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Then came my master out of the Hall of Judgment, his head hanging dejectedly down. As soon as he was observed the people crowded about, shaking him by the hand, thanking him for that which he had done for their maid, their holy Saint Helena of the plague. "We will not suffer her to be put to death, not even if they of the Wolfsberg raze our city to the ground!"
I saw old Cowper run to the side and aim his pistol overboard; there was an ineffectual click; he made a gesture of disgust, and tossed it on deck. His head hung dejectedly down upon his chest. Lumsden said, "Thank God, oh, thank God!" and the old man turned on him like a snarling dog. "You infernal coward," he said. "Haven't you got a spark of courage?"
And as to me, I give up the whole thing." She sank in a heap onto a chair. "Don't despair," he murmured. "We don't know for sure yet." She shook her poor old head dejectedly. "We know that only she is here, since no one has been able to enter and since no one has been able to leave."
Van Landing leaned back in his chair and, taking out his watch again, looked at it. "I shouldn't dare to try to write a novel, consequently " "I'll try anything while I'm waiting to go to work." Carmencita sat back dejectedly. "Is a book a novel because it has love in it?" "It is generally supposed to be. When you are older you may write your love scenes with greater knowledge and " "No, I won't.
"If you had been the same, the Divine Grace would have rested upon you, and you would have been bishop yourself; and since you are not bishop, it follows you are not the same." "Don't talk nonsense, deacon," said Samoylenko dejectedly. "Listen to what I suggest," he said, turning to Von Koren. "Don't give me that hundred roubles.
If it had not been for me you would have betrayed yourself in that woman's presence. You must renounce your revenge, and tamely submit to be conquered by the Marquis de Valorsay if your face is to be an open book in which any one may read your secret plans and thoughts." Pascal shook his head dejectedly. "Didn't you hear, mother?" he faltered. "Hear what?" "What that vile woman said?
Assuming a distressed air he bowed his head and said, dejectedly: "My pleading has been in vain, then, your Highness. I have sworn to you that I am innocent of this murder, and you have said I shall have a fair trial. That is all you can offer?" "That is all," she said, shrilly, her mind gradually grasping his meaning.
"Seen you comin' out of O'Brien's," said the blacksmith, as Buck took possession of a nearby box. "What's the news?" "Ain't any news," responded Buck dejectedly. "Too much talk; no news." "That's right," nodded Gary Peters. "O'Brien is the out-talkingest man I ever see. Ain't nobody on Brownsville can get his tongue around so many words as O'Brien."
It is quite unbelievable under this tropical green blanket lies the continent of Europe, the home of civilization. And the bodies of millions, too. Except for a few gulls who shriek their way inland and return dejectedly, there is not a living thing in sight but the Grass.
You see, if the police knew what the defence was to be they could revise their own plans accordingly." "I see that," said she dejectedly, "but I am dreadfully disappointed. I had hoped that Dr. Thorndyke would get the case dismissed. What has happened to Reuben?" This was the question that I had dreaded, and now that I had to answer it I cleared my throat and bent my gaze nervously on the floor.
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