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She found them more fascinating when she attacked them of her own free will and with all her intelligence than she had done when necessity, in the shape of her governess, forced her to pay them some attention, and she went through them both in a few weeks at odd times, and then asked her father's advice about a book on advanced mathematics. "Advanced mathematics!" he exclaimed.
"It would be lovely, Miss Schuyler," said Phil, "only I do not see how we could help; it would all come from you." "Not all, dear child. I mean to give you both a share of the work you in your way, and Graham in his. Are you interested? Shall I go on and tell you?" "Yes, indeed," both exclaimed. How do you like my plan?"
"Bravo, bravo!" exclaimed the rest, who took part with Jemmy. "That's my own little duck," cried Moggy; "you've shown him what you can do, anyhow." The man rose, and was apparently feeling for some arms secreted about his person, when Nancy Corbett stepped forward. "Do you dare?" cried she; "take what you have received, and be thankful, or " and Nancy held up her little forefinger.
I found the stranger in conversation with Emily and Grace, with whom he seemed greatly interested. He was patting Emily's cheek, and looking with an inquiring glance into her face, when I appeared. Mr Hooker endeavoured to rise from his chair when the stranger entered. "Is it possible?" he exclaimed, holding out both his hands. "Hooker," exclaimed the stranger, "I know you!"
"My dear Monsieur Michaud," replied Sibilet, in a snappish tone, "I have told Monsieur le comte that I would rather lose twelve hundred francs a year than my life. Think of it seriously; I have warned you often enough." "Life!" exclaimed the countess; "you can't mean that anybody's life is in danger?" "Don't let us argue about state affairs here," said the general, laughing.
"The fat carpenter, Memnon who furnished the wood-work for your palace exclaimed close beside me that formerly a dolphin had saved Arius from the pirates; now Arius was saving marine Alexandria from the robbers. So the sport went on. Philostratus, Barine's first husband, offered the best butt for jests.
And he was not buried with it, for I examined the body carefully. What became of it?" Gabrielle looked at him quickly as though she suspected some trap. "You would play with me," she said at length. "What became of it? Why, you must surely know that the police of Scot Scotland Yard have it. The police agent who called on Madame had it. What is his name Rudolf?" "Rolfe?" exclaimed Crewe.
"But," questioned Paula, "do you mean to tell me that my uncle hasn't got a Bible himself?" "Yes, he had one once, but I imagine that he must have lost it, for it's many years since I have seen the one that he had." "Oh," exclaimed Paula, "what a wonderful thing if my uncle should read my Bible. My father, too, passed through great affliction.
"Oh, please, Knight!" exclaimed Annesley, thankful that at least he had spoken his harsh words in so low a voice that no one outside their own group of three could hear. But she was shocked out of her brief exultation by his white rage and the depths revealed by the lightning flash of anger.
He uses the phrase elsewhere, apparently without any ironical meaning. A dish, in which a fowl is served up disjointed. "That I do, and in three or four different manners," replied Preciosa. "You can do that too?" exclaimed Doña Clara.
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