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It was a clear-cut, definite thought now, perfectly finished, coldly complete. Jessie was embodied money, an embodied small sum of money. Long ago Cuckoo had said to Julian with pride: "She's a show-dog. I wouldn't part with her for nuts." Now she remembered those words, and knew, could not help knowing, that a show-dog was worth more than nuts. At that moment she wished Jessie were worthless.
This was virtually a command. Had Selina dared, she would have coldly declined to obey it. As it was she said nothing. Miss Rutledge's tones indicating that the interview was concluded, she rose, bade the dean a chilly "Good afternoon," and departed, accompanied by Laura. Dorothy also rose to go, but the dean detained her with a kindly: "Just a moment, Dorothy. I wish a private word with you.
And Tetlow was hanging over her, while the girls and boys grinned and whispered. Clearly, the office was "on to" Tetlow. . . . Norman, erect and coldly infuriate, called out: "Mr. Tetlow one moment, please." He went back to his den, Tetlow startling and following like one on the way to the bar for sentence. "Mr.
"It only remains to decide as to the sensible course, then," Hamilton rejoined, coldly. "I suppose, in this instance, it means that I should decide to follow the course you have outlined for me. Now, I have your offer before me on this paper. Briefly stated, your proposition to me is that you will take all the boxes I am able to deliver to you that is to say, you agree to keep my factory busy.
Long ere this he should have been writhing at her feet in the dust, crushed and abject. 'You see, he said, 'I'm awfully sorry, but it's like this. I love music, but what I mean is, you weren't playing a tune. It was just the same bit over and over again. 'I was trying to get a phrase, said Annette, with dignity, but less coldly. In spite of herself she was beginning to thaw.
At any other time the Tenor himself might have marvelled at the place apart we assign in our estimation to one of two people of like powers, passions, impulses, and purposes, simply because one of them is a woman. The stimulant revived the girl, and presently she opened her eyes and met his as he bent over her. "You are better now, I hope," he said coldly, moving away from her.
He put his arm around her and kissed her cheek in his frank delight at seeing her again. Alma coldly asked him in. Her face was still as pale as when she came downstairs, but a curious little spot of fiery red blossomed out where Gilbert's lips had touched it. Gilbert followed her into the sitting-room and looked about eagerly. "When did you come home?" she said slowly.
"I sent you word, mon cousin, that I was finishing a letter for the foreign post," said Madame de Courcelles, coldly, "and that I could not come sooner." Monsieur de Caylus bit his lip and cast an impatient glance in my direction. "Can you spare me a few moments alone, Helène?" he said. "Alone, mon cousin?" "Yes, upon a matter of business." Madame de Courcelles sighed.
We sat opposite each other without saying anything for a moment. It was I who spoke at last. "Very well," I resumed. "What is the business, Mrs. Sewall? Perhaps," I suggested coldly, "I have failed to return something that belongs to you." "No," replied Mrs. Sewall. "On the contrary, I have something here that belongs to you." She held up a package. "Your work-bag.
He was well aware that no such light had ever swung within a block of the shop before and in it he saw the hand of Whispering Smith. The light was unexpected, Barnhardt was a surprise, and even the falling snow, which protected him from being seen twenty feet away, angered him. He asked curtly who was ill, and without awaiting an answer asked for his wife. The surgeon eyed him coldly.
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