middy

At this point, as there were symptoms of another breakdown, our middy became anxious, and entreated Hester to go on.

At last the middy and his friend stopped in front of a stair which descended into what appeared to be a dark cellar.

The drawing was by this time all pencilled in most elaborately, and the middy opened the water-colour box to examine the paints.

Pardon me,” said the middy, with a deprecatory air, “a sneeze is sometimes difficult to repress.