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Meanwhile gay butterflies of rare form fluttered about among the trailing vines, and bright green lizards darted in and out of the stone wall. Then an eagle or a vulture would swoop down from the heights, and settle himself on some pinnacle of rock, where he remained, motionless as a stuffed bird. When we reached Orsova we only stopped long enough to get some dinner and take the usual siesta.
Then a fourth which filled the barn with a blast of driven air. At the fifth the bag of bricks began to dance upon the trestles. At the sixth it sprang into the air, and would have fallen to the ground, but the seventh came to save it, and fluttered it forward through the air.
It was beautiful as the gates of Paradise, and my heart fluttered with unspeakable delight, as we landed in silence on the beach opposite the brig, near a few straggling huts, to wait impatiently the dawn of to-morrow. "The morning of the 24th was a happy one, for it restored me to the society of my brother, and of my countrymen.
Near at hand many banners fluttered over the timber city, and discordant strains announced the last rehearsal of the miner's band, while a throng of stalwart men laughed and jested as they gazed expectantly up the line. They had cause for satisfaction.
Card castles are well enough for Buckingham. But such is not the castle I'll build you if you command me." "I command the King's Majesty? Mon Dieu! But it would be treason surely." "Not greater treason than to have enslaved me." His fine eyes were oddly ardent. "Shall I build you this castle, child?" Miss looked at him, and looked away. Her eyelids fluttered distractingly. She fetched a sigh.
Then trying to think quietly and sensibly, instead of in this fluttered, erratic way, he forced himself to interpret the real significance of the whisper. Well, suppose he struck too hard, and too often. But again there came the blankness an abrupt check to thought the depths refusing to give anything more to the surface.
Men had always been sure of a very complete survey when they came within Myra's range, and men had always fluttered about her like moths drawn to a candle flame. She had that mysterious quality of attracting men, pleasing them and of making other girls hate her in the same degree. She used to laugh about that.
Little O'Grady moved past with a Maid of Astolat, who wore white cloth-of-gold and carried a big lily above each ear and dropped a long full-flowered stalk over her partner's shoulder. Medora drifted by in company with a Mexican vaquero. Her white garments fluttered famously against the other's costume of yellow and black.
Both birds betrayed symptoms of excitement; as the Weasel threaded its way amongst the rushes, so they fluttered from clump to clump or clung to the stems, uttering a note which is peculiar to times of distress, and followed it thus until finally it disappeared in a hedge.
She fluttered the door passionately; and then, as I pushed on it, she cried out. He looked at me, like a bull, with lowered head; and I saw that he carried some weapon in his hand. "Is Mistress Jermyn within doors?" I asked, putting on a high kind of air. "Who the devil are you?" said he. I was not going to argue that point, for it was the weakest spot in my assault.
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