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He climbed as high as Bland had climbed at first, hoping to escape the abruptness of the waves such as he had studied patiently from charts, and which he had felt when they flew over arroyos and rough ground. He did not want Mary V to be alarmed, but the noise of the motor made speech impossible, so he let the explanation go for the present.
"Her husband left her before she was taken ill, to remain a short time with his sick uncle. Mr. Bland was fearful of offending his aged relative, and so kept his marriage concealed. She had a few letters when he first left, but, for near two months, not a word have we heard. I fear he is ill. She has grown dreadfully depressed since the birth of her babe.
Bland haunted the creeks where the trout lurked, tramped the woods gun in hand, a dog at his heels, oblivious to everything but his own primitive, purposeless pleasures. "I shouldn't care to settle here for good," he once said to Hollister. "But really, you know, it's not half bad. If money wasn't so dashed scarce.
His dress, though plain, was neat and studied; his manner, bland and plausible; his voice, sweet and low: there was that about him which, if it did not win liking, tended to excite respect a certain decorum, a nameless propriety of appearance and bearing, that approached a little to formality: his every movement, slow and measured, was that of one who paced in the circle that fences round the habits and usages of the world.
Miss Batchelor became instantly self-possessed. "You won't like it. Nothing happens here; nothing ever will happen. You will be dreadfully bored." "If I am bored I shall get something to do. I shall dissipate myself in a bland parochial patriotism. I can feel it coming on already. When I once get my feet on a platform I shall let myself go." "Do. You'll astonish our simple Arcadian farmers.
As I was looking out of window that same evening, it surprised me, and made me rather uneasy, to see Mr. Micawber and Uriah Heep walk past, arm in arm: Uriah humbly sensible of the honour that was done him, and Mr. Micawber taking a bland delight in extending his patronage to Uriah.
This covers up also a good deal of business acumen, shrewdness, and secretiveness which is not so childlike and bland. In this they are in sharp contrast to those not native-born. These come from many places on the earth, and they are seldom garrulously historical.
"This is positively the last experience meeting I attend to-night," he growled. They ascended to number seven. Mr. Magee piled fresh logs on the fire; Mr. Bland saw to it that the door was not tightly closed. The professor removed, along with other impedimenta, his ear tabs, which were connected by a rubber cord. He waved them like frisky detached ears before him.
He laughed pleasantly, and answered in bland tones, "Oh dear, no; I recognise quite well the species to which it belongs.
He looked more shifty and slippery than usual, but his manner was bland, even deferential, when he spoke. "Good evening, Miss Radford! Nice thaw, ain't it? but a bit rapid. How's 'Dook?" Katherine winced.
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