Grandfather example sentences

Reserving a first class compartment for himself and Timothy—no one would share a compartment with them— Grandfather took him to Lucknow where the zoo authorities were only too glad to receive as a gift a well-fed and fairly civilised tiger.About six months later, when my grandparents were visiting relatives in Lucknow, Grandfather took the opportunity of calling at the zoo to see how Timothy was getting on.And finally, when he began to stalk Mahmoud about the house with what looked like villainous intent, Grandfather decided it was time to transfer him to a zoo.TIMOTHY, the tiger-cub, was discovered by Grandfather in the Terai jungle near Dehra.You pettifogger! All your people were like that! All of them! Never mind about my people! The Lomovs have all been honourable people, and not one has ever been tried for embezzlement, like your grandfather! You Lomovs have had lunacy in your family, all of you! All, all, all! Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on.Arriving at the zoo, Grandfather made straight for the particular cage in which Timothy had been interned.She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather s grandfather was a little boy.One day, when Grandfather was strolling down the forest path at some distance from the rest of the party, he discovered a little tiger about eighteen inches long, hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree.Timothy was provided with two companions —Toto, the monkey, who was bold enough to pull the young tiger by the tail, and then climb up the curtains if Timothy lost his temper; and a small mongrel puppy, found on the road by Grandfather.You see my aunt's grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father's grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her.One day, when Grandfather was strolling down the forest path at some distance from the rest of the party, he discovered a little tiger about eighteen inches long, hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree.Paheli wondered, why the village sky was so different from the night sky in big cities? Her grandfather explained that due to bright light, smoke and dust, sky in big cities is rarely clear.He licked Grandfather's hands and only sprang away when a leopard in the next cage snarled at him.Grandfather took what seemed to him an age to withdraw his hand from the cage.[Quickly steps to the carafe and drinks more water] Oxen Meadows are mine! not true! I'll prove it! I'll send my mowers out to the Meadows this very day! What? My mowers will be there this very day! I'll give it to them in the neck! You dare! [Clutches at his heart] Oxen Meadows are mine! You understand? Mine! Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself! If it wasn't, madam, for this awful, excruciating palpitation, if my whole inside wasn't upset, I'd talk to you in a different way! [Yells] Oxen Meadows are mine! But, please, Stepan Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a reasonable man! My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather's peasants.