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Rufe had heard of these old scaffolds, but he had never known of the existence of this one down by the "lick." He sprang up, a flush of excitement contending with the dirt on his countenance; he set his squirrel teeth resolutely together; he applied his sturdy fingers and his nimble legs to the bark of the tree, and up he went like a cat.
"Good God!" he added, for he just realized that the stamp of the seal was that of the Attorney-General of Ireland. Then he read the letter and a flush swept over his face, making its red almost purple. "Eternal damnation eternal damnation!" he declared, holding the paper at arm's length a moment, inspecting it. He then handed it to Dyck. "Read that, lad.
Virgie murmured gratefully, and with a flush of pleasure. "Papa will be so pleased. He was just lamenting that I was not properly provided for." "Then it will be a gratifying surprise when he sees you to-morrow," Sir William returned. "Indeed it will. How can I think you? Perhaps I have been very remiss, but, truly, I had not given a thought to my dress," Virgie confessed, with some confusion.
She was back at her post in an instant, and to her excited eyes a great change seemed to have taken place. The fever flush and the look of pain were gone, and the beloved little face looked so pale and peaceful in its utter repose that Jo felt no desire to weep or to lament.
Chad pointed to the dormitory, and again Dan said "Oh!" in a way that made Chad flush, but added, quickly: "You better play on our side to-morrow." Chad looked at his clothes foot-ball seemed pretty hard on clothes "I don't know," he said "mebbe."
There was a flush on her cheek and a frank fire in her eye that reminded him strangely of the captain; and yet she had emphasized her words with a little stamp of her narrow foot and a gesture of her hand that was so untrained and girlish that he smiled, and said, with perhaps the least touch of bitterness in his tone, "But you will get over that when you come into the property."
Resolution flashed in the eyes that looked straight into mine. "I'd rather lose it all! He wouldn't stick to any bargain he made because well, he would use the treasure as a lever to get something else he wants." The flush in her cheeks told me what else it was he wanted, and my heart was lifted within me. Bothwell intended to marry her, and she did not intend that he should.
"Let me take you a run with the wind," he said, holding out his hand. "You shan't come to any harm." Her eyes and her happy flush betrayed her. She put her hand in his, and away they flew, up the course of the Cherwell, through the flooded meadows. It seemed the very motion of gods; the world fell away.
"I do not want your jewelry, José," she declared. He caught her suddenly by the wrist. "Perhaps this is what you want," he cried, as he stooped down to kiss her. She swung her right hand round and struck him on the face. He staggered back for a moment. There was a red flush which showed through the tan of his cheek.
In the east appeared a faint pearly flush that by degrees spread itself over the whole arch of the sky and was welcomed by the barking of monkeys and the call of birds in the depths of the dew-steeped forest. Next a ray from the unrisen sun, a single spear of light shot suddenly across the sky, and as it appeared, from the darkness below us arose a sound of chanting, very low and sweet to hear.
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