She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.

Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.

A prolonged study is frequently a method of slowballing an investigation until the Senators or Congress who are interested pass from the political scene.

He recommended that the patient refrain completely from eating heaty foods and spices like mustard, vinegar, meat, and salted fish.