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Pierre was scanning the horizon abstractedly. "You are always hitting at the law," he said. "Why do you stand by it now?" "For the same reason as yourself." "What is that?" "She has your picture in her room, she has my lucky dollar in her pocket." Halby's face flushed, and then he turned and looked steadily into Pierre's eyes. "We'd better settle this thing at once.
His whole nature was in the most violent tumult and as the captain noted his flushed cheeks and the gloomy light in his eyes he thought that this strong man, too, had been seized by the fever to which so many convicts fell victims on the march.
I love the smell of it, too it makes me think of the Queen of Sheba bringing spices and gold to King Solomon." "Ye seem to be having a fine queer lot of thoughts the day, Marcella," said Wullie, eating slowly and looking at her. She flushed and looked away from him. "I have, Wullie, horrible thoughts. About getting old." "So old, lassie ye're nearly a woman now," he said gently.
"Very peaceful, doubtless!" laughed Lord Fairholm. "Tell me, Master Rupert, honestly now, didst ever use in earnest that sword that you have just shown that you know so well how to wield?" Rupert flushed up crimson. "Yes," he said, with a shame-faced look, "I have twice used my sword in self defence." "Ha, ha! Our peaceful friend!" laughed Lord Fairholm.
He was "a galliard, flushed with rich blood, broad-shouldered, square-jawed, with a laugh so happy and so prompt that the world, rejoicing to hear it, thought all must be well wherever he might be. He wore brave clothes, sat a brave horse, and kept brave company bravely. His high color, while it betokened high feeding, got him the credit of good health.
It is true that Ruth Fielding flushed, but she refused to make reply. A moment later, when Tom realized how the seating of the party had been arranged, his countenance showed even deeper gloom. As best man Tom was directed to Jennie's right hand. On the other side of Henri, Ruth was seated, and that placed her across the wide table from Tom Cameron.
Her cheeks flushed and her eyes brightened as she seized it. "This! this!" she said, "this small instrument is sufficient to save me! Should the worst ensue, I know where to find the carotid artery, and even such a slight puncture as my timorous hand could make would set my spirit free!
"What?" said Mr. Allen, "you don't really mean to say that Scudamore, our genial Y. M. C. A. Secretary, was in that scrap? That cheers me greatly." "Was he!" said Ramsay Dunn, whose flushed face and preternaturally grave demeanour sufficiently explained his failure to appear at Dr. Brown's dinner. "While Mr. Smart's life was saved by the timely upper-cut of our distinguished pacifist, Mr.
"Have you any appetite?" inquired Pepi scornfully. "Just enough to eat a gingerbread-hussar like you." Lorand laughed uncontrollably at this remark of mine. "Gingerbread-hussar! you have got it from him, Pepi." I was quite flushed with pride at being able to make Lorand laugh. But Pepi, on the contrary, became quite serious.
"Now that I look at you, you do look pretty shaky,—and pretty well threshed out. Is it true? Have you been as bad as they say?" He flushed. "Has Simmy Dodge been talking?" "Simmy is your friend, George," she said sharply. "It's always a fellow's friends who do the most talking," said he, "and that's what hurts. You don't mind what your enemies say."
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