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To the king's infinite dissatisfaction, however, precisely as Don Alvario de Osorio was surrendering La Fere to him, after a seven months' siege, Ardres was capitulating to De Mexia. The reproaches upon Belin for cowardice, imbecility, and bad faith, were bitter and general. All his officers had vehemently protested against the surrender, and Henry at first talked of cutting off his head.
And that is the secret of all our restlessness, the restlessness that forced the Germans into the folly and crime of war. We are always dissatisfied with our poverty of experience; and we try to get rid of our dissatisfaction in more blind activity, throwing up new theories all the while as reasons why we should act.
Egmont, she said, was vehement in expressing his dissatisfaction at the discrepancy between Philip's language to him by word of mouth and that of the royal despatches on the religious question. The other seigniors were even more indignant. While the popular commotion in the Netherlands was thus fearfully increasing, another circumstance came to add to the prevailing discontent.
Then came the strong feeling of dissatisfaction as imaginary pictures took the others' place, illustrating the breaking open of the cabinet and the stealing of the jewel imaginary so far as he was concerned, for no communication as to this having been accomplished had been made to him.
She had expected that her project of separation would highly displease her stepmother; on the contrary, Madame de Nailles discussed her projects quietly, affecting to consider them merely temporary, but with no indication of dissatisfaction or resistance.
When the Roman addressed him he said, shaking his great head with dissatisfaction: "Your eyes of course are no worse than mine. Only look at that man munching and moving his jaws and smacking his lips. By Serapis! you can tell the nature of a man by watching him eat.
Anyhow, nobody need know where he had gone. They could think he was just going to Butte. And he didn't give a darn if they did find it out! He limped back into the house and began inspecting, with much dissatisfaction, his wardrobe. He would have to stake himself to new clothes but he needed clothes, anyway, that fall. He could get what he wanted in Butte, while he waited for the train to Ogden.
In his mind, George had already explained her to his own poignant dissatisfaction some blond pup, probably, whom she had met during that "perfectly gorgeous time!" And he strode savagely onward, not looking back again. But Lucy remained where she was until he was out of sight. Then she went slowly into the drugstore which had struck George as a possible source of stimulant for himself.
I am, my dear Bishop of Melchester, ever sincerely yours, A sudden revulsion from the subterfuge of writing as if she were still a widow, wrought in her mind a feeling of dissatisfaction with the whole scheme of concealment; and pushing aside the letter she allowed it to remain unfolded and unaddressed.
A general dissatisfaction diffused itself, and Hewson felt it; but he disdained to do anything to appease it. He remained silent for that appreciable time which elapsed before his host said, almost compassionately, "Won't you tell us all about it, Mr. Hewson."
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