ever help any one, save Blossy, shell dried beans or pick over prunes? |
10087 | Why Father and Mother? |
10087 | Why did she cry, wetting his cheek with her tears, when she was so palpably glad? |
10087 | Why had she telephoned for him, unless she, too, had missed him as he had missed her? |
10087 | Why had they brought him here to accept charity of a women''s institution? |
10087 | Why need they thus intensify his sense of shame at his life''s failure, and, above all, at his failure to provide for Angeline? |
10087 | Why on''arth did n''t yer let me go to the poorhouse?" |
10087 | Why, folks have told me that yew ladies-- What yew hittin''my foot fer, Mother? |
10087 | Why,''I says,''what''s the difference between me an''these here women- folks except that I wear a beard an''smoke a pipe?''" |
10087 | Will you excuse me now?" |
10087 | With a sigh from the very cellar of his being, he muttered:"Aye, Mother, why did n''t yew let me go on ter the County House? |
10087 | Wo n''t we make things hum?" |
10087 | Wonder if she had missed him more on account of that neglect? |
10087 | Wonder if she had noticed it? |
10087 | Wonder whar the gals has gone?" |
10087 | Would she laugh at him, or be disappointed? |
10087 | Would she remember to wind the clock on Thursday, and feed the canary, and water the abutilon and begonias reg''lar? |
10087 | Would she think that he was growing childish if he should call her"Dearest"now? |
10087 | Yer a- gwine acrost, hain''t yer, Havens?" |
10087 | Yew''d be in yer grave afore the fust frost; an''who''s a- gwine ter bury yer-- the taown?" |
10087 | she supplemented, after she had finished telling her pitiably brief story,"thar''s trouble ernough ter go''round, hain''t thar?" |
10087 | whereupon Abe, scenting self- sacrifice on his wife''s part, sat up straight and snapped,"Haow so, haow so, Mother?" |