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He bought her a hoop ring, apologized for its small value, and expressed his regret that all he could offer her was on as small a scale, except his love. She blushed, and smiled on him, like heaven opening. "Small and great, I take them," said she; and her lovely head rested on his shoulder. They were engaged.
President Taylor was absent, and Colonel Bliss apologized for his non-attendance, saying that he was somewhat indisposed. The old hero had that day sat in the sun at the Washington Monument during a long spread-eagle address by Senator Foote, with a tedious supplementary harangue by George Washington Parke Custis.
"The county physician," explained Carroll. "Better come down and meet him, Mr. Darcy. He'll want to ask you some questions. Then we'll have another go at you. Got to ask a lot of questions in a case like this," he half apologized. "Oh, sure," assented the jewelry worker. "Doc Warren, eh," mused Thong to his partner, as Darcy preceded them downstairs.
I shan't even be angry with Aunt Rose and you've been an angel to me. I shall never forget you. He said nothing. He seemed very much interested in his cake. And because she foresaw that her anger towards Aunt Rose would soon be changed to pity, she apologized to her that night. 'I'm afraid I was rude to you at luncheon. 'Were you? Oh, not rude, Henrietta. Perhaps rather foolish and indiscreet.
True, he had apologized a little later on, and had blushed quite becomingly in doing so, but nothing, nothing in the world, would ever make her believe that he was not the sort of man who could be depended upon to put a woman in her place and keep her there. He might apologize until he was black in the face and still be unable to take back the words he had uttered.
You see, when you and Eleanor came in that afternoon I thought you'd guessed or that Barbara Gordon and Teddie Wilson, who knew of a similar case, had, and had sent you up to make sure. But after you'd apologized for your note and squared things with Eleanor, I well, I didn't think I should enjoy seeing your face," ended Jean, with a little break in her voice.
Monsieur Due was very indignant at this sans-gene, and apologized for Delsarte's want of courtesy; but the Prince did not mind, and occupied himself with looking at Delsarte's old poetry-books and albums. Finally Delsarte entered and graciously received his royal visitor.
For bringing his four valises aboard and stowing them in the nettings, he gave his porter four cents, and lightly apologized for the smallness of the gratuity just with the condescendingest little royal air in the world.
Lake's experienced ears were not slow to discover that the child had got whooping-cough, which the nurse confessed was the case. She also apologized for bringing in the baby among Mrs. Lake's children, saying that she had "thought of nothing but the poor little chirrub herself." "Don't name it, mum," replied the windmiller's wife.
Thus far, there is ample corroboration of his own story, because his movements can be checked by the observation of half-a-dozen hotel employés. He says, by the way, that while buying some stamps at the cigar counter before going to the restaurant, he was jostled by a rough-looking foreigner, who apologized in broken French, and whom he took to be a Czech or Hungarian.
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