His foil was carefully buttoned, and though it administered a shrewd thrust now and again it was not intended to draw blood.

A little boy attended us through the first part of our progress, but soon appeared the veritable gardenera shrewd and sensible old man, who has been very many years on the place.

The lily smells of pardon, The rose of mirth; but mine Smells shrewd of death and honour, And the doom of Adam's line.