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As the Colonel slowly lowered his glasses Ned cried through chattering teeth: "D-d-d-on't y-you think I-I-I am d-d-doing p-pretty well, C-colonel, f-f-f-for my f-f-ffirst battle?" The Colonel nodded encouragingly: "Very well, my boy. It's a nasty situation. You'll make a good soldier." And then the order to charge! Across the level field torn by shot and shell, the regiment swept in grey waves.
Hopewell, who lives now in Carson, had a few lines from Roland. He simply said he was alive and well, and that he had hopes of seeing her again one of these fine days." "Yes, that's r-r-right," burst out Toby, in a disgusted tone, "but not a p-peep did he give about what he was d-d-doing, or if he meant to show up and c-c-claim his f-f-fine f-f-fortune.
She was near enough now for us to see that she was merely a large sailing dory. There were two men on board her, but whether they were Mr. Snider and the Professor I could not tell. I reached for the spy-glass, when Spike said: "They're going to row." One of the men had lowered the sail, and the other was getting out a long pair of oars. "W-Well, what's the matter with our d-d-doing that, too?"
And then, as I stared down at him, thinking it right that he, by virtue of his seniority, should open the conversation, I gradually began to feel better, for I remembered that it was War. "Hallo, Ray," said Fillet, "what may you be d-d-doing up there?" "Climbing over, sir." "Oh, you-you are climbing over, are you?" "Yes, sir." "Oh, indeed."
W-what the devil are you d-d-doing " For Selwyn had him fast one sinewy hand twisted in his silken collar, holding him squirming at arm's length. "M-murder!" stammered Mr. Ruthven. "No," said Selwyn, "not this time. But be very, very careful after this." And he let him go with an involuntary shudder, and wiped his hands on his handkerchief.
To have every legacy c-c-cadger in Rome running after you and m-m-making you p-p-presents and d-d-doing you favors and angling for your n-n-notice all your 1-l-life 1-1-long, and you m-m-miss the ch-ch-chance!" "Yes," Brinnaria admitted, reflectively, "I have missed all that, that's so. But that's not all there is to think of, when you think about being a Vestal.
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