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Tippengray had finished dinner, and he had desired the others not to wait for him as he would probably be occupied some time longer, the host and hostess went out to greet the visitor, followed by Mrs. Cristie and Lodloe.
An oath was the only comment I made as I turned the news over in my mind. I must return to Canaples. Then another thought occurred to me. The Chevalier was capable of going to extremes to keep me from entering his house; he might for instance greet me with a blunderbuss.
I will watch the guards. As soon as the cloud passes over the moon and I clear my throat, start off. If you escape, join our people. Greet my old father, assure him of my love and fidelity, and tell him where I am being taken. Listen to his advice and Miriam's; theirs is the best counsel. The cloud is approaching the moon, not another word now!"
If they met other travelers, they greeted them, or they did not greet them; no one was less a center of attention than they, and no one more. Her companion walked in vacant thoughtlessness, whistling as he went. At one place they stopped for food. "Will you pay for mine for the time being?" he said. She hesitated and then said briefly that she could not pay "for the time being" all the way.
Then, winding her arms round Fernand's neck, she embraced him in speechless and still almost senseless trance, for the idea of such happy deliverance was overpowering amounting to an agony which a mortal creature could scarcely endure. "Oh! Nisida," at length exclaimed Wagner, "was it a delusion produced by the horrors of that scene? or did thy voice really greet mine ears ere now!"
Carl, glad at heart, and feeling quite prepared to eat fifty cents' worth of dinner, followed the boy inside. A pleasant-looking, matronly woman, plainly but neatly attired, came forward to greet him. "Nat says you would like to get some dinner," she said. "Yes," answered Carl. "I hope you'll excuse my applying to you, but your son tells me there is no hotel near by."
With the shout of '494' they went into the battle, and when they came out their little Christian company was sorely depleted. But now they had time to look round, to count up their losses, to greet their comrades of other regiments again, to receive fresh accessions to their ranks. =The Soldiers' Home.= Mr.
But his eyes were not those of a man who has had too much to drink. Just then Senorita Mendoza entered, and Kennedy rose and went forward to greet her. She saw Whitney, and flashed an inquiring glance at us. "We were waiting for Senorita Mendoza," explained Kennedy to both Whitney and her, "when Mr. Whitney happened along. I don't see Senora de Moche in the tea room.
I reflected uneasily that no real understanding could be possible between these two in such a brief acquaintance; and, reassured, turned to greet our macaroni Ensign and Mistress Angelina Lansing, now approaching us.
At last he arrived at the foot of the throne, when James arose and descended eagerly two steps of the dais in order to greet the ambassador. He would have descended them all had not one of the counsellors plucked him by the sleeve, whispering that he had gone quite far enough.
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