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Maria realized the amazement of the pupils when they entered her class-room, the amazement of incredulity and almost disgust. Everybody seemed amazed and almost disgusted except Wollaston Lee. He did, indeed, give one slightly surprised glance at her, then he seemed to notice nothing different in her appearance.
"I expect it is from father, fixing the date of my journey. He said he would wire." She tore open the envelope and glanced hurriedly at the address. "Yes, it is! He is at Marseilles. `Come at " Her voice died away, and she stood staring at the words in horrified incredulity, while Miss Munns stepped forward hurriedly, and peered over her shoulder. "Come at once. Father dangerously ill.
"He's giving you what he gave me," said John. "Good fellow, Warde," observed the Caterpillar; "in his room every night after prayers to mug up his form work." "What?" Murmurs of incredulity. "Fact, 'pon my word. And he never refuses a 'con' to a fellow who wants it." "He's paid for it," sneered Scaife. The other boys nodded; enthusiasm was chilled. Yes, of course Warde was paid for it.
When the last guests had gone and all servants, too, had gone to their rest, she called the waitress, with some jesting reproach, into her room. A long whispered conversation followed. At its end the woman declared that the matter was child's play to her. And did not suspect that by this game she was saving her life. In hesitant incredulity Antonie awaited the things that were to come.
Boyzy and myself that we spoke the English language with facility and much correctness, and as for facility I will put Mrs. B. against any picked nine that may be brought. But recently we have been greatly humiliated by our eldest girl, who comes back daily from school with a new pronunciation. Incredulity on our part is met by lugging the dictionary into the conflict and we are defeated at once.
"Senor," she rejoins, casting upon him a look of scornful incredulity, "you have said all this before. I suppose you had something else to speak of." "And so I have, senorita. Something of a nature so unpleasant I hesitate to tell it, fearing it may sadly shock you." "You need not. After what has passed I am not likely to be nervous."
'Very, was the reply of his followers, as they coughed slightly, and looked dubiously at each other. This behaviour was not lost upon Mr. Pickwick. He remarked their incredulity. They evidently suspected him. 'There is a man in the passage now, said Mr. Tupman. 'It's the man I spoke to you about, said Mr. Pickwick; 'I sent for him to the Borough this morning.
You can cultivate the habit of incredulity until you descend into the class of the faithless; or you can cultivate the opposite habit and disposition until you rise to the high level of a settled and sovereign belief. It is clear that Thomas did not reach forth his hand and touch.
To-day the thing has become so much a commonplace that all appeals to the old illusion would fall flat. The presiding lawyer could not put on an air of shocked incredulity at hearing that such-and-such a Minister had been mixed up in such-and-such a financial scandal. We take such things for granted nowadays.
Her mind seemed almost as bewildered, as full of incredulity, as his. "No. They were talking of you really; only I didn't know it." "Who were they?" Heyst raised his voice. "Who was talking of me? Talking where?" With the first question he had lifted himself from his reclining position; at the last he was on his knees before her, their heads on a level. "Why, in that town, in that hotel.
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