And why is everything relating to your marriage kept an impenetrable secret from your oldest friends?
I have applied to your lawyer in London, and have been told, in reply, that you have forbidden him to disclose the place of your retreat to any one without first receiving your permission to do so.
I ran into the morning-room, and there was your unfortunate housekeeper on the sofa, with all the women servants about her, more dead than alive.
No Name
"And if I do not tan your hide for you in better shape than ever calf-skin was turned into top-boots, may a murrain seize me!"
You would have chuckled one moment and caught your breath the next, to see those two stout fellows swinging their sticks--each half as long again as the men were, and thick as their arm--and edging along sidewise, neither wishing to strike the first blow.
And if you'll come to me I swear I'll tan your hides for naught."
Robin Hood
"And yet that does not prevent
your being on the road to meet her?"
Ten Years Later
I am equally ignorant of what you mean when you speak of defending your good name.
Make any mistake in this, and it will be the worst day's work you ever did in your life.
"I've got a little place of my own in your neighborhood," he said.
Man And Wife
"No one can possibly suspect," Granet declared, "no one who could have influence enough to override
your immunity from censorship.
The Kingdom of the Blind
One of them was to inquire if he knew your mother's address."
"Has your uncle received any answer from Major Fitz-David?" he inquired.
Law and the Lady
I trust that you are still interested in your work, and will enjoy your trip to Normandy.
"I received your letter, asking for my help towards re-establishing in life a poor family in whom you are interested.
The Malefactor