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"Poor Miss Light!" she said at last, simply. And in this it seemed to Rowland there was a touch of bitterness. Very late on the following evening his servant brought him the card of a visitor. He was surprised at a visit at such an hour, but it may be said that when he read the inscription Cavaliere Giuseppe Giacosa his surprise declined.
The very pressure of his hand seemed to impart courage. "You won't stay and have dinner with me?" The rector regretfully declined. "I hear the bishop has returned," said Mr. Bentley, smiling. Hodder was surprised. He had never heard Mr. Bentley speak of the bishop. Of course he must know him. "I have my talk with him to-morrow." Mr. Bentley said nothing, but pressed his hand again....
No, it must have been a fortnight previous, for I recollect now that I had planned to go, when you said that you hated to skate alone and declined to take the entire responsibility of the children on the pond on account of little Fred and the pickerel." "And I said, too, I remember, that in all probability there wouldn't be black ice again all winter."
It had descended from father to son for generations, and finally to him, the last of the direct male line. Although business had encroached and noisy electric cars passed his door, and even government buildings dwarfed the impressive size of the old mansion, he declined to give up his home, stating that he had been born there and there he would die.
He realised that the prospects of his father assisting him out of his many scrapes had declined since news had arrived of Harold's unlooked-for marriage. When the scarcely tasted meal was over, Montague sent Lowther upstairs "to give the ladies company," while he smoked an admirable cigar and drank the best part of a bottle of old port wine.
Gallatin, who had been requested by Mr. Livingston to reply, declined to make the attempt, declaring the argument to be unanswerable. In May, 1800, on the reorganization of President Adams's Cabinet, Marshall unexpectedly received the appointment of Secretary of War.
"Have a seat, sir," urged the apothecary. His visitor again declined, with his uniform melancholy grace. He drew close to Frowenfeld. "Ah wand you mague me one ouangan," he said. Joseph shook his head. He remembered Doctor Keene's expressed suspicion concerning the assault of the night before. "I do not understand you, sir; what is that?" "You know."
The commander of the Blanche shook his head; and after some discussion he declined to join the tourists, and his wife would not go without him. Doubtless he had some strong reasons for his decision, though he did not state them; but probably he had not as much confidence in his first officer as Captain Ringgold had in Mr. Boulong.
But in May, 1837, the Royal Institution announced to the Principal that they were about to erect buildings for the University, and they asked for suggestions which might guide them in calling for plans. But the Principal and Governors declined to make suggestions.
It cannot be said that these snuff-and-butter fellows for most, if not all of them had some dash of white blood in their veins were exactly willing volunteers. Indeed, if a choice had been left to them, they would, I think, have declined this adventure. But there was no choice.
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