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There was a roar of laughter from the roadway, and the man turned sharply on her. But he suddenly smiled affably, replaced his hands in his pockets after raising his hat, and said: "How do you do, Miss Carpenter? I thought you were a charge of cavalry." "I am not Miss Carpenter, I am Lady Brandon; and you ought to be ashamed of yourself, Mr.

At the next corner they signaled a taxicab, and in a short time they were set down in Christie Place. Paulson, the policeman, was standing guard. "How are you?" he greeted them affably. "Been here all day?" asked Ashton-Kirk. "Oh, no. Just come on. I'm the third shift since I saw you last." "Nobody has been permitted to go upstairs, I presume?" "Only the coroner's man, who came for the body.

With each line of the song Hippy executed a most astonishing figure, ending on "merrily" with a funny pas-seul that turned the sorrow of the lately disconsolate audience to laughter. "How did you like that?" he inquired affably, as he landed directly in front of the steps. "Shall I sing the chorus now or would you prefer to hear it later." "Later, by all means," flung back Nora. "As you please.

"The portrait of a great lady should be able to indicate . . . which." The newly-fledged peeress proceeded to explain that her own idea had been that she should be painted wearing her state robes and coronet plus any additional jewels which could find place on her person. Maryon bowed affably. "But, by all means," he agreed.

Courtenay pulled off his wet coat and settled himself comfortably on a box after offering his assistance and being assured it was not required. The sergeant conversed affably as he worked. At first he addressed Courtenay as "mister," but suddenly "Say," he remarked, "what ought I to be calling you? I never can remember just what those different stars-an'-stripes fixin's mean."

For all that appeared, he might have employed the time since I had left here two days before in studying philosophy and cultivating peace and good- will with his neighbors. "Ah, Wilton," he said affably, rubbing his hands with a purring growl. "You're ready for a hard day's work, I hope."

Meanwhile, she was asking herself, "What would they do to me if all was found out?" and sustaining herself by the thought, "Whatever they do to me, they can't reach Lieutenant Scoville." It was gall and bitterness to Whately to find her talking affably to Maynard, but before the meal was over she had the address to disarm him in some degree.

Sidney Meeks did not rise. He extended one large, white hand affably. "How are you Henry?" said he, giving the other man's lean, brown fingers a hard shake. "I dropped in here on my way home from the post-office, and your wife tempted me with flapjacks in a lordly dish, and I am about to eat." "Glad to see you," returned Henry.

She had several jewelled gold rings on the fingers of each fat white hand, and a long gold watch guard hung round her fat neck. She greeted Crass and Philpot with condescension, smiling affably upon them. Meantime the game of shove-ha'penny proceeded merrily, the Semi-drunk taking a great interest in it and tendering advice to both players impartially.

No one, to look at him, would have suspected the hardness of heart that lay veiled under his velvety softness of manner. "Good-evening, Mr. Harding," he said, affably. "I trust you and your excellent wife are in good health." "That blessing, at least, is continued to us," said the cooper, gravely. "And how comfortable you're looking, too, eh!