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"I thought she would not last another day." Now for the first time the man at the head of the grave turned. Lifting his hand, he pointed to me, whereon the other two men turned also. "God above us!" he said in a choked voice, "at last I am quite mad. Look! there stands the spook of young Allan, the son of the English prédicant who lived near Cradock."
"Now I would speak the last Farewell, but cannot; It would be still Farewell a thousand times; So let us part in the dumb pomp of grief." "Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures, And if so easy and so plain a stop The still discordant, wavering multitude Can play upon't." At that time, Mary saw no more of her Cousin Allan.
Take my word for it, sir, there's something wrong upstairs in that pretty cottage of yours; and Miss Gwilt is mixed up in it already!" There was a minute of silence. When the voices were next heard by Midwinter, they were further away from the house Allan was probably accompanying young Pedgift a few steps on his way back.
In the ballroom, meanwhile, the dancers were being formed into squares for the lancers. Arthur and Rachel, Susan and Hewet, Miss Allan and Hughling Elliot found themselves together. Miss Allan looked at her watch. "Half-past one," she stated. "And I have to despatch Alexander Pope to-morrow." "Pope!" snorted Mr. Elliot. "Who reads Pope, I should like to know?
Under this reconciling influence, the youth poured out expressions of penitence for the past and made resolutions for the future and Mr. Allan promised to apply for the desired appointment to West Point, but added that thereafter, he should consider himself relieved of all responsibility concerning Edgar.
General Paoli's house, where for some years Boswell was 'a constant guest while he was in London. Ante, p. 35 Allan Ramsay's residence: No. 67, Harley-street.
"Is there no steward now on the estate?" he asked, his face showing plainly that he was far from feeling satisfied with Allan's answer. "Is the business neglected all this time?" "Nothing of the sort!" returned Allan. "The business is going with 'a wet sheet and a flowing sea, and a wind that follows free. I'm not joking; I'm only metaphorical.
"My ward," corrected Allan Roscoe. "I beg your pardon I should have remembered your ward." "I leave him, with confidence, in your hands, my dear sir." So Allan Roscoe took his leave. Let us look in upon the aspiring and ambitious scholars, after Mr. Smith left them in charge of the ushers.
Dundurn Castle, a handsome, castellated, baronial-looking building, the residence of the present Premier, Sir Allan M'Nab, is near Hamilton, and it has besides some very handsome stone villa residences. There I saw, for the first and only time in the New World, beautifully kept grass lawns, with flower-beds in the English style.
Reggie and Harry were already out of doors, Harry addressing himself with sparkling eyes to Reggie, who was unusually silent. When Allan came in view together with Marjorie, Reggie studied the pair inquiringly and received a reassuring nod from Allan. 'Seen the Heroic? began Harry; 'I say, if the men get their leave to-day do you think they will let us come with them?
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