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But she halted at the foot of the steps. "This is Stefana," she introduced politely. "Stefana, you ain't goin' to? You look 'xactly as if you was. Mercy gracious!" "Yes," Stefana returned gravely, "I am. Now, you go. Remember the soup!" Miss Theodosia's interested gaze left the retreating little figure and came back to Stefana and Elly Precious.
He studied the face of the Southern gentleman and ventured to say, "Excuse me, sir, but if you want to get that man back " "I want him! Good gracious! I did not own him. My inquiries were, I might say, casual, purely casual." Lamb, thanks to the Penhallows, had had some education at the school for the mill children, but what was meant by "purely casual" he did not know.
"What is the matter now, Agatha?" "Matter, why I woke up and found this man stealing the cups; I charged him at once with my umbrella, but he dodged and I fell down, and the umbrella has gone over the rock there. Take him up at once, Arthur there's the stolen property on his person. Hand him over to justice." "Good gracious, Agatha, what are you thinking about?
To press his lips to hers, and carry her to the brink of the well, was but the work of a moment. There he laid her, and after having sprinkled her face with water, proceeded to slap the palms of her hands, exclaiming, "Susan, my beloved, will you not hear me? Oh, look upon me, my heart's dearest treasure, and tell me that you're living. Gracious God! her heart is broken she is dead!
Young Phil put his head in his hands. "Scenes from Moody and Sankey," he said in a muffled voice. "Good gracious! You aren't going to do it?" "I am," retorted the other gloomily. "It's good money." Almost immediately he added, "Damn the money!" "No; no; you mustn't do that. You must go, of course. Would will it take long?" "I'm not coming back."
Then afar in front a curled cloud of white dust arose and out of it came the sound of galloping horses. "Who's this?" asked Miss Taylor. "The Cresswells, I think; they usually ride to town about this time." But already Miss Taylor had descried the brown and tawny sides of the speeding horses. "Good gracious!" she thought. "The Cresswells!"
In fine, he must receive each compliment with a gracious bow, remembering that they are employed with the sincerity so characteristic of our gravest politicians. It being customary, I make no doubt the address will be received with "deafening applause," though it were impossible those present could hear one word of it.
While my mind was thus perplexed, by a gracious providence for which I can never be sufficiently grateful, the generous and munificent patronage of Mr. Josiah, and Mr. Thomas Wedgwood enabled me to finish my education in Germany.
To the left, and in the rear of Heintzelman's corps, lay the divisions of Casey and Couch, that had relapsed into silence since their disgrace at Seven Pines. General Casey was a thin-haired old gentleman, too gracious to be a soldier, although I believe that he is still in the service.
He was neither wealthy nor at all poor. Every summer, despite Claire's delicate hints, they took the same cottage on the Jersey Coast, and Mr. Boltwood came down for Sunday. Claire had gone to a good school out of Philadelphia, on the Main Line. She was used to gracious leisure, attractive uselessness, nut-center chocolates, and a certain wonder as to why she was alive.
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