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He had his doubts about her entire agreeableness, but at any rate they got on to a natural, brusque footing, which contrasted with the somewhat ceremonious manner of the general conversation. She exceeded George in brusqueness, and tended to patronize him as a youngster. He noticed that she had yellow eyes.
Possibly this was the link which really attached him to Percival Heron, who was a man of considerable intellectual power, although possessed sometimes by a sort of irrepressible brusqueness and roughness of manner, with which he could make himself exceedingly disagreeable even to his friends.
"I am sorry," he began, with a brusqueness which gradually toned down into a forced urbanity as he beheld every eye fixed upon him in amazement, "that circumstances forbid my being of assistance to you in this unfortunate matter. If the paper lies where you say, and I see no other explanation of its loss, I am afraid it will have to remain there for this night at least.
However, he was very nice over the matter; he made the old woman light a fire and provide me with hot milk and bread. But my disappointment was bitter when I found that he was quite ignorant of the game of chess. The most celebrated physician in the Dublin of those days was Sir Dominic Corrigan, who, however, was as much famed for his brusqueness towards patients as for his skill.
Whether the effect of the cough or not Captain Anthony spoke. He did not move the least bit. With his back remaining turned to the whole length of the ship he asked Mr. Powell with some brusqueness if the chief mate had neglected to instruct him that the captain was to be found on the port side. "Yes, sir," said Mr. Powell approaching his back.
So that fixes me, I suppose, to come back for divinity lectures in the autumn. Mr. Grey said nothing for a while, and they strolled in and out of the great shadows thrown by the elms across their path. 'You feel no difficulties in the way? he asked at last, with a certain quick brusqueness of manner. 'No, said Robert, eagerly. 'I never had any.
Berrington," Albeury cut in, "you must forgive my brusqueness your breakfast will be brought to you in a moment; when it is, don't eat it. Make any excuse you like, but don't eat it." "Good God!" I exclaimed, instantly guessing his thought, "surely you can't suppose " "I can, and do suppose. More than that, I am practically certain that "
He spoke to her with the brusqueness of one who wishes to conclude everything quickly.... "I could not undertake the service that the doctor asked. I take back my word. The mate on board would not consent to it." Her wrath burst forth without any finesse, with the frankness of intimacy. She always hated Toni.
Believe me, if I could add one fact that would simplify the search for Georgette ah, Miss Gilbert ah I would do so in a moment," replied Lawton quickly, as if desirous of getting rid of us as soon as possible. Then perhaps as if regretting the brusqueness with which he had tried to end the interview, he added, "Don't misunderstand me.
Fish added, with a justifiable brusqueness not often found in his diplomatic correspondence, that "it is deeply to be regretted that her Majesty's Government has made no effort to comply with that provision of the Twenty-third Article of the Treaty, whereby it was agreed that the third Commissioner should be named by the President of the United States and her Brittanic Majesty conjointly."
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