The Company have got into an awkward scrape.

Then Hallam drew Darrin to one side, to whisper earnestly in his ear: "Look out, old man, or you will get Pen into an awful scrape!"

See if you can find her, Bobby." As Bobby started to cross the dining room he heard the slight scraping of the door leading to the kitchen.

In all your dangers, all your little difficulties, Your girlish scrapes?

All three strained forward, listening, and Bobby caught the sound that had arrested the othersa stealthy scraping that would have been inaudible except through such a brooding silence as pervaded the old house.

It was meant to show you that I am very much relieved, for, 'pon my soul, I was afraid we were in a very disagreeable scrape.

If you cannot do it in the school, you cannot on the road, and many an ugly scrape against walls, horse-cars, and other horses you will receive unless you can keep to the right and in a straight line.

I got you into this infernal scrape, and, by Heaven

Of course, she was well aware that Mark had never forgotten, even over all these years, the dreadful scrape into which she had got herself by going to those gambling parties in the pleasant, quiet, Jermyn Street flat where she and Varick had first become acquainted.

The grease is dissolved and removed by gentle scraping.

Surely enough the distant scraping of the violin could be heard, and Betty, seizing Kitty by the hand, tripped up to Clarissa and repeated Peter's request.

Then, from the inadequately partitioned chamber where the invalid vainly sought repose, came sounds of strifeboots and curses flyingfollowed by an extraordinary scraping and scuffling.

" It lasted until twenty minutes of nine; and, toward the close, faint scrapings of dissatisfaction were heard, which would have been more audible had Signor Mancussi not been present.

The slight, familiar scraping on the ice told him that Fred and Jennie were at his heels.

Yes, I see I have no right to ask; but, Cecil, for your own sake, I entreat you to consider what you are about, before running into such a frightful scrape!" and Rosamond impulsively caught the hand that was still putting in a letter; but Cecil stood still, not withdrawing or moving a muscle, perfectly impassive.

Where is that Irishman who gets you into so many funny scrapes?" "He is at the tavern.

"You 've helped me out of a horrible scrape.

Now I'm in the most horrid scrape!

For what is that but the glorification with many feminine thrills of the unromantic chawbacon JOHN masticating at home in semi-privacy the husks of contentment, the lean scrapings of the divine dish which is offered once in every life to all.

Perhaps he had been, like Bishop Sumner, "bear-leader" to a great man's son, and had won the gratitude of a powerful patron by extricating young hopeful from a matrimonial scrape.

His parcels are the mere scrapings from company, yet he complains at parting what time he has lost.

In the preceding pages we have seen that ten hours are daily devoted to study, besides an hour and a half to drill; and thus, while the brain is severely taxed, but little leisure is left to get into those minor scrapes so prevalent at most public schools.

When for the third time after that narrow scrape at the gates the man roused up to peer back through the rear window of the limousine, Sofia heard a harshly sibilant intake of breath between shut teeth, and surmised the discovery that the car which had so narrowly missed blocking their escape had picked up the trail, and was now in hot chase.

We've sailed together off and on ever since we took to the sea; we've gone through some nasty scrapes together, and done things that don't bear telling, and always shared the thick and the thin of everything.

" "Monsieur can swim?" said the master, addressing me, with a nautical scrape.