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"Goodness! Winnington will have his work cut out for him. But he needn't accept." "He has accepted. I heard this morning from the London solicitor." "Your firm does the estate business down here?" "For many years. I hope to see Mr. Winnington to-morrow or next day. He is evidently hurrying home because of this."
And this she accepted with great composure of spirit. She had thought and felt and done much in her day; but now everything of the kind was over. There was no need for her to fatigue herself; and day followed day, all warm and sheltered and pleasant.
And that night Owen and Ulick bade each other goodbye for the last time. "Perhaps I shall see you later on in the year; in about six months' time we shall be back in London." Owen could not bring himself to ask if Evelyn had accepted the engagement what was the good? To ask would be a humiliation, and he would know to-morrow; the porter at her flat would tell him whether she was in London. "Mr.
So they accepted Drake's offer of the loan of a ship, agreeing that after they had found a good place for a colony and a better harbour, they would go home to England and return again the next year. Thus the matter was settled. Drake began to put provisions on board one of his ships for the use of the colony. The colonists on their side began writing letters to send home with Drake's ships.
She was about to speak when he looked up with a harsh laugh. "Your nobleman wasn't so very 'innocuous' after all, it seems. Her mother certainly lost no time. What is the accepted form of a letter of congratulation on such occasions?" "Oh! it cannot be true!" she faltered, evading his eyes unaccountably. "There has been some terrible mistake!" "And I have made It."
He says they 're well worth the value of the bond." "How about that, Rodaine?" The judge peered down the court room. Squint Rodaine scratched his hawklike nose with his thumb and nodded. "They 'll do," was his answer, and the judge passed the papers to the clerk of the court. "Bond accepted. I 'll set this trial for "
He accepted her proposal, and we had the satisfaction of seeing the light punt put off from the shore opposite to that from which we were idly and uselessly looking on, and go gallantly over the surging torrent toward the sinking men.
It was generally regarded as the luxury of the rich and the socially high placed; it was certainly not for the poor; and it was a generally accepted view that those who enjoyed this privilege must pay for it out of their own pockets.
For sixty years ideas of reform had been spreading in Europe, and by the year 1848 they were accepted by a great majority of the people, from Berlin to Palermo. The Europe of 1848 was no longer the Europe of 1793. The overthrow of Louis Philippe encouraged the opponents of Metternich in Germany, Austria, and Italy to attempt to make an end of his system at once and forever.
She ordered her servants, therefore, immediately to show him into a room, and presently afterwards invited him to dinner with herself; which invitation he very thankfully accepted; for indeed much less agreeable company than that of Mrs Whitefield, and a much worse entertainment than she had provided, would have been welcome after so long fasting and so long a walk.
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