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"Such a fortnight as it has been!" he continued; "every day more precious and more delightful than the day before! every day making me less fit to bear any other place. Happy those, who can remain at Highbury!" "As you do us such ample justice now," said Emma, laughing, "I will venture to ask, whether you did not come a little doubtfully at first? Do not we rather surpass your expectations?
"I have some shopping to do." "Very simple," Val suggested. "Why don't you all go?" "But that would leave you alone." Rupert shook his head. "No. There's Jeems." "I don't know," Rupert hesitated doubtfully. "It doesn't require more than one person to wait on me at present," Val said firmly. "Now all of you go. But remember, I shall expect the Greeks to return bearing gifts." Holmes saluted.
He wanted to see Miss Sylvia Lacey, real slow; and was you here? and I said you was, and he told me to tell you a cousin of your mother's wanted to see you, and his name was Jacob Johnson." "I never heard of such a person," said Sylvia. "Does he look shabby poor? It sounds like an impostor." "N-no," returned the girl doubtfully.
A change passed over Gabriella's face, and drying her eyes, she looked down on Miss Polly with a lovely enigmatical smile. "I wonder if I might?" she said doubtfully. "There ain't any earthly reason why you shouldn't. To-morrow's Friday, and they can get along without you at Dinard's perfectly well till the first of the week." "Oh, yes, they can get along.
"No more for me, thank you," he said. "I have business to attend to. I will wish you good-night." "Good-night!" I cried boisterously "good-night, friend! take heed of my good advice!" As he went out, the barman brought me my fourth glass of cognac, staring at me doubtfully. Our conversation had been conducted in French, but the tone of my voice had attracted attention.
And take it to him...." Abel ended doubtfully. Ebenezer simply laughed his curious succession of gutturals. "Crazy to Christmas after all, ain't you?" he said. But Simeon wheeled and stared at Abel. For defection in their own camp he had never looked. "I knew you'd miss it I knew you'd miss it!" Simeon said excitedly, "cut paper and fancy tassels and " "No such thing," said Abel, shortly.
He hung on his foot doubtfully for one moment but then his pride came in; he remembered the little pettish repulse in the playground the day before; the opportunity was lost, and he walked slowly on. And Walter's heart grew as hard within him as a stone. Ah! Diamond, thou little knowest what mischief thou hast done. Life of Sir I. Newton.
Chalk thought his friends had done with, fluttered bravely in the breeze. It was designed to attract attention, and, so far as the bereaved Mr. Stobell was concerned, it certainly succeeded. Nearly a year had elapsed since the sailing of the Fair Emily, and Binchester, which had listened doubtfully to the tale of the treasure as revealed by Mr. William Russell, was still awaiting news of her fate.
He wouldn't accept money, but he can't refuse a present. I want it to be something characteristic of the country, Like a prayer rug, or a scimitar, or an illuminated Koran, or..." Somewhat doubtfully, somewhat sheepishly, Stetson drew from his pocket a flat morocco case and opened it. "What's the matter with one of these?" he asked.
However that might be, poor Martha had a woman's heart, and a tender one, and it quailed within her as she looked round at those strange old men, and from them to the calm features of Adam Colburn. But, perceiving that the elders eyed her doubtfully, she gasped for breath and again spoke.
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