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When Morrell led Preciosa into the conservatory, at the earliest possible moment, Virgilia was as keen over their exit as Euphrosyne McNulty or as Roscoe Orlando himself. She knew what was impending and she almost knew why. And when Robin Morrell issued from the conservatory she knew just what had happened. Nobody could be so dashed, so dumfounded for nothing.
"I don't think I'm very little; and Blair is in love with me." "Blair is as young and as foolish as you are. Even if you were older, I wouldn't allow it. He is selfish and irresponsible, and " "I think," interrupted Elizabeth, "that you are very mean to abuse Blair behind his back. It isn't fair." Her uncle was perfectly dumfounded; then he went into harsh reproof.
"True," was the quiet reply; "but the law cannot make that right which is essentially wrong, and my sister and cousin are as much entitled to my uncle's money as I am myself." Mr. Ball was dumfounded. "My dear sir," he gasped, "this is very strange!" But "Cobbler" Horn was firm. "You will find this scapegrace cousin of mine?" he asked.
The old man stared and looked dumfounded; and the young one, instead of running forward with his double nieves to strike me, began a-laughing, as if I had done him a good turn. But never since I had a being did I ever witness such an uproar and noise as immediately took place.
How often and with uncanny fidelity to fact her retroactive state of mind had guided her step by step over the site of the domestic disaster. Her parents' home, reaching around like an amoeba, inclosing Albert in living walls. The slow readjustment, dumfounded rage, and despair simmering gradually to bitterness and hardening finally to despair.
Then my mind reverted to the faint down on her lip, the heavy eyebrows almost meeting over her coal-black eyes, her glossy black hair I should have been prepared for some surprise. "Nevertheless I was dumfounded, and my mind was haunted by dim visions of strange adventures.
The Sunday following it was bacteriology; on the next Wednesday it was crystals; while for two hours during their next visit to the station, Condy and Blix were obliged to listen to K. D. B.'s interminable discourse on the origin, history, and development of the kingdom of Denmark. Condy was dumfounded. "I never met such a person, man or woman, in all my life. Talk about education!
Her brother looked at her aghast. "Did she tell you to?" "No; she . . . was dead." "Good God!" he said. The shock of it made him feel faint. He sat down, too dumfounded for speech. "I had to, you see," Nannie explained, breathlessly; she was very much frightened, far more frightened than when she had told Mr. Ferguson. "I had to, because because Mamma couldn't. She was ... not alive."
When the evidence of wrongdoing accumulated by the new Secretary of the Treasury was laid before the President he was dumfounded by its wickedness and extent, but showed himself resolute and vigorous in supporting his able and resourceful Secretary. The trap was sprung in May, 1875.
I suppose you will not want much to go away with. The rest can be sent on afterwards. And what about your letters?" Morrison, with a sudden movement, threw himself almost out of the bed. He clutched at Laverick's shoulder frantically. "Don't go near my rooms, Laverick!" he begged. "Promise me that you won't! I don't want any letters! I don't want any of my things!" Laverick was dumfounded.
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