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Bayne assented cheerfully, and led the way across a yard, and up a dirty stone stair, which, solid as it was, vibrated with the powerful machinery that steam was driving on every side of it. He opened a door suddenly, and Henry looked up from his work, and saw the invaders. He stared a little at first, and then got up and looked embarrassed and confused.
La Loo had afterward a long conversation with the Duke's secretary Albornoz, who assured him that his master had the greatest affection for Count Horn, and that since his affairs were so much embarrassed, he might easily be provided with the post of governor at Milan, or viceroy of Naples, about to become vacant.
He took one of his valets with him; the other remained with the horseman to wait and watch. Another man much embarrassed the post-mistress; nevertheless, she laid her plans. She proposed to the horseman to drink something, because when he arrived Douglas had left the table.
Finding himself somewhat embarrassed in the conversation, he made an apology for leaving the vessel, saying he would go on shore and see what could be done, inviting us at the same time to finish the palaver at his house. Accordingly we all went on shore, after breakfast, attended by two marines.
And there your safety would lie, if you would follow my advice." "I will, sir." Papa Ravinet was evidently a little embarrassed. He said, however, "You see, madam, I shall have to ask you to trust me blindly." "I will trust you blindly." "It is of the utmost importance that you should escape out of reach of M. de Brevan; he must lose every trace of you.
"There wasn't anything in what I did," he responded in a barely audible voice, and she understood that he was embarrassed by her gratitude. "But there was something in it there was a great deal in it," she insisted.
And then come that ridic'lous business about Sarah Ann Christy. That ended it for good and all." Seth paused in his long story and looked out across the starlit sea. "Who was Sarah Ann?" asked Brown. The lightkeeper seemed much embarrassed. "She was a born fool," he declared, with emphasis; "born that way and been developin' extry foolishness ever since.
The horses and carriage were waiting at the door and they mounted to their seats. David was embarrassed by the novelty of the situation, and Pepeeta by his presence; but the quack was in his highest spirits. He saluted the bystanders with easy familiarity, ostentatiously flung the hostler a coin, flourished his whip and excited universal admiration for his driving.
Any plan, however trifling, which he had once consented to adopt on the suggestion of another, was never afterwards defeated or embarrassed by unseasonable interposition from his own humors. And thus, the very period of his decay drew forth so many fresh expressions of his character, in its amiable or noble features, as daily increased my affection and reverence for his person.
As true as there's a God in Heaven, I'll go to the gaol and tell him everything, if you don't treat me properly." "Of course I shall treat you properly, aunt, dear," replied La Sarriette, with an embarrassed smile. "Very well, then, let us go to his rooms at once. It's of no use to give the police time to poke their dirty hands in the cupboards."
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