Crossword-Solution: DETAINED 8 letters, 50 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

The Master and His Dogs A CERTAIN MAN, detained by a storm in his country house, first of all killed his sheep, and then his goats, for the maintenance of his household.

During the week, I had entered into an engagement with a number of young friends to start from Baltimore to the camp ground early Saturday evening; and being detained by my employer, I was unable to get down to Master Hugh’s without disappointing the company.

When he says anything laughable, fail to see the point and don’t smile, and speak of him before those who will report your talk as ‘that fantastical man,’ or ‘that Sergeant What’s-his-name.’ ‘That man of a family that has come to the dogs.’ Don’t be unmannerly towards him, but harmless-uncivil, and so get rid of the man.” No Christmas robin detained by a window-pane ever pulsed as did Bathsheba now.

The law made no provision to grub-stake vagrants, so after the constable had detained the tramp for twentyfour hours, he released him and told him to “get out of town, and get quick.” The fellow’s rattlesnakes had been killed by the saloon keeper.

Surely at the present moment you must hope, as I do, that the enigmatical Scarlet Pimpernel will start for Calais to-day—” “I am only conscious of one hope, citoyen.” “And that is?” “That Satan, your master, will have need of you elsewhere, before the sun rises to-day.” “You flatter me, citoyenne.” She had detained him for a while, midway down the stairs, trying to get at the thoughts which lay beyond that thin, fox-like mask.