[The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookThe Virginians CHAPTER XI 3/12
Take the watch, Harry dear." "It's no good!" cried out Harry, flinging his arms round his brother. "If he fights you, I'll fight him, too.
If he kills my Georgy, -- -- him, he shall have a shot at me!" and the poor lad uttered more than one of those expressions, which are said peculiarly to affect recording angels, who have to take them down at celestial chanceries. Meanwhile, General Braddock's new aide-de-camp had written five letters in his large resolute hand, and sealed them with his seal.
One was to his mother, at Mount Vernon; one to his brother; one was addressed M.C. only; and one to his Excellency, Major-General Braddock.
"And one, young gentleman, is for your mother, Madam Esmond," said the boys' informant. Again the recording angel had to fly off with a violent expression, which parted from the lips of George Warrington.
The chancery previously mentioned was crowded with such cases, and the messengers must have been for ever on the wing.
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