Finnock

I gulped down a glass of the water, which is a bad mixture of soda and Epsom salts, and was strolling over the grounds, thinking how pleasant 'twould be to have even little Miss Finnock along with me, when the rattling of the circular railway caught my ear and I walked towards it.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

As Finnock preferred Miss Stelway to the wine, we left the table with the ladies, and going up on deck I excused myself for my siesta.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

Miss Finnock occupied the remainder of the hour by making original remarks and comparisons, if similes without a shadow of similarity could be called original.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

Miss Finnock, however, kept me more employed in attentions to the outer woman than to the inner man, so that I got on very well, except pouring her glass too full of wine and making too loud a sip when I tasted mine.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

Finnock and Miss Stelway were chafing her hands, and

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

How cordial was Miss Finnock in her manner towards me! and how long she let her hand remain in mine when I shook hands with her!

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

I felt that I could even be kind and courteous to Miss Finnock.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

A LATE breakfast found Mr. and Mrs. Marshman and myself at the table, Finnock and the two young ladies having gone for an ante-gestacular walk.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

The ladies were too much fatigued to go to the dance that night, so Finnock and I walked across to Congress Hall after tea.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873

The two Irishmen were in the water, and Mr. Marshman and Finnock stood ready with ropes to aid them.

Sea-Gift. A Novel. Edwin Wiley 1873