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And thus they went on spinning around, day after day, in the same vicious circle, without more hope of progress than squirrels in a cage. Barneveld, always overbearing with friend or foe, and often violent, was not disposed to make preposterous concessions, notwithstanding his eager desire for peace.
For some time the man thus went onward, following the footprints in the snow, but not overtaking any one, and becoming momentarily more eager to satisfy his curiosity. Then, on a sudden, he started, stopped, and listened.
She had been so nice and friendly and seemed to take such an interest in pleasing them that Joyce had spoken of it afterward. Then the woman recognized her looked from the furs to the eager little face above them and smiled.
To do the members of the Council justice, they seemed to be even more eager than Rayburn was to forward the work that they had in hand.
"It is your aunt; she wants to know how he is. You'd better come and tell her." Mr. Denner heard her, and turned his head feebly towards the door. "Miss Woodhouse, did you say, Mary? Which Miss Woodhouse, if you please?" "It's the young one," said Mary, who spoke relatively. "Miss Ruth?" Mr. Denner said, with an eager quaver in his voice.
Murdison hustled the table clear of dishes, refusing sternly Brown's eager offer to help them. And now came the best time of all. Tim played all the old tunes, and when he struck into "Kate Kearney" the company was electrified to hear a rich and vibrant voice take up the words of the song and sing them through to the end.
"O Christian, no one ever before came back from the House of the Leopard! O Christian; I am afraid of thy God!" There was real terror in her voice. Timokles was moved with compassion. He leaned forward, eager to explain to her the truth. What should he say? "He is a great God, the only God!" whispered Timokles, reverently. "O maiden, he is not like an idol! He is the only God.
But I feel as if I must go my plans are all made, and I've set my heart on it," answered Mac, looking so eager that Rose released him, saying sadly: "I suppose it is natural for you all to get restless and push off, but it is hard for me to let you go one after the other and stay here alone.
He had been too eager to begin his report to offer her a chair or to take one himself. "They can't expect me to repeat it, now, can they?" he hurried on. "There are limits, by Jove! I can't go begging to them " "I don't think they expect it." "And yet, if I don't, you know he's dished. He loses his money and everything else."
The confectioners' shops are making a desperate effort to look as if nothing had happened. The death of a single monarch would have darkened Christmas in Regent Street more effectually than the million mournings of the war. It is as though we were eager to conceal from ourselves the news of this terrible disaster. After all, to judge by the crowds in the streets, most people still remain alive.
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