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He had sat for two hours and more in this present brown study; and, tested as his endurance had been, his concentration was still absolute. On the table, near at hand, stood a flask of vodka, nearly empty, and a jar of water scarcely touched. Nevertheless, the Prince of the lonely house was not drunk: was not even misty-headed.
On the contrary, an atmosphere of mild cheerfulness prevailed. Yet they were very kind. Somebody an uncle, I think left me a packet of sandwiches and a little something in a flask, in case, as he said, I should feel peckish on the scaffold. It is "those twin-jailers of the daring" thought, Knowledge and Experience, that teach us surprise.
There was a shrinking touch upon his arm, and Auntie, livid, heavily breathing, pointed to the silver flask filled with brandy, to the parcel of sandwiches Grace had cut for her, chatting happily the while, that morning. The man took them without a word, and pushed them in the pocket of his coat. The train was slackening still.
He gave vent to a sigh of relief, and was congratulating himself upon his wisdom, when his eyes chanced to fall on the flask of water and cold roast fowl and loaf lying conspicuous in the full glare of light that flooded the front part of the cave! If the fowl had been thrust whole into his throat it could scarcely have added to the gush of alarm that choked him.
Back of it a misty moon, more mature now, gleamed like a flask of honey in a golden veil. A few stars glimmered, placid, pale, and big. Suddenly between fog and earth and they seemed to emerge from the mist like dreams from sleep appeared the five dazzling girl-figures. The fog had blurred the vividness of their plumage.
Then she explained that, as there was so much food in the kitchen in anticipation of our supper, she had been afraid to leave the cat alone in the house, lest we should find nothing left to eat when we returned. This was sufficiently prudent for a scatter-brained old spendthrift like Mariuccia. That was a merry supper, and De Pretis became highly dramatic when we got to the second flask.
"Get my right boot off, for God's sake!" he said faintly. "Wait!" said Douglas peremptorily, when Peter would have obeyed. "Give him some more whiskey so I can hear the story and be off. Those were Judith's tracks back, there." "The pain is killing me!" protested John. "Where is Judith? Have you hurt her?" demanded Doug. Peter applied his flask again to John's mouth. John drank, then groaned.
Yet another thing was noticed: if you took two flasks containing the same kind of infusion, and left one entirely exposed to the air, and in the mouth of the other placed a ball of cotton wool, so that the air would have to filter itself through it before reaching the infusion, that then, although you might have plenty of animalcules in the first flask, you would certainly obtain none from the second.
Columbus observed that this cacique looked with interest on the hangings of his ship-bed, and made a present of them to him, in return for his offering, with some amber beads from his own neck, some red shoes and a flask of orange flower water.
Why, you King-Post, you, I suppose you would have every man in the world go about with a small lightning-rod running up the corner of his hat, like a militia officer's skewered feather, and trailing behind like his sash. Why don't ye be sensible, Flask? it's easy to be sensible; why don't ye, then? any man with half an eye can be sensible." "I don't know that, Stubb.
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