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First of all, there's farmer Dence, with his high bald head, like a patriarch of old; and he sits and beams with benevolence, but does not talk much. But he lets me see I can stay with him six years, if I choose. Then, there's Martha, hospitality itself, and ready to fly at my enemies like a mastiff.
I am not aware that Mr. Wood ever ascertained the particular species of milkweed in this case. It is not probable that our Eastern species need ever seriously threaten the apiary, though unquestionably large numbers of bees are annually destroyed by its excessive hospitality.
But when later you shall come to hear the truth when, after I am gone, they may tell you a strange story touching this fellow Lesperon who sought the hospitality of your father's house bethink you of my restraint in this hour; bethink you of my departure. You will understand these things perhaps afterwards. But bethink you of them, and you will unriddle them for yourself, perhaps.
He was my king; royal for me had been that hand's bounty; to offer homage was both a joy and a duty. The afternoon hours were over, and the stiller time of evening shaded the quiet faubourg. M. Paul claimed my hospitality; occupied and afoot since morning, he needed refreshment; he said I should offer him chocolate in my pretty gold and white china service.
Thank you, dear Miss Templeton, for all your kind hospitality," and then it was Elizabeth's turn. "Adieu au revoir, Mr. Herrick," but she pressed his hand very kindly as she spoke, and her eyes had a friendly beam in them. "Au revoir, and thanks to you too," returned Malcolm; but the smile on his face was a little forced. As the dog-cart turned the corner he looked back.
He goes to this village where the marriage had been celebrated, accompanied by only two or three valets, and arranges his journey so as to arrive at night, stops at the cure's house, in default of an inn, familiarly claims hospitality like a man surprised by the night, dying of hunger and thirst, and unable to go a step further.
As one American newspaper said, the Deutschland took back a cargo of nickel and rubber to the starving babies of Germany. Once more the Deutschland came, this time to New London, and again her crew was welcomed with every sign of hospitality.
But the Intendant came to me with a mannered courtesy, and said in my ear, 'Madame, you have won all our hearts; I would you might accept some hospitality a glass of wine, a wing of partridge, in a room where none shall disturb you? I shuddered, and passed on. 'Nay, nay, madame, not even myself with you, unless you would have it otherwise, he added.
The old man's heart has been aching sore ever since, and he nurses his wrath, and takes pleasure in its daily growth." "He can do nothing, Malluch." "Well," said Malluch, "that involves another explanation, which I will give you, if we can draw nearer. But see! the hospitality of the sheik begins early the children are speaking to you."
The next day she could hardly bear to leave this humble abode, where a new happiness had come to her; she drew her host's little wife into her bedroom, and told her she did not mean it as a present in return for their hospitality, but she must absolutely insist on sending her a souvenir from Paris, and to this souvenir she seemed to attach a superstitious importance.
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