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I was a practically shy lad, and nothing much has changed over
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"My young lad is 18 and the girl is 16
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Come on Buster, keep up, lad
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However, Issa will fall on him and probably terrify the poor lad with her more than likely tearful welcome at Abery
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revolutionary and a kind-hearted lad he was indeed the
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’ I replied, my eyes on the lad as he disappears round a bend of the cliff
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'Godfrey, my lad, there's something I've been trying to tell you ever since Pani died but it was never the right time
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Getting onto Sefir’s back is an ordeal and a half, not helped by the fact that Berndt is totally ignoring my difficulties, leaving it to the stable lad to help me
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'Come on, lad, let's walk before I burst,' she was shaking with laughter
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Aye lad, when he was twelve he was rubbish, but once he started wearing these magic shin pads, well, the world was almost his oyster"
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I wandered well off the track left in the grass by the other two, feeling and stroking the boulders as I passed, sometimes a long way behind but happy, whistling, and sometimes even singing in an absent-minded way; a lad again with nothing to rush home after school for, and a long time before tea
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Society still regards a man who has extra-marital affairs as a bit of a lad but the woman concerned is seen as immoral and usually to blame
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He’s a good lad!
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Jake is a good lad, and by 2
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‘No, not at all, Alastair, he’s a lovely lad
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My lad, Pete was there, he tried to stop her but she was quite a robust woman and knocked him down
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Aye lad, when he was twelve he was
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And you, lad?” he
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The young lad behind the bar acknowledges Billy and takes an immediate interest in Bex
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Shaun is a bright lad
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‘Best you do, lad
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Under White Feathers care the lad had been brought up and taught nearly identically to the upbringing Harry and his sisters received from George and Belle
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Harry had befriended Jameson long before and the Connor lad was especially fond of Harry too
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He grasped her hand and they shook in a firm clasp, “Thank you for the offer; and for passing it by me before the lad
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Miss Mandy Hill ran across the lad on the boardwalk shortly after leaving the stables, and so she explained to him about the kitchen position she had just discussed with his father, Jameson was thrilled
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Titania had been so much in the company of White Feathers and the young Connor lad on horseback trips around the lake of late, it was an inspired gift
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” Finally he got a broadening smile of satisfaction from the lad
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“Ah, perceptive lad
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“Something going on, lad?” he asked, looking Tom in the eye
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” He explained his wishes and bid the lad a good morning
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“Yes lad, 'There's nothing like seeing for believing' is there
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It's like the old days, all wrapped up with the ‘local lad made good’ dreams of his teenage years
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‘Yes, he’s really shot up lately, but he’s always been a fairly serious-minded lad and pretty mature for his age
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“And the Speys, lad, the Speys go even higher
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One was about Harry's height and build, but for those puppyish hands and feet, which so endeared him to Jameson, back home, the other lad was shorter and thicker, and walked with an air of superiority which nearly preceded him into the room
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Lambert,” and he indicated the thick lad, “and Inman,” the Jameson lookalike
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Carefully, the lad laid out his tiles … W (an I that was already there) then X and Y
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Bessamer was just laying out more swatches, when tinkling through the door came a tall grinning man followed by a timid lad, almost to the point of shyness
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She remembered him, of course, from their past commerce in the town, and was fondly reminded how striking a figure he had always been, even as a lad
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“Into which house will you be installed, Roger?” She turned and asked of the timid lad, who was merely looking about the room with an uncertain gaze
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it would be a good proving ground for the lad and lasses to be on their own for a week or two in preparation for their imminent nest-leaving
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and they were heavy, filled with baseball cards just as the lad had said
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Ben is sitting on the drive by his bike just staring into space – this lad needs occupation, I think
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Titania and Hipolyta convinced their parents to take in the lad and situate him in Harry's old room off the workshop
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It was White Feathers who had almost raised the lad himself from near infancy, who gave his own blessing to the arrangement and helped George and Belle passed any hint of trepidation they might have had over the lad
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Since the lad who usually tapped out the telegraphs was away to lunch, he sidled around the counter and deftly tapped out his message himself
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Chef Paul, Paul Nigel—a most diligent bachelor--- was only too glad to fill the idle days tutoring the lad, and Jameson was a quick study, eager and humble with a great admiration for his mentor
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I'm sorry to say this lad, but that bank note isn't worth the paper it's written on
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interested to find out just what the lad had achieved
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some more of the tea lad,” Carl said, his eyes just slits, looking at Roman
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’ The good-looking lad could not have been more
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"Really, lad? Solo Ki is here? In my Inn?" Grimgy said, his gruff voice filled with excitement
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She fell in love with the lad there and then
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He’d observed Pierre’s whisperings to the lad
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"I thought Alan was a fine lad before he fell under the influence of native narcotics," the captain said, not caring to be distracted from his belief that the natives had to have a government of some kind somewhere
