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"And bridesmaids," added Mary, with the proper feeling for climax. "Laurie is going to be maid-of-honor, and if you two can come and be bridesmaids and the rest of the crowd almost bridesmaids, in the words of the poetical Roberta " She never finished her sentence for the rest of the crowd had discovered her retreat, and guessing at the news she had for them bore noisily down upon her.
She was not ignorant the girl had been out among civilized folks and had learned town ways; she was not stupid she could keep him guessing, and he thought he knew all the quirks of human nature, too. Then why, in the name of common sense, did she take Dewitt and his patronage in this matter-of-fact way, as if it were his everyday business to meet strange employees and take them home to his wife?
They called him a far-seeing man. How did he get that name? Well, he made a fortune. He managed to make use of the ebb and flow of the market, and never once got stranded. He was shrewd and did some good guessing, and now, forsooth, they say he is 'very far-seeing. But he has not opened his Bible for years, and the fountains of sympathy are dried up in his soul.
'You can't breathe this atmosphere! he cried, and called to a porter, who did the work, remarking that it was rather stiff. The door was banged and fastened. Dacier had to hang on the step to see her in the farewell. From the platform he saw the top of her bonnet; and why she should have been guilty of this freak of riding in an unwholesome carriage, tasked his power of guessing.
Your words do cut a little; for maybe there's been times when I have acted pretty near like a man. But I cert'nly forgot to be introduced before I spoke to yu' last night. Because why? You've found me out dead in one thing. Won't you take a guess at this too?" "I cannot sit guessing why people do not behave themselves who seem to know better."
The thing I'm guessing to make plain is when we quit here you don't need to worry a thing. I'll get through, and next spring I'll come right along up and tell you how I'm fixed." Marcel sat up, and, reaching out, caught and imprisoned the hands he desired. "You'll do that?" he cried, while he drew her round so that she faced him. "Sure? Sure you mean that?
All the experiments which I have conducted in which I alone, or I together with the minister and the judge, thought of words or cards or letters or numbers did not yield better results than any one would get by mere guessing.
But if you'd tip me the smallest kind of a sign if you'd just say, "Bob I understand," why, it would make it lots easier. "I was surprised. 'I don't know what you mean, Bob, I said. 'Of course, you know that I'd do anything under the sun to help you that I could. But you've got me guessing. "'All right, Tom, was all he said, and he went back to his newspaper and lit another cigar.
Leon was overwhelming him with scores of questions, but Uncle Israel was a genuine Yankee, and never felt happier than when engaged in giving or guessing information. At length St. Leon asked, "Does Ada Linwood fulfil the promise of beauty which she gave as a child?" "Ada who?" said Uncle Israel. "Linwood," repeated St. Leon, arguing from the jog in Uncle Israel's memory that all was not right.
When I was desirous of putting these letters in order I was obliged to supply what was wanting by guessing at dates, so uncertain that I cannot depend upon them. Unable therefore to fix with certainty the beginning of these quarrels, I prefer relating in one subsequent article everything I can recollect concerning them.
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