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But his spirit always answered to the call of courage, and Gordon's pluck was so debonair he could not refuse a reluctant appreciation. "I regret to see you thus, Mr. Gordon," he said. "Might have been worse. Sebastian has had se-vere-al notions about putting me out of business. I'm lucky to be still kicking." "I have come from Miss Valdés. She came to Santa Fé when she heard from your friend Mr.
Would that he could hear us, but we are not really on the island, and he passes by, biting his knuckles. Next comes Nibs, the gay and debonair, followed by Slightly, who cuts whistles out of the trees and dances ecstatically to his own tunes. Slightly is the most conceited of the boys.
He rose and stood watching her with a lover's hang-dog look. She glanced at him, read his face and once more felt secure in her ascendency. Her debonair self-assurance came back with a lowering of her pulse and a remounting to her old position of condescending command. But a parting lesson would not be amiss and she turned from him, saying with a carefully tempered indifference: "And Leff, too.
But back of his debonair gayety Steve nursed a growing unease. He was no longer dressed in the outfit of a cowpuncher, but wore a gray street suit and a Panama straw hat. Culvera had caught only a momentary glance at him the night they had faced each other revolver in hand. Yet the American was morally convinced that given time recognition would flash upon the young Mexican.
June was going out in a wave of torrid heat such as August might have boasted. The day had seemed endless and intolerably close. I was feeling very limp and languid. Perhaps, thought I, it was the heat which had wilted Blackie's debonair spirits. "It has been a long time since we've had a talk-talk, Blackie. I've missed you. Also you look just a wee bit green around the edges.
In her happiness and sincere desire to please she succeeded remarkably well in making herself superficially at least very much like Ted's own "kind of girl" and though with true masculine obtuseness he was entirely unaware of the conscious effort she was putting into the performance nevertheless he enjoyed the results in full and played up to her undeniable charms with his usual debonair and heedless grace and gallantry.
We'll see you safe off the place," she answered curtly. The foreman fell in on one side of Bannister, his mistress on the other. They rode in close formation, to lessen the chance of an ambuscade. Bannister alone chatted at his debonair ease, ignoring the responsibility they felt for his safety. "I got my ride, after all," he presently chuckled. "To be sure, I wasn't expecting Mr.
She therefore gave entire credence to what he said, and told him what she knew about his servant, and how he might easily find him on the morrow. She then bade set the table, which done, Rinaldo and she washed their hands and sate down together to sup. Tall he was and comely of form and feature, debonair and gracious of mien and manner, and in his lusty prime.
She let the implied boast of word and manner pass without debate and went on self-accusingly: "You've treated yourself very much like an old house being torn to pieces and done over to satisfy the whims and eccentricities of a new tenant." Tollman affected a manner meant to be debonair, but his thought was divided and uncontrollable impulse drew his glance shiftily to the table.
Now, as Paul Burton sat opposite Loraine Haswell at one of the small and snowy tables, he sought to cloak his nervousness under a guise of debonair ease and soon the woman was embarked upon the recital of her grievances. "Len has had an utterly intolerable fit of jealousy," she confided; then fell silent while she nibbled at a melon.
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