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That he could not yet determine; for whilst wielding the executioner's sword in his master's service all these thoughts must be silenced; he could consider nothing save to fulfil the task confided to him by his imperial benefactor and commander in chief, according to his wishes, and show him that he had chosen wisely in trusting him to "crack the nut" which he himself had pronounced a hard one.
Some time thereafter, on the occasion of a festival, they saw a column crack open, and in the opening they found the books of the master, which contained three mystic axioms: “Nature pleases herself in Nature; Nature triumphs over Nature; Nature governs Nature.” The quotations show, to be sure, only superficially the interrelation of alchemy and freemasonry.
He started to speak, to thank her, and, perhaps, to scold her for the rash thing she had undertaken for him; but she silenced him again, and with a whispered, "Come!" turned toward the door. As she opened it a crack to reconnoiter she kept the revolver pointed straight ahead of her into the adjoining room.
Suddenly the Old Man, Colonel Holt, turned and faced them. There was an immediate hush. "A lot of people think we just go along with the bombers to catch a bit of fresh air and to keep from going stale. This mission promised to be our chance to crack the enemy, but unfortunately, Weather reports clouds up to our return point." The Old Man stared unwinkingly at his men.
A dog called Colne Crack, who was a beautiful little terrier was another of the early shown ones by whom the breed has lost nothing, and two other terriers whose names are much revered by lovers of the breed are Cholmondeley Briar and Briar Test.
"He brought home a whole basket of trout this afternoon," observed Mary; "so he is not quite idle." "No, miss; he's fishing at daylight, and gives one-half to you and the other to old Bone. He'll make a crack hunter one of these days, as old Malachi says. He can draw the bead on the old man's rifle in good style already, I can tell you." "How do you mean, Martin?" said Mrs. Campbell.
As the dancing gets faster the singing gets louder, every muscle of the dancers seems strained, and the wonder is the voices do not crack.
I'm pestered to death with them that is, I used to be and I should be still, if I didn't put 'em down." The voice was high and chattering, with a tendency to crack. It had the American quality with a French intonation. In speaking, the Marquise made little nervous dashes, now to the right, now to the left, as though endeavoring to get by some one who blocked her way.
Simultaneously he received a sharp blow, and heard the crack of a report but far away ... in the distance. He was on his back, without knowing how he had got there; straight overhead waved the bare branches of a tree; behind them, a grey morning cloud was sailing. For still the fraction of a second, he heard the familiar melody, to which the soldiers marched; and the branch swayed ... swayed ...
And the next feller that makes a crack is goin' to wisht he hadn't now I'm tellin' ye!" This was not so much an ultimatum as a declaration of war and the Happy Family suddenly found themselves all out of the notion of laughing at anything at all.
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