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"It is not broken, Highness," said Grumbach; "only the chain has come apart." Then he handed it to her gravely. "Thank you!" Her highness put both chain and locket into a small purse which she carried in her belt, touched the mare, and sped up the road, Carmichael following. Grumbach returned to the parapet. He followed them till they passed out of sight beyond the gates. "Gott!" he murmured.
"Monsieur le Baron," said Corentin, "I come in the name of Peyrade " "Ver' gott!" said the Baron, fastening the bolts of both doors. "Monsieur de Rubempre's mistress lives in the Rue Taitbout, in the apartment formerly occupied by Mademoiselle de Bellefeuille, M. de Granville's ex-mistress the Attorney-General " "Vat, so near to me?" exclaimed the Baron. "Dat is ver' strange."
"As I was driving the cattle to the middle alp to-day, I saw our fräulein in the arms of the big voyageur," he said. Stampa withdrew his pipe from between his teeth. "Say that again," he whispered, as though afraid of being overheard. Karl did so, with fuller details. "Are you sure?" asked Stampa. Karl sniffed scornfully. "Ach, Gott! How could I err?" he cried.
Now Jemmy, who was with all his wits at work, knew that it was Smallbones who cut the corporal adrift; but that did not alter the case, as the corporal did not know it. It was therefore advisable to leave him in that error. But he required proofs of the corporal's sincerity, and he told him so. "Mein Gott! what proof will you have? De proof of de pudding is in de eating."
HIM! Why, he's the most respected man in this neighborhood, and goes to church, and " "Yes. Well, if you make money ENOUGH you can always be respected by some kinds of people and find some church that'll take you in. Ain't that so, Bailey?" Captain Stitt and his cousin, Obed Gott, the paint dealer, were standing in the doorway of the station. They now entered.
Binswanger, placing a hand with a loud pat on each knee. "So!" "Oh, papa!" "A fine come-off! A fine come-off! Eh, mamma? To Europe we go to take our daughter, and just so soon as we go no daughter we 'ain't got to take!" "Gott in Himmel! Gott in Himmel!" "Ray, haven't you got nothing to say to Irving and me Ray!" With a quick, fluid movement the younger sister slid close and her arms wound tight.
"Ach Gott!" she sighed by way of comment, and mused deeply for a moment before she turned her face to me, as to something forgotten and remembered, and assumed the half-hearted meretricious smile. "Bin ich eine hubsche?" she asked like one who repeats a lesson. I was moved to crave her pardon and come away.
"Gordon!" Murdoch said faintly. He turned to put his head down. From the stairs, a sudden cry and thump sounded, and something hit the floor. Gordon jumped toward the sound, to find the old lady bending over the inert figure of Sheila Corey. "I heard someone," the woman said. She stared at the brandy bottle sickly. "Gott in Himmel, look at me.
He's a fine feller and he's so tickled, now that his youngster's 'most well, that he cruises around spoutin' talk and joy same as a steamer's stack spouts cinders. He told me. Then Obed Gott and Cornelius Rowe and Redny Blount and Pat Starkey, and land knows how many more, came to tell me. I cut 'em short.
"I am so glad to see you, Herr Von Barwig," said Beverly; and he meant it. "Yes, and I, too," groaned Von Barwig as he rubbed his fingers. "A fine fellow," he thought. "Such a welcome as that must come from the heart. But ach Gott, what a muscle! It's like iron!" Hélène was surprised.
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