Phoby

"We'll see about that," grumbled Phoby; and Dan'l, taking it for a threat, lost no time in putting up the banns.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

"I never meant you no harm," whined Phoby; but he submitted.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Well, this was a plain hint, and in an ordinary way Phoby Geen would have taken it.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Phoby had turned up at the Cove in the _Nonesuch_ on the fourth day after the lugger was lost, and at once began crying out, as innocent as you please, upon the mess that Dan'l had made through his wrongheadedness.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

"Fact is, I'm off in s'arch of your nephew Phoby Geen, that has taken the _Fly_ round to St. Ives, unless I be greatly mistaken; and what's more, unless I be greatly mistaken, he means to lay information against Dan'l."

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Bussow (who had already been pumped by Phoby) he learned that Phoby knew of Dan'l's return to the Cove and disappearance into hiding.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Amelia Sanders, looking Phoby Geen in the face, went on tying her shoe; and, while she looked, she saw not only how terrible rash she had been, but also -- without a guess at the particulars -- that this man had been at the bottom of the whole mischief and meant to be at the bottom of more.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Phoby turned to envy and spite, and to a disgraceful meanness of spirit.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Scillies, during an eclipse of the sun, Dan'l and Phoby took it into their heads to change rigs in the darkness, just for fun; and that the Revenue

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

He had seen nothing of Phoby Geen, and hadn't risked inquiring.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903