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” Sam could still hear the rain thudding against the roof, but the lad seemed far away as he stroked away the water from Snags saturated coat
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Even as a lad, it’s told he brained his music tutor with a lyre
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envy of all parents, the lad who makes the girls swoon all over
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‘You're not from round here are you lad? I reckon you dropped from't sky
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me being a lad a thousand miles from his home
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“Don’t be silly lad there is nothing you can do but get yourself killed and what good would that do anybody and Mickey certainly wouldn’t want you to do it
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“Listen lad with the amount of kit he was carrying and the depth of the water he would have had no chance
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“You’ll be alright lad it’s like mine just a scratch
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“Come on lad there’s nothing that we can do for Charlie now leave him we have to look after ourselves
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Now can you remember all that I’ve told you lad?” Steve Martin grinned at the Captain and said
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“Good lad be off with you then and don’t stop for anything there are a lot of thirsty men back at our lines so go and give them the good news
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“Good that’s champion lad I will nip back and see how you are later but remember you must keep a sharp eye on the area in front of you as we have no idea where then Turks will come from
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“What this young lad here why he’s no more than a boy I think you’re pulling my leg?” Captain Melstone replied
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” Both Elijah and I looked at the ground grasping for some way to tell this gangling enthusiastic lad that his and our mate was dead
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Ted looked at us and his eyes were haunted and I could see the hurt deep down inside the lad as he said
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I knew that I couldn’t miss recognising him for he was a lad of about nineteen with fair hair and brown eyes and he had an infectious laugh and was good company
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“Billy Boy are you alright lad?” I answered
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“Alright take it easy lad you have a nasty infection in your shoulder but it is nothing that we can’t put right we will try to have you fighting fit in no time”, he shouted for the orderlies to take me into the medical tent
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“Billy Boy is that you lad or am I hallucinating?” I looked over and saw Sam Langton lying on a stretcher and I replied
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“You take care Sam lad and make sure you take your time getting better then you won’t get sent back to this shit hole”, and as I told him this tears streamed down my cheeks
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He Eli and Johnny were carrying the bombs in our group while Nobby Clarke me and another lad had the rifles to provide them covering fire when they chucked their bombs
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“How are you lad feeling a bit better than when you arrived here no doubt?” He looked down at me with kindly eyes continuing
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“Right lad where are you going show me your orders, right Blackthorn”, he stamped my papers and gave me a rail pass saying
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“Right lad go with the Corporal here and he will see you get a new uniform the see the Paymaster he will issue with a little of your outstanding pay the rest you will get from your Battalion
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“Come on lad lets get you a seat with that bad leg of yours we cant have our heroes standing up can we”, and she sat me down by the fire and sat next to me
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“Get your pint supped lad are you just back from France is that where you got wounded?” I looked into her beautiful face and replied
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“Where are you off to lad it’s only early yet and I don’t want you going home in that frame of mind so sit yourself back down and get warm in front of the fire you look freezing
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“Put your face straight it looks like a wet weekend a few beers aren’t going to put us in the poor house so while your at it another beer for the lad and another sherry for me and don’t take all day
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“This young lad has been in the fighting and he got wounded for his troubles so he doesn’t need a shithouse like you butting into a private chat and shouting the odds and neither do I
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“I am sorry about that lad what must you think and me using language like a docker but I just cant stand blokes like that they make my blood boil
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“I understand lad you get off home to your loved ones and make sure there alright but just wait there a moment
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“I cant complain really I will come downstairs after and make your tea I know you will like that I will find something nice for your tea because you’re a good lad Billy Boy
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” He was a handsome lad with brown hair and eyes that always had a mischievous twinkle in them and he replied
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“Not so many lad about thirty of us and twenty wounded by the time the attack was called off
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“I know lad and his friends that are left are very sorry about it but it could happen to anyone of us and you know that
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“Sorry about the piss take lad but we but we couldn’t resist it still I hope you are alright and that your wounds are healed now?” I replied
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“Just a minute lad take this chit to the stores tomorrow and get your kit replaced also see the Paymaster about your outstanding pay”, and he handed me a chit
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“Don’t worry lad she is a fighter is Rosie and I have no doubt that she will get through this crisis
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“I just want to tell you before you go in that the wife can be a bit much sometimes but bear with her lad its been hard for her and me as well”, he stopped for a moment and then continued
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“This is not one of Ma’s better days maybe it would be better if you left and didn’t come back I am sorry lad but you can se how things are
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Standing about five shops away was another scruffy lad of about twelve
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“No it wasn’t the only one in fact there was a lad that I was quite taken with and he seemed really nice although now I’m questioning if I was right to let him court me?” I was quite taken by her answer which is what I had been waiting for and I bragged
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“I know the lad and like I say I will take care of him but why should he hate me so bad I have never done anything to him much?”
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“Mabel had just gone when this lad came up he seemed quite presentable and was in uniform he asked me if I had just seen someone off
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“That’s why I was so worried about you two a hate like that in a lad of his age is not normal and he will try to get back at you and Helen anyway he can