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"Quit your fooling, both of you," she said composedly, rising to her feet. "I ain't going to have tales flying all over the desert about the ructions stirred up the night I danced for the benefit of the flood sufferers. Shake hands, you two," imperiously. "Go on, do what I tell you. That's right," as the two men perfunctorily shook hands. "Bob don't mean a thing, Mr. Hanson.
The bear was about to set at the little fellow at once, and give him a hearty welcome with his paws: "Softly, softly," said the little tailor, "I will soon make thee quiet." Then quite composedly, and as if he had not an anxiety in the world, he took some nuts out of his pocket, cracked them, and ate the kernels. When the bear saw that, he was seized with a desire to have some nuts too.
Very composedly she questioned me of what I had done during her absence, telling me, too, of her travels, of the people she had seen and the places she had visited, but never a word said she of him she called her husband.
Wycoff!" she exclaimed suddenly, as the rough farmer was seen coming up the hill. Fanny trembled violently, for she feared this man. But Little Wolf, constitutionally brave, in her present state of mind feared nothing, composedly seated herself again upon the rock. The farmer advanced slowly, and recognized Little Wolf with a bow, and reassured Fanny with a cordial "How are you, Fanny?"
"Nay, I told you as much before," said Blount; "do, I pray you, my dear Walter, let us take boat and return." "Not till I see the Queen come forth," returned the youth composedly. "Thou art mad, stark mad, by the Mass!" answered Blount. "And thou," said Walter, "art turned coward of the sudden.
Her little speech was over. She stepped down composedly from the box, folded her cloth and picked up her basket. She said "Thank you" to O-liver, "Come on" to Tommy, and walked from among them with her light step and free carriage; and they stared after her. O-liver sitting later in front of the post-office with his satellites round him found himself compelled to listen to praise of Jane.
Am I likely to put up with your continued and excuse me highly impudent ingérence into my private affairs?" "Another French word," says he composedly. "O! damn your French words!" cried I. "You seem to be a Frenchman yourself!" "I have had many opportunities by which I have profited," he explained.
Indeed the good man so bubbled with it that we had scarcely taken our seats before the stream of questions overflowed. "Who were these men?" "How many!" "Whence had they come, and why?" etc. I glanced at my father in some anxiety for his temper. But he laughed and carved the salmon composedly. He had a deep and tolerant affection for Mr. Grylls. "Where shall I begin!" said he.
Alice glanced at her lover with admiration in her eyes. "What a glorious creature she really is!" Seeing visitors at her gate, Bertha came down without confusion to say good-morning, and to ask them to dismount. Ben, with doffed cap, replied by saying: "We've come to ask you to ride with us." Bertha looked up at him composedly. "Haven't a saddle, and I don't know that any of our horses are broken.
"You're quite right," said the master composedly, throwing the rifle over his shoulder and turning towards the door. "So I'll say good-afternoon, and try and find your husband." Mrs. McKinstry constrainedly plucked at the folds of her coarse gown. "Ye'll like a drink afore ye go," she said, in an ill-concealed tone of relief. "I clean forgot my manners. Cressy, fetch out that demijohn."
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