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Say I cannot see him tell him to come again to-morrow!" The servant withdrew, only to return again with a more urgent statement. "The gentleman says he must see you, sir; he comes from the Premier." "From the Premier?" "Yes, sir; his business is urgent, he says, and private. He sent in his card, sir."
At the time I was too busy with my own affairs to look him up, but I recently came to California for a rest, and noticed the strong resemblance between the boy, A. Jones, and the portrait sent me. So I hunted up this picture and compared the two. In my judgment they are one and the same. What do you think, sir?" "I believe there is a resemblance," answered Uncle John, turning the card over.
The difference of indications we know not, further than that a mysterious purpose is served by both. But might I ask if ever there was any occasion on which the figure of this card might, as connected with some thrilling incident, have been impressed upon the imagination of the mother?" "Never," cried Graeme, as he shook violently.
He took possession of her arm to kiss her hand. Mme. de Nucingen gave a joyful start as she saw the card. She turned to Eugene; there were tears in her eyes as she flung her arms about his neck, and drew him towards her in a frenzy of gratified vanity. This happiness yes, for I may call it so, when it comes to me through you is surely more than a triumph for self-love?
For the next moment two Ridge boys, dancing together, waltzed through the opening between the two rooms and, letting out ear-piercing whoops with every rotation, whirled round and round the room until they brought up against the bar where they, breathlessly, called for drinks. An angry lull fell upon the room; the card game stopped.
His tone was one of mild expostulation, mitigated by the intimation that all misunderstanding speedily would be cleared away. To outward view he offered a perfect picture of innocence, neither protesting too much nor too little. I had, however, another surprise in store for him, a trump card, as it were, and I played it down on the table.
She stopped in the passage, glancing at the card in her hand, then drew herself up a little and with a quick, nervous movement lifted her head. Alton saw her face at last, and though it had grown a trifle hollow and pale, he recognized Miss Townshead. Then she saw him, and he moved forward hastily. "This is a pleasure I was not expecting," he said.
'Yes, they were, replied the bagman; 'very nice men indeed! Mr. Pickwick's conscience had been somewhat reproaching him for his recent neglect of his friends at the Peacock; and he was just on the point of walking forth in quest of them, on the third morning after the election had terminated, when his faithful valet put into his hand a card, on which was engraved the following inscription: Mrs.
Carlin picked up his hat and stood fingering the rim, trying to make up his mind whether he should force the truth upon her then or obey orders and wait. The training of long years told. "Well, just as you say, your ladyship, I won't stay if you don't want me, but don't forget I'm within call, not more than a half-hour away. All Martha's got to do is to send a postal card and I'm here.
"Be so good as to take that card to Lady Holchester. It is absolutely necessary that your mistress should be made acquainted in the interests of her younger son with something which I can only mention to her ladyship herself." The two persons speaking were Lord Holchester's head servant and Sir Patrick Lundie.
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