Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection)

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William Wymark Jacobs. Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection)

DESERTED

HOMEWARD BOUND

SELF-HELP

SENTENCE DEFERRED

“MATRIMONIAL OPENINGS”

ODD MAN OUT

“THE TOLL-HOUSE”

PETER’S PENCE

THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY

PRIZE MONEY

DOUBLE DEALING

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES

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Mr. Hatchard’s conversation for nearly a week had been confined to fault-finding and grunts, a system of treatment designed to wean Mrs. Hatchard from her besetting sin of extravagance. On other occasions the treatment had, for short periods, proved successful, but it was quite evident that his wife’s constitution was becoming inured to this physic and required a change of treatment. The evidence stared at him from the mantelpiece in the shape of a pair of huge pink vases, which had certainly not been there when he left in the morning. He looked at them and breathed heavily.

“Pretty, ain’t they?” said his wife, nodding at them.

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“They might suit me,” said Mr. Hatchard, musingly, as he peeped in at the sitting-room door. “I shouldn’t be at home much. I’m a man that’s fond of spending his evenings out.”

Mrs. Hatchard, checking a retort, eyed him grimly.

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