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Then instantly, almost before the scream was over, his countenance would recover its preternatural gravity and intense staring attention. Our keen delight in this performance made it actually painful since the feeling could not be expressed since we knew that our father knew that we were only too liable to explode in the presence of an honoured guest, and nothing vexed him more.
Upon this the onlookers plunge into a heated debate as to who was actually the beginner of the disturbance, while the lithe young fellow continues to wring his hands, and cry imploringly: "DON'T make so much noise about it! Remember that we are in a strange land, and that the folk hereabouts are strict."
The enlistments being then produced, it was found that not many of the remaining regiments had engaged on the terms which, under the compact, would entitle them to leave the service; and that, of those actually dismissed, far the greater number had been enlisted absolutely for the war.
They all write about death with a pertinacity that is positively astounding. It is not that the young people actually want to die.
Probably it will never be accurately known either how Khartoum fell into the hands of the Mahdi, or how the gallant defender actually met his fate.
Poor fellow, I thought, she would never again be able to startle him. She had actually fallen a victim just as he dreaded. "Then you think she must have been called away from home by some urgent message?" I suggested. "By the manner in which she left things, it seemed as though she went away hurriedly.
He is too positive; he seldom opines; he asserts with finality the things that only God can know; occasionally his knowledge, transcending the possible, quits the realm of the historian for that of the romancer, as for instance to cite one amid a thousand when he actually tells us what passes in Cesare Borgia's mind at the coronation of the King of Naples.
But now you voluntarily step forth from behind the protecting paper, and present yourself to me as a man, a self-dependent individual, who is responsible for his words and actions. Consider well what you risk, sir, and take my advice: retreat, while yet there is time! Ask me not to look upon you as you actually are, but be content, inasmuch as in you I respect the Emperor's safe conduct.
The Sphinx was small, but only in comparison to the pyramids. Actually, it was a monument of heroic proportions. "Please stop," Rick called, and Hassan did, with skidding wheels. The boys got out and stood gazing, in mixed awe and delight. This was the Egypt of antiquity, Rick thought.
And actually he would have touched it her hair! but for a voice which spoke sharply through the partly-open door: "You're wanted, Alban. Come!" And Amaryllis, in spite of fear and disgust, almost laughed at the disgust and fear in his face as he released her. "My men downstairs," he said. "Soon soon I shall see you again."
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