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Billy turned away and sought a patch of shade where he might sit on the edge of the porch and dig his heels into the soft dirt. He dug industriously while he turned the matter over in his mind, then looked up a bit anxiously at Dill. "Say, Dilly, yuh fixed up that leasing business, didn't yuh?" he inquired. "How much did yuh get hold of?"
What, in the name of all the gods, has Publius done to you that you avoid him more anxiously than if he were covered with leprosy?
It's up to us to get dinner I suppose, but I'm just too tired to begin." "But you will pretty soon, won't you?" asked Slim anxiously. "You aren't hungry already, are you, Slim?" asked Hinpoha teasingly. "Already!" said Slim, looking at his watch. "Do you folks know what time it is? It's half past two!" "Mercy!" said Sahwah. "It's taken us ages to get here.
She followed the doctor anxiously back to his seat beside the Inspector. "Here," she cried, "hold baby a minute. There are some things I must attend to. I would give him to the Inspector, but he would not know how to handle him." "God forbid!" ejaculated the Inspector firmly. "But I tell you I must get home," said the doctor in helpless wrath. "Nonsense!" exclaimed Mrs. Cameron. "Look out!
She read the letter, and her manner soon showed that she was deeply interested. We will look over her shoulders and read it with her: "CONTINENTAL HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5. "I write to you on a matter of the greatest importance to my happiness, and shall most anxiously await your reply.
"Foedora, are you ill?" broke in the princess. "No, indeed," declared the countess, "the emotion I experience is, on the contrary, full of sweetness and charm. To tell you the truth, my dear duke, I scarcely know how to express " "In mercy, explain yourself countess," urged the duke, anxiously. "The strong perfume of these flowers probably affects you strangely." "No, that is not it.
She took it out of her box and looked at it: perhaps there was something she could do to smarten it up a little. It certainly hung in a limp flattened manner across the bed, and was even beginning to turn a rusty colour; nothing would make it look any different. Would one of her cottons be better, Lilac wondered anxiously.
He got your letter, but I am afraid he couldn't read it very well. It brought him home a fortnight sooner than he meant to come, however." "And is it all right?" asked Frank, anxiously. "All right! Only I am afraid he will be sorry he came, for he has taken my place in the office for ten days at least, and he will be very sick of it before that time is over.
"Quick, we are losing time, and getting out of position." "There are no alligators in this bay; are there?" and Mr. Sneed looked anxiously at the captain of the motor boat. "Not one," was the laughing answer. "You're safe." "Then here I go!" cried the grouch, as he toppled overboard, having first "registered" a faint, as directed in the plot of the play. "Now get him, Mr.
Busied with friends, Miss Celia could not help wondering how the lads got on; and, when the tea-Ben rang, waited a little anxiously for their return, knowing that she could tell at a glance if they had enjoyed themselves.
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