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His father still remained superfluous in the Netherlands, hating and hated by Fuentes; but no longer able to give that governor so much annoyance as during his son's life-time the two had been able to create for Alexander Farnese.
He tells us that she attacked Jesus in the way, and followed Him, pouring out her loud petitions, to the annoyance of the disciples. They thought that they were carrying out His wish for privacy in suggesting that it would be best to 'send her away' with her prayer granted, and so stop her 'crying after us, which might raise a crowd, and defeat the wish.
Surprised, he picked it up and slowly read it, perplexity and then symptoms of annoyance showing plainly in his face. Twice thrice he read it through. Then, stowing it under his pillow, he began to think. Dr. Weeks came in before a great while to renew the dressing on his wound, and asked him if he had not been talking too much. "I haven't been talking at all. Why do you ask?"
He was making a note of it for future consideration, when Olive and her father met him on the platform at Monte Carlo. "I thought perhaps you would bring John Rivière with you," said Olive after they had exchanged greetings. A strong desire had sprung up to see this mysterious relation of Clifford's, and to be balked of any passing whim was keen annoyance to her.
The lady had the grace to blush, either with shame or with annoyance at the rebuff. "Pardon," she said, "you must remember that I am a foreigner. I do not understand your genealogies. I thought that even in France I had heard of the Black Douglas and the Red."
Securing these meant many things to France. It meant the connection of her Mexican colonies with Canada, but it meant much more than this; it meant serious annoyance to England, serious limitation to English commerce.
Not that there was Lack of Goodly Partners, but I was mindful of nothing beyond the Observance of the Courtesies of the Occasion. The only Annoyance of which I was sensible was the marked Attention of my Cousin Eustace Fleming, who is but recently come into this our Part of the Country, and claimeth Relationship.
I never was afraid of anyone!" A shadow of annoyance darkened the Queen's fair brows.
He intentionally avoided mentioning his fellow voyagers, in order that Krag's name should not come to light. "That's an honourable motive," said Panawe. "And what's more, it may be true, though you spoke it as a prevarication." "As far as it goes, it's quite true," said Maskull, staring at him with annoyance and surprise.
But it was kept to herself; her sorrowful good-byes were said in secret; before others, in all those weeks she was a very Euphrosyne; light, bright, cheerful, of eye and foot and hand; a shield between her aunt and every annoyance that she could take instead; a good little fairy, that sent her sunbeam wand, quick as a flash, where any eye rested gloomily.
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