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'Yes, said Tricksy, sitting with knitted brows; 'but we don't seem to be doing anything. The others were silent. 'What would you have us do, Tricksy? inquired Allan. 'Do? I'd do something. 'Well? Tricksy's face puckered again. 'I'd catch some of the people. 'Well, Tricksy, and how? 'I'd dig holes for them to fall into. Reggie uttered a contemptuous 'humph.
He was a very serious looking young man, with round staring anxious blue eyes under pent white brows, an ascetic mouth and a benevolent dome. He was immaculate in white linen, and less pinched about the waist than his fashionable contemporaries.
'You speak like a man of this world, Harry, says Andrew, who had come in, and was looking at the young man with frowning brows and angry eyes. 'How else would you have me speak? says Harry. 'I am but a plain sailor, and I pretend not to know any world but this work-a-day world that I have to get my bread in.
And then he is tall and blond." "Distinguished looking; and with an air about him an autocratic manner which makes me think he's a Somebody. He's evidently not used to being snubbed." "It's perfectly maddening!" exclaimed Nell, with brows most becomingly wrinkled. "If we only knew something of English politics, we might be able to guess what it is all about."
True, he would lose in England, but the thought of the few dollars saved here cheered him. More men entered, sat down by tables, stood in groups, or remained apart by themselves, thinking with knit brows. One must think quickly when one's bills are falling due. The murmur of voices thickened, and there was no rumbling in the skittle alley to interrupt it.
She put a hastily written note into his hand and watched him intently while he read it. She saw him flush with anger, bite his lips, and knit his brows, then assume his haughtiest look, as he lifted his eyes and said in his most sarcastic tone, "Very well for a beginning. The boy has eloquence. Pity that it should be wasted. May I ask if you have replied to this rhapsody?" "I have."
The flowing skirts of their tunics embarrassed their movements as they attempted to pass through the throng; and their tiaras sat unsteadily upon their brows, around which were bound small bands of parchment, showing lines of writing. Almost at the same moment, the soldiers of the advance guard arrived. Cloth coverings had been drawn over their glittering shields to protect them from the dust.
There was still the same manly form and intelligent features, but the rich brown hair that then curled round his open brow, now wild and matted, only added to the desperate appearance of his sunken eyes and overhanging brows. Drink did not make him merry. On the contrary he was more bitter then than ever.
But the wreath especially fascinated her a wreath which no prudent lady with colourings less pure, and features less exquisitely delicate than the pretty champion of the rights of women, could have fancied on her own brows without a shudder. But the Venosta in such matters was not prudent. "It can't be dear," she cried piteously, extending her arms towards Isaura. "I must have one exactly like.
She spoke no word, but held his knees, and as she gazed, two beautiful great tears rolled slowly from under her eyelids, and trembled upon her pale, soft cheeks, and her warm, quick breath went up to his face. Darius tried to push her from him, but she would not go, and he was forced to look at her, and his anger melted, and he smiled somewhat grimly, though his brows were bent.
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