... them a thousand apologies for having interrupted their slumbers, and for so rudely depriving them of their guest. He advanced in his excuse the troublous nature of the times, and threw in a bunch of malisons at the circumstances which forced upon soldiers the odious duties of the tipstaff, hoping that we would think him none the less a gentleman for the unsavoury business upon ... — Bardelys the Magnificent • Rafael Sabatini
... seized with a fit of coughing that racked his feeble body from head to foot. A tipstaff brought him a glass of water, and he ... — Burnham Breaker • Homer Greene
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