Talbot turned him neck and heels out of doors when he found it out, so they tell me--and served the scapegrace right.
In the course of a lecture the worthy rector of the Lyceum discovered the scapegrace making free with the face and figure of no less a person than his own rectorial self.
But he had no stomach for a low brawl; and at this moment he wished very heartily that he had let the young scapegrace go his own way.
His boyish estimate of the importance of his family, and of the sacredness of his womankind, sucked the flavour from the bet; ordinarily the young scapegrace loved a wager.
Even the judge wiped his eyes as he looked at me, for they say he has a scapegrace son; and Harry was the only one of all the six in danger, according to the turn of the evidence.
But will you try to save further disgrace to a scapegrace family, but not a mean one?
A companion-chauffeuse isn't always at liberty to play about with the scapegrace young men of her acquaintance, you know.
Roland Yorke went on in his impulsive, scapegrace fashion.
He was such a desperate scapegrace that Peking itself was not large enough to hold him.
It was, however, mainly because he had talked about finding her scapegrace brother employment on the work that Ida had made him take her South.
His clothes showed nice taste, and there was nothing about him to indicate the reckless scapegrace Dick had expected.
Tell her that young Ferret is a scapegrace and a good-for-nothing fellow, and that Judge Fox has sent him to prison.
It may already be known to your excellency that there is in your dominions a young scapegrace of an Englishman, named Jack Harkaway.
But about the trial; what chance does that young scapegrace stand?
When the landlord of the hotel and restaurant at last asked for a settlement, this young scapegrace had the insolence to insist that he had paid every cent of his bill, though he had not a scrap of paper or proof to support his assertion.
In it the writer intimated that her grand-daughter, through dread that it might lessen her husband’s love for her, had concealed from him the fact that she had a scapegrace brother.
I don't want him to follow in the steps of his scapegrace uncle.
She was now beginning to be jealous of her scapegrace brother.
Then this fatal woman is ten years older than that silly young scapegrace of an Arthur.
Into what difficulties had her scapegrace of a nephew fallen?
He and Mr. Wolfe, who were forever preaching morality to me, and giving themselves airs of superiority and protection, have again been holding me up to the family as a scapegrace and prodigal.
I went to look for your young scapegrace of a Virginian.
He might have left the scapegrace to drag himself out of the mud he had got into.
The king wore a Quaker-coloured dress with gold buttons, while the handsome scapegrace prince was adorned in blue Genoa velvet.
There were a many ways of accounting for this: but he put aside the unflattering explanation that she had simply forgotten all about Jurgen, in favor of the reflection that the Jurgen she had known was a scapegrace of twenty-one.
And the bright-colored pensive woman spoke with antique directness of matters that Jurgen, being no longer a scapegrace of twenty-one, found rather embarrassing.
There seemed an affinity between thisscapegrace lad and Amy Gregg.
The only person to whom Amy Gregg seemed to take a fancy was Mrs. Smith's scapegrace grandson, Henry.
Pere Varajou, formerly a horticulturist at Angers, but now retired from business, had closed his purse strings to his scapegrace son and had hardly seen him for two years.
This young scapegrace was long and lanky, with yellow hair, so light that it resembled the fluff of a plucked chicken, so thin that he seemed bald.
Those surrounding her persuaded her that the boy whom she had hitherto loved as her own son, and declared her heir, was a "scapegrace and infidel, no fit inmate for a Christian household.
Lady Scapegrace to unmeaning Miss Minnows; each stared at me for about two seconds, and so made up her mind.
Lady Scapegrace and I had particularly stipulated that we were not to separate under any circumstances.
And Lady Scapegrace kissed me most affectionately, and promised to call for me punctually at five, till which hour I cannot make out why her time was always engaged.
I certainly have known Lady Scapegrace do most extraordinary things--such things as no other woman would be permitted to do without drawing down the abuse of the world.
I don't know much about Scamperley, and I have a far more charitable opinion of Lady Scapegrace than the world in general; but I dare say you will have a pleasant party, and I can trust you anywhere with John.
The Bishop worked himself up into a fine fury, seeing his future plans upset, his easy-going life diverted from its normal, flowing course by the advent of this scapegrace nephew.
Then, be sure, she finds an English tongue and prattles away as merrily as she does when her old scapegrace of a father is the theme.
Mention of her old scapegrace of a father lit her up again.
