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The next, she was sure that the stranger was much more mature than she looked, or wished to look. And when, on leaving the train at Dover, Mary spoke French to a young Frenchman in difficulties with an English porter, the doubting hearts of her fellow-travellers closed against the offender. With an accent like that, this was certainly not her first trip abroad, they decided.
Man is the sum of his experience; and to make past experience contribute to the joy of the present is to add abundance to riches. The accent of truth apparent in the voice when speaking naturally is the basis of expression in singing. Garcia. Hints on Singing. First determine the general character of the song. A careful study of the words will enable the student to find its general classification.
'No, come in! she said to him with the same accent. His look in return was like a blow to her, there was such an inarticulate misery in it. But he got in, and they drove on in silence. When they reached the Rue Chantal she sprang out, snatched her key from the concierge, and ran up the stairs.
But whether the money comes to hand or not I have made myself a promise, and it is this: never more to get out of a warm bed on a cold night to open the house and entertain a half-blind man that speaks with a rich Scotch accent. But how clever it all is! Why, its very audacity ensures its success, and Angus, for aught I know, has many fellow-craftsmen.
"I should think so," replied Power, dryly; "and as our countrymen would say, 'The Devil thank him for it! That is the Prince of Orange; but see, look at him now, his features have learned another fashion." And true it was; with a smile of the most winning softness, and with a voice, whose slightly foreign accent took nothing from its interest, I heard him engaging a partner for a waltz.
But, it was not merely in the accent of the dance forms, that he introduced an agreeable innovation; he was one of the giants who helped to create a new epoch in art, by breaking these old forms altogether, and substituting new ones better suited to modern tastes.
"Go it, Pat go it, Pat," said Guy, over my shoulder, who seemed to take a prodigious interest in the proceedings. At this unexpected recognition of his nativity, for Mr. O'Leary never suspected he could be discovered by his accent; he looked across the table, and caught my eye at once. "Oh, I'm safe now! stand by me, Mr. Lorrequer, and we'll clear the room."
The few words she had spoken had revealed to Orsino the fact that she was an Italian from the north, for she had the unmistakable accent of the Piedmontese, whose own language is comprehensible only by themselves. Orsino prepared to wait some time, supposing that the message could hardly have been sent without an object. But another minute had not elapsed before Maria Consuelo herself appeared.
The man spoke very good English, with hardly a trace of German accent, but there was no doubt as to his character. "What will you do with him, Tom?" asked Ned. "I don't know. I'll have to do a little investigating first. But he must be locked up. Schwen," went on the young inventor, "I'm sorry about this, but I shall have to give you into the custody of a United States marshal.
"You wish to be informed of my object in going with you everywhere," she said. And her voice which had at first been gay and careless, assumed a mocking accent, making the nerves tingle. "I can explain in a very few words my romantic desire. I wish to see him fall." "Humph!" ejaculated Darke, coldly; "you mean " "That man yes. You promised to kill him, when you next met.
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