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Those who are silent when they could talk remain silent for ever." "So," muttered Mr. Hume, staring around under frowning brows, "Hassan has been." "Poor old harmless chap," said Compton; "and he knew my father. I should like," he added sternly, "to meet that Hassan, Mr. Hume." "So should I, my boy." "He certainly tried to get some news of us from the old Arab, and failing, lolled him." "Ay, ay.
And thus it happened that his eyes fell upon a large sheet of paper lying upon the table, his own name typed in capitals across the top. His frowning eyes read the few lines swiftly: "Your tunnel is already one hundred and fifty-three feet upon Shandon property. That is far enough." There was no signature.
In a little time, however, he came back quite altered not at all jocular frowning and fierce and suddenly said, 'What do those persons deserve who have compassed my destruction; I being the King's lawful, as well as natural, protector? To this strange question, Lord Hastings replied, that they deserved death, whosoever they were.
"Father, I am going to ask you a great thing! to go to church with me New Year's day." "To church!" said her father, frowning; but he remembered his promise, and he felt Nettie in his arms yet. "What on earth good will that do you?" "A great deal of good. It would please me so much, father." "What do you want me to go to church for?" said Mr.
As the weeks wore on I grew stronger. Winter was coming, and the good pastor must go home. He would not hear of leaving me, and together we went down into Savoy, and over the 'mer de glâce, and trod on the edge of frowning glaciers. "We were sufficiently near the monastery of the great St.
It was not until the cold dark day was closing in, that he had any distincter impressions of the ride than jingling bells, bitter weather, slipping horses, frowning hill- sides, bleak woods, and a stoppage at some wayside house of entertainment, where they had passed through a cow-house to reach the travellers' room above.
And now the magician had opened his trap door and appeared in his golden cage again, frowning angrily because his prisoners had been able to turn their upside-down prison right-side-up. "Which of you has dared defy my magic?" he shouted in a terrible voice. "It was I," answered Dorothy calmly.
There were footprints in the path, alien footprints; and they pointed toward that forbidden door into the kitchen of gruesome memory. Jean looked up frowning, and saw that the door had been opened and closed again carelessly. And upon the top step, strange feet had pressed a little caked earth carried from the trail where she stood.
The promises of their generals were coming true, and there is nothing sweeter than victory after defeat. Fortune, after frowning upon her so long, was now smiling upon the North. The exultant cheer swept through the ranks again, and back came the defiant rebel yell. A young soldier often feels what is happening with as true instinct as a general.
An hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the Emperor, having received the Chaplet of Olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.
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