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"Good Lord!" he gasped. "You don't mean that it it's " He paused incredulously, and Buck nodded. "I'm sure of it," he stated crisply. Jessup swallowed hard. "But but " he faltered, "there ain't never been any found around here. The nearest fields are hundreds of miles away, ain't they?" Stratton dropped the lump of sand.
"Stand by to reduce thrust to one-quarter space speed, Astro. Stand by forward nose braking rockets." "Right," replied Astro. "Hey, Roger!" yelled Tom. "How far are we from the surface?" "Estimated distance to touchdown is two hundred thousand feet," answered Roger crisply. "Reduce thrust to minimum, Astro," barked Tom, his eyes watching every dial and meter on the control board.
In the first place, it contains forty-four words, some of them of two syllables, others of even greater length. In the second place, it was spoken crisply, almost commandingly, without any of that hesitation and stammering which usually characterized Ramsden Waters's utterances. Eunice was puzzled. She was also faintly resentful.
"Who ever told you I wanted to work on a large scale?" demanded Flint, savagely. "I er inferred beg pardon, sir I " And Herzog quite lost himself and floundered hopelessly, while his mismated eyes wandered about the room as though seeking the assurance he so sadly lacked. "Confine yourself to answering what I ask you," directed Flint, crisply. "You're not paid to infer.
Plainly and crisply he had stated that he was leaving the country because the music-hall stage was given over to alien gowks. He was sorry for England. He liked England. But now, all he could say was, "God bless you." England shuddered, remembering that last time he had said, "God bless you till I come back." Ominous mutterings began to make themselves heard.
She heaved up bodily out of the water, dropped again with a splash, rose again, and again fell back into her own ripples, that, widening from her sides, broke crisply on the sand at Wilbur's feet. Then the commotion ceased abruptly. The bay was quiet again. An hour passed, then two. The moon began to set.
"Hercules, come here!" she called, as she spied a kinky white head bobbing around in the barnyard. Hercules approached with a painfully stew, shuffling gait. "What is it, Mis' Elizabeth?" he inquired mildly, eyeing his mistress with affection in his look. "Hercules," said Nyoda crisply, "we're going to get rid of that goat." "What's 'at ol' goat bin a-doin', honey?" quavered Hercules anxiously.
Diana breathed a sigh of relief, and, looking up, found Signor Baroni regarding her with a large and benevolent smile. "You theenk I was too severe with him?" he said placidly. "But no. He is like iron, that young man; he wants hammer-blows." "I think he got them," replied Diana crisply, and then stopped, aghast at her own temerity.
The girl was completely mollified, though in much embarrassment. "Why, Mr. Dick!" she stammered, in confusion. "Why, Mr. Dick!" Gilder, who had watched the scene in great astonishment, now interposed to end it. "Stop, Dick!" he commanded, crisply. "You are actually making Sarah blush. I think that's about enough, son." But a sudden unaccustomed gust of affection swirled in the breast of the lad.
Malay himself is away this evening and won't be back before midnight; and the door won't be locked, as otherwise the others couldn't get in. Everything's clear for you. Savvy? Once you're in the room, there's plenty of places to hide and that's all you've got to do, except keep your ears and eyes open. Get the lay?" Again Smarlinghue nodded unhappily this time. "All right!" said Clancy crisply.
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