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"I'm in a confoundedly awkward position to apologize," growled Van Berg. "Any reference to such an affair will be like another insult;" and the friends parted in an unsatisfactory state of mind towards each other, and especially towards themselves. But that was a sad and memorable night to Ida Mayhew.
You'll pardon me, I trust, and not think me presuming upon my short acquaintance in making the suggestion." Mr. Bates looked about him bewilderedly for a short time, and then replied, "No, no, you need not apologize, you are right I thank you; I myself should have known better.
And would have continued to play on the theme indefinitely had not the girl spoken again. "I wanted to apologize," she said, "for my abominable rudeness in laughing at you just now. It was idiotic of me and I don't know why I did it. I'm sorry."
So if you ask me to apologize for the class from which I come I have only a laugh for your answer. But when you say I have taken your child thoughtlessly, there you do me an injustice. And when you speak of being left alone in the world you do both Irene and me an injustice. And when you call yourself an old woman you do us all an injustice " "You may spare your compliments," said Mrs.
Temple Barholm, isn't it? " she inquired. "Yes; it has been for the last few weeks," he answered, wondering why she seemed so in awe of him and wishing she didn't. "I ought to apologize for being here," she began. "Say, don't, please!" he interrupted. "What I feel is, that it ought to be up to me to apologize for being here." She was really quite flurried and distressed. "Oh, please, Mr.
Arlington with a smile, saying, "that Arthur had begged her to apologize, as he had thought it incumbent upon him to drive his cousin home, as it was entirely his fault that she had come, and you know," she added with a little laugh, "how scrupulously polite he is to every one ."
But when Dolan, sober, walked into the harness shop that afternoon to apologize, the little harness maker came down the aisle of saddles in his shop blinking over his spectacles and with his hand to his mouth to strangle a smile, and before Dolan could speak, Watts said, "So am I Jake Dolan so am I; but if you ever do that again, I'll have to kill you."
Chillip had left Blunderstone six or seven years ago, and I had never seen him since. He sat placidly perusing the newspaper, with his little head on one side, and a glass of warm sherry negus at his elbow. He was so extremely conciliatory in his manner that he seemed to apologize to the very newspaper for taking the liberty of reading it.
The principal turned coldly to Marjory with, "Apologize to Miss Merton at once, Miss Dean, for disturbing her," and Marjorie said, with uplifted chin and resentful eyes, "I am sorry you thought I whispered, Miss Merton, for I did not open my lips."
Crossing the lava pavement, he stopped opposite her and she noted a piece of sticking-plaster on his cheek. "May I join you for a few minutes?" he asked. "Of course," she said graciously. Lister sat down. The sailors had gone off, and except for an officer of the Commandancia, nobody was about. "I was going to the hotel to look for you. For one thing, I reckoned I ought to apologize.
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