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The trail ended before a two-room log cabin, so deeply hidden in the woods as to be revealed merely by a glimmer of light shining out from within through chinks in the walls. Tim fumbled for the latch and finally opened the door, lurching across the threshold, dragging me along after him.
H frequently by turns raised her eyes honestly to her questioner's and dropped them to where, in her lap, the fingers of one hand fumbled with a lone wedding-ring on the other, while she said:
Then he heard, for he stood motionless. "M'sieu!" He came back slowly, and stood waiting. She was leaning back on her hands. Her hair had fallen over her face, and she shook it back, gazing up and trying to speak. "You said you said, the end " He hesitated, as if he dared not meet his thoughts. "You said See," she fumbled hastily at her bosom, "see, I have kept it."
What can it mean?" asked Bruno and Waldo, almost in the same breath, as those fierce echoes died away in the distance. Professor Featherwit made no immediate reply, but by the glow of yonder camp-fire he fumbled inside the magic locker, fetching forth firearms, then speaking in hushed tones: "Wait. Listen for I knew it!"
A wall-paper of a cheap and offensive pattern, which had here and there peeled from the plaster, added, Lady Tamworth observed, a paltry air of tawdriness to the poverty of the place. Julian fumbled in his pocket for a key, unlocked the door, and stepped aside for his companion to enter. Following her in, he lit a pair of wax candles on the mantelpiece and a brass lamp in the corner of the room.
Theodor felt in his breeches-pocket, fumbled a long time, made at last a terrible grimace, and stared on the ground. "It is lost!" groaned he, turning his pocket out, and showing the treacherous hole through which the valuable engagement-ring with the four-carat diamond had escaped. Noémi broke into a hearty laugh.
I will think the matter over. Suppose you call again." Grace began to breathe more freely. "I will do so, of course," she said, moving toward the door. The woman preceded her. "Let me open it," she said. "The catch has a habit of sticking." She fumbled with the lock. Grace was so completely deceived by the woman's actions that she momentarily relaxed her guard.
Madame la Vicomtesse had an answer on the tip of her tongue. I know now that she spared me. "And what of this miniature, Monsieur?" she asked. "What became of it after you restored it to its rightful owner?" I flushed furiously and fumbled in my pocket. "I obtained it again, Madame," I said. "You obtained it!" she cried, I am not sure to this day whether in consternation or jest.
She fumbled in her purse, found something, dropped it somewhere, and hurried away down the street. She did not walk home, because she ran. It was well the streets were quiet ones. "Has he gone to bed?" she came panting in upon drowsy Sheelah, startling that phlegmatic person out of an honest Irish dream. "Murray Little Silly has he gone to bed?
Hendricks walked to the window, and stood looking out with his eyes cast down. He fumbled his Masonic watch-charm a moment, and then glancing at it, caught the colonel's eye and smiled as he said: "I'm on the square, Colonel, in this matter. I'll protect you."
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