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In his mind he was doing sums of which the main issues were, "What is the difference between the fifty pounds I have in hand and the value of the carriage and horses, and will my loss give me a claim on the royal family and the Government?"
After passing and repassing the carriage on the road, and being passed and repassed by it sundry times in the course of the night, according as their stoppages were longer or shorter; or their rate of travelling varied, they reached the town almost together.
While walking one day, with a friend, I caught a glimpse of Mrs. Leighton, as she rode past in her carriage. She was so much changed that, at the first, I hardly recognized her; but, upon looking more closely, I saw that it was indeed Mrs. Leighton. A year and a half had now glided by since my return to Philadelphia. Nothing worthy of note had taken place during this time.
Moscheles, in a letter, "of the crowd at this ball, when I tell you that we left the ballroom at two o'clock and did not get to the prince's carriage till four."
While he thus spoke, the carriage making a sudden turn, showed them, through the left window, the village at some distance, still widely beaconed by the fire, which, having reached a storehouse wherein spirits were deposited, now rose high into the air, a wavering column of brilliant light.
He is at present an escaped prisoner, the law has an awkward claim upon him; he must be placed rectus in curia, that is the first object; for which purpose, Colonel, I will accompany you in your carriage down to Hazlewood House. The distance is not great; we will offer our bail, and I am confident I can easily show Mr. I beg his pardon Sir Robert Hazlewood, the necessity of receiving it.
I did my best to straighten Mr. Ranny out. He's making the fight of his life to keep straight. It's up to you to stand by us. You don't want to pitch the fat back in the fire, do you?" They had reached the big house on Third Avenue, and the carriage was slowing up at the curbing.
The guard blew his whistle, and the other jumped into the carriage. "I thought you'd got out there for good," explained Mike. "I'm awfully sorry." "Where is the bag?" "On the platform at the last station. It hit a porter." Against his will, for he wished to treat the matter with fitting solemnity, Mike grinned at the recollection.
You stop the carriage of an aristocrat; you drag a valuable whip out of the hand of his coachman; and you carry it off. If that is not highway robbery, what is it? Throw it away." His manner was imperative. I dropped the whip out of the window and fell into a brown study.
"I cannot answer that question." "Will you be my friend?" "So far as I can in accordance with my obligations to my employer!" She tried him no further then, but rose and walked slowly out of the room. He found her maid, and saw them to their carriage. Then he returned to the sitting room. Wingrave was smoking a cigarette. "I am trying the humanizing influence," he remarked.
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