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Our Lord has granted me the greatest favour he has granted any one since the time of David. The results of my undertaking already shine, and they would make a great light if the obscurity of the Government did not conceal them. I shall go again to the Indies in the name of the Holy Trinity, to return immediately.
He could no longer conceal the fact that he had dressed himself elaborately for an interview with Miss Harden. But he endeavoured to adjust his mind to a new and less disturbing view of the lady.
"I I I come 'ome unexpected," he stammered. "But what are you doing?" panted Mrs. Teak, in a rising voice. "I I was passing your door," said Mr. Chase, "passing your door to go to my room to to 'ave a bit of a rinse, when " "Yes," said Mrs. Teak. Mr. Chase gave Mr. Teak a glance the pathos of which even the soot could not conceal.
He suffered from involuntary spasmodic movements of the hands, the result of certain not very creditable physical infirmities, and probably to conceal these he continually toyed with a small stick, which he tossed to and fro with seeming affectation.
He was a plain man, made it a rule not to meddle with speculative points, and to avoid all irritating discussions; he was not to rule the country, but to live in it, and make others live as happily as he could. Having nothing to conceal in his character, opinions, or circumstances, Mr.
The opening, not larger than that of a fox-earth, lay in the face of the cliff directly behind a large black rock, or rather upright stone, which served at once to conceal it from strangers, and as a mark to point out its situation to those who used it as a place of retreat.
Wilkins bent breathlessly over him, and the blue eyes at that moment opened, and smiled a welcome upon him. Clasping his hands together with an upward look of thankfulness, Wilkins fell upon his knees beside the bed and buried his face in the covers, as if he would fain conceal the too vivid pleasure expressed in his features. A hand was laid upon his shoulder.
Before leaving Fougeres the chief secretly issued to his own men ample supplies of ammunition and sufficient rations of bread for the whole detachment, so as to conceal from the conscripts the length of the march before them.
"'Tis not so much Chevet I seek," he said, showing no inclination to pass me, "but one whom I understood was his guest Monsieur Francois Cassion." "The man is here," I answered quickly, yet unable to conceal my surprise, "but you will find him no friend to Sieur de la Salle." "Ah!" and he stared at me intently. "In the name of the saints, what is the meaning of this? You know me then?"
If an order were given, John would be on his crutch in an instant, with the cheeriest "Ay, ay, sir!" in the world; and when there was nothing else to do, he kept up one song after another, as if to conceal the discontent of the rest. Of all the gloomy features of that gloomy afternoon, this obvious anxiety on the part of Long John appeared the worst. We held a council in the cabin.
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