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But my duty to Sir Hugh Robsart compels me to carry this matter instantly to the Queen, that the Countess's rank may be acknowledged in her person." "You shall not need, sir," replied the Earl haughtily; "do not dare to interfere. No voice but Dudley's shall proclaim Dudley's infamy. To Elizabeth herself will I tell it; and then for Cumnor Place with the speed of life and death!"
The ladies gazed past them with chill eyes; the men stared covertly, with the surreptitious envy with which even the most virtuous of men surveys a lucky devil. And Billy sadly perceived that he was acquiring a reputation. He did not blame Miss Falconer for turning haughtily aside as he and his vivid companion went past them in the veranda.
The Count rode up to his cousin, who was on the right of his men. "Let us retire," said he. "No advantage is to be gained by this idle skirmishing. Infantry may be at hand, and delay will endanger our retreat." "Not so fast," replied Baltasar; "we will empty a few saddles before we go." "The escort was sent for my safety," said the Count, haughtily.
He spoke in the Kafir tongue, in which the Hottentot replied, and with which young Marais was partially acquainted. "Because, Hintza," said Ruyter, naming the paramount chief of Kafirland, "the time has not yet come. One whose opinion you value bade me tell you so." "What if I choose to pay no regard to the opinion of any one?" demanded the chief haughtily.
Any kind of terrestrial possession; in short, was as far beyond the reach of those men who held themselves so haughtily and esteemed themselves so inordinately, as were the mountains in the moon.
But let me tell you, brother, what your reasoning will lead to." "I know it but go on." "No, you do not; you do not seem to understand." "Perhaps you will explain," said the other haughtily. "Brother, be not angry. It is because of my love for you that I speak thus.
Then he squinted and focused his gaze above our heads. "You realize, of course, who I am," he added haughtily. I was eighteen at the time and thought I already knew who he was: a devoted Chinmoy disciple, a respected English professor, and a kind, sensitive person. His remark had left me so confused and repulsed that I let it drop from my conscious mind.
'He would have risen against all constraint; but he found himself the monarch of the place, and he haughtily determined to be worthy of his station. It was like himself. I echoed, with all my heart and soul, that it was like himself. 'So my son took, of his own will, and on no compulsion, to the course in which he can always, when it is his pleasure, outstrip every competitor, she pursued.
Guy and Canaris remained calm and motionless on their camels, haughtily scanning the sea of threatening black faces that hemmed them in on all sides. Their only ground for hope rested in the fear which Makar Makalo, by his summary dealings with these tribes, had inspired in them.
Once, on a very warm day, a great golden butterfly, floating by on his large lovely wings, fluttered down softly and lit on the proud blade, who felt so much prouder when he did it that she trembled for joy. "He admires me more than all the rest in the field, you see," it said, haughtily. "That is because I am so green."
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