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Passepartout, having received his orders, had nothing to do but obey them. He looked at his imperturbable master, and could scarcely bring his mind to leave him. His heart was full, and his conscience tortured by remorse; for he accused himself more bitterly than ever of being the cause of the irretrievable disaster. Yes! if he had warned Mr.
"Yes, the original is in Madrid," answered the Baron with imperturbable self-possession. "And all those other pictures turned out to be copies, too, I daresay," suggested Malipieri. "Every one of them. It was a worthless collection." "In that case it was hardly worth while to take so much trouble in getting them out of the country secretly." Malipieri smiled.
Some of them had answered my greeting, but none of them answered this; and as I began to be sure that I recognized several of their strangely imperturbable faces, the Virginian came from the stable; and at that welcome sight my relief spoke out instantly. "I am here, you see!" "Yes, I do see." I looked hard at him, for in his voice was the same strangeness that I felt in everything around me.
They actually went to Joey and offered him ten thousand if he'd let 'em use Ruby's name." A spasm of rage transfigured the face of the imperturbable rascal. His hands were clenched and the veins stood out in his temples. "What a cowardly, outrageous thing to do!" cried David. Dick did not speak for several minutes, but sat staring at his hands, his thoughts five hundred miles away.
"Referring to Hamilton Fynes?" Mr. Coulson asked. "Yes!" "Get your young man to lay his hand on that copy of the Comet," Mr. Coulson begged earnestly. "I told that pushing young journalist all I knew and a bit more. I assure you, my information isn't worth anything." "Was it meant to be worth anything?" Sir Edward asked. Mr. Coulson remained imperturbable.
"She had nothing for me but thanks because I saved her life, and her husband's too, when he fled like a coward before the man whom he had dared to challenge to a duel." Marie looked fixedly at the admiral to assure herself that it was really he who thus arrogantly talked about his masters. But she was terrified at his imperturbable expression, and said gently
Think of it, Kennedy an election going on and never so much talk about graft and vice before!" "What was in the book mostly, do you imagine?" asked Craig, still imperturbable. Carton shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, almost anything. For instance, you know, Dorgan has just put through a new scheme of city planning with the able assistance of some theoretical reformers.
The man stared at him, as if puzzled to decide whether he were talking to an insane person, or not. When the imperturbable Quaker had seen all he cared to see, he deliberately walked away. At Westminster Abbey he paid the customary fee of two shillings sixpence for admission. The door-keeper followed him, saying, "You must uncover yourself, sir."
The two men sat opposite to one another separated only by the small round table upon which the dessert which had followed their dinner was still standing. Even Forrest's imperturbable face showed signs of the anxiety through which he had passed. The change in Cecil, however, was far more noticeable.
In two minutes the "sounder" rattled out "All right! What is it?" Watkins went on with his questions, his eyes still fixed on the poor girl's face, and all the time his fingers, as it were, playing with the key. If he were imperturbable, so was not a man sitting at a receiving instrument nearly five hundred miles away.