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And had he gone toward the seated figure he would have avoided more trouble for all concerned, and Hal and Chester would probably never have seen active service with the Italian army. For the figure that caused Uncle John to turn his footsteps in the opposite direction was Chester, awaiting the return of Hal.
Instantly I held motionless, and did not even lower or turn my head lest I should catch his eye by moving, until he went on out of sight in the thick cover at the bottom. As soon as he was hidden I bobbed down and ran to head him off where he should leave the cover on the other side, and was there in good time awaiting, but no fox came forth.
The next day at twilight the count came in search of him. All was ready; the boat was awaiting its captain. The doctor bade Ulysses farewell with a certain solemnity. They were in the salon, and in a low voice she gave an order to Freya, who went out, returning immediately with a tall, thin bottle.
The house was small and low, and of the Italian style of architecture. A servant opened the door and cried: "Oh, sir, Madame is awaiting you patiently." Duroy asked: "How is your master?" "Not very well, sir. He will not be here long." The floor of the drawing-room which the young man entered was covered with a Persian rug; the large windows looked upon the village and the sea.
The ship soon followed her consort; and as soon as the commander had given out the course he hastened to the boudoir, where the party were awaiting his appearance. "It is hardly necessary for me to give the nautical points involved in 'The Battle of Khrysoko," said Captain Ringgold, as he laid the diagram of the captain of the Maud on the table.
The new guide awaiting him was a coal-black negro named Dionysio, who was of such huge stature that the other Cubans seemed pygmies beside him.
"Before ever you can set foot in Rome the breath will be out of my body, and beneath the desert sand I shall lie at peace who desire peace. Yet, say to Miriam, my niece, that my spirit will watch over her spirit, awaiting its coming in a land where there are no more wars and tribulations, and that, meanwhile, I who love her bid her to be of good cheer and to fear nothing."
Awaiting his comment perhaps expecting a counter-proposition she leaned against the tree beside which he stood. And after a while, as his absent-minded preoccupation continued: "Do you think the leaves are dry enough to sit on?" He slipped off his shooting-coat and placed it at the base of the tree.
Says his name is Archie Royston. Will not talk further. Well-treated. Held for identification. Awaiting advices. Lillian, at her home in Glaston, replied by wire in that tumult of emotion which each new lure was potent to excite, despite the quicksands of baseless hope that had whelmed its many precursors.
The prisons were gradually filling there with the unfortunate victims of the recent Saxon movement Of Rockel, Bakunin, and Heubner, all we could hear was that they had been charged with high treason, and that they were awaiting the death sentence.
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