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That night I bided his coming with an impatience I could not control. He was late, of course, but when he did appear, I almost forgot our usual greeting in my hurry to ask him if he had seen the evening papers. "No," he grumbled, as he hung up his overcoat. "Been pushed about all day. No time for anything." "Then let me tell you " But he would have dinner first.
I spoke not a word till we were in the sunshine again, and then I shivered. "I could not have entered that place alone," I said. "Gunnhild had no fear thereof, nor had I as a little child. Three times we bided there for days, while the Danes pillaged and burnt all around us, and were safe." It was some old secret handed down to Gunnhild that had taught her how to find the passage entrance.
He bided his time for vengeance, and used his sword on crabs and flatfish and fat groupers. And so he grew at a great rate, till in the swelling sense of his power and swiftness his caution began to fade away. Even the incident itself faded from his memory, but not the hatred which had sprung from it, or the knowledge which it had taught him.
Hence, he did not notice a gaunt Arab, whose flowing burnous and distinguished air singled him out from the mixed gathering of nondescripts at the landing-place, who bided his time until Mrs. Haxton looked in his direction. Then he salaamed, with a courtly blend of deference and hauteur, and she beckoned him instantly. "You are Sheikh Abdullah?" she asked in French.
Then, I do not know how it was rightly, for I was aft with my father, there began a quarrel between the Vikings and our men; and though both Grim and the chief tried to stop it, five of our few were slain outright, and three more badly hurt before it was ended. The rest of our crew took refuge on the fore deck, and there bided after that.
Quickly the big vessel overhauled the collier brig, and signals were made to pull down her flag, whereupon the Englishman grunted. Within a minute a puff was seen, and a round shot whizzed close past the Ouseburn Lassie's bows. "Give them a reply!" George urged in great excitement. "Wait a bit, my lad," and the skipper bided his time.
Carbuncle and Lady Eustace had seen it. Mrs. Carbuncle, in her great anxiety, bided her time, keeping close to her niece. Perhaps she felt that if the two were engaged, it might be well to keep the lovers separated for awhile, lest they should quarrel before the engagement should have been so confirmed by the authority of friends as to be beyond the power of easy annihilation.
"Thank you, I should love to," she said, and rising, swung off beside him, just in time as Stefan maneuvered it to avoid seeing the Scot and his carefully balanced offering. Discomfited, that individual consoled himself with both cups of broth, and bided his time. "My name is Stefan Byrd. I am a painter, going to America to sell some pictures. I'm twenty-six.
The girl's mother had always believed that her daughter would be empress, and not the 'Milkwhite Maiden, the child of a mere shepherd. So she hated the girl with all her heart, and only bided her time to do her ill. But she could do nothing as long as the emperor remained with his wife night and day, and she began to wonder what she could do to get him away from her.
He saw the folly of a rash, hasty leap in the dark, and bided his time like the cunning general who from afar sees the hopelessness of an attack against a strong and watchful adversary, and waits for the inevitable hour when the vigil is relaxed.
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