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"And he's dead?" asked the other in an awed tone. Mrs. Lieders gulped down her tears. "Oh, not so bad as that, I cut him down, he was up in the garret and I sus suspected him and I run up and oh, he was there, a choking, and he was so mad! He swore at me and he kicked me when I I says: 'Kurt, what are you doing of?
"Darling " the word broke from a tender inarticulate sound she made. Then: "Jerrold ," he said. Jerrold came closer. His father's right arm unfolded itself and stretched out towards him along the bed. Anne whispered, "Take his hand." Jerrold took it. He could feel it tremble as he touched it. "It's all right, Jerry," he said. "It's all right." He gave a little choking cough.
A racecourse was surrounded. Dust rose in choking clouds, and the sun beat down heavily. "Goodness, what a place!" cried Nan in dismay. Had they known it, there were many quiet, attractive, outlying resorts catering to and frequented by the fashionables, for "the Mission" was at that time in its heyday as a Sunday amusement for all classes.
There was a strange, choking odor in the place, and he groped on his hands and knees in the direction of the shelf where his searchlight had been left. His senses reeled, and for an instant he lay flat on the floor. Then he heard the boys clambering down the stairs from the conning tower and called out, feebly, yet with sufficient strength to make himself heard above the sound of shuffling feet.
I lived alone. One night about a month after my return, I woke from a sound sleep, choking. Some one's hand was pressed tightly over my mouth, and another hand on my breast held me down motionless upon my sleeping mat. "Don't speak!" some one whispered into my ear. "Don't make a sound! Lie perfectly quiet until you understand all that I am saying!
Meanwhile it had grown unbearably hot, the sparkling river looked like a blaze of fire and the fumes of the wine were getting into their heads. Monsieur Dufour, who had a violent hiccough, had unbuttoned his waistcoat and the top button of his trousers, while his wife, who felt choking, was gradually unfastening her dress.
Love for her conquered all other feeling, and in a choking voice she said, "Oh, Miss Dayton, if you will pay it you will confer a great favor on me, for mother is sick, and we need it so much!" There was a movement in the parlor. St. Leon was approaching, and with an impatient gesture Lucy opened the opposite door, saying to Ada, "Come in here."
Lushington was almost choking. 'Do let me give you another handkerchief, said Logotheti, sympathetically. 'I always carry a supply when I'm motoring they are so useful. Yours is quite spoilt. A forcible expression rose to Lushington's lips, but he checked it, and at the same time he wondered whether anybody he knew had ever been caught in such a detestable situation.
But day after day the calm sea lay shining, vacant. Evening after evening the Queen came sadly home again, a cold fear in her heart, bitter disappointment choking her. Then Kalliope would do her best for her mistress, repeating over and over her comforting phrases. "He will come once more. Sure thing. Damned sure." The strain on the nerves of the party in the palace became more and more severe.
Nejdanov, hearing the name of Ladislas pronounced at least for the twentieth time, suddenly flared up and thumping the palm of his hand on the table burst out: "What an authority! As if we do not know who this Ladislas is! A born spy, nothing more!" "W-w-w-what what did you say?" Kollomietzev stammered cut, choking with rage.
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