She had him going around in circles.

If you two are cold, you can cosy up by the fireplace.

unlucky sod

As yet there had been no symptom of the news having any better foundation than in the fears of those who brought it, but The Boot had not been deserted five minutes, when there appeared, coming across the fields, a body of men who, it was easy to see, by the glitter of their arms and ornaments in the sun, and by their orderly and regular mode of advancing # A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.