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Several times the two vacant chairs at the captain's table were on the point of being taken, but each time the prospective occupants went elsewhere. At length, however, two young men, laughing and talking rather loudly, sauntered through the room. One of them paused. "Here are a couple," he said, indicating the chairs.
M. Ferdinand Denis says, "By furnishing precise information upon the possibility of circumnavigating Africa, by indicating the route to the Indies, by giving more positive and extended ideas upon the commerce of these countries, and above all, by describing the gold-mines of Sofala, and so exciting the cupidity of the Portuguese, Covilham contributed greatly to accelerate the expedition of Gama."
"Sometimes I wish that our women would let them alone for a while. That is my sister over there," indicating the lady with the Burne-Jones face. "She has worn herself to a shadow working for her husband, who is in the House, and she is heart and soul in politics which she regards as a sort of divine mission.
"I would not have believed that one could so hate a man and luxury " "I am too poor to allow you to ruin yourself for me," he replied. And thus Lucien passed under the Caudine Forks. "Poor pet," said Coralie, holding him tightly to her, "do you love me so much? I persuaded this gentleman to call on me this morning," she continued, indicating Lucien to Camusot, who entered the room.
He told Gongi and another that he was Roadmaster, and bade them say to his pursuers, should they appear, that he would come to them upon the shore when his visit to Louis Bachelor, whom he had known in other days, was over, indicating the place at some distance from the house where they would find him. He entered the house. The noise of the opening door brought his sister to the room.
And this time it grew larger very rapidly, indicating that the party had at last reached a definite decision. On they came until only a few paces separated them from the Army boys. Just then a star shell rose from the German lines and sent a flare of light stabbing the darkness and clearly revealing a dozen or more Germans.
"Come, Luke, let's get on the trail of something green and real." A few moments later there hurried along the same pathway a tall young woman in an old tailored suit which impressed one with the wearer's plainness. Instead of a silver vanity case she was laden with a basket of newspapers, string, and a garden trowel, indicating that fern roots would be the vogue shortly.
A thick sweater is advantageous under such circumstances. A profuse perspiration will result, indicating a purifying process that is of special value when the system needs to be cleansed of the accumulated poisons which are the direct cause of nearly all diseases.
The officer pointed to the north, indicating a low-roofed hut half hidden in the corn shocks. "We are to remain there," he said, "until you receive your instructions from Washington." "But why were they not given me before?" demanded Ned. "Because the man in charge of this matter for the Secret Service department doubted your ability to make the trip to Tientsin. That is the truth of it.
"Come, love, sit a moment with me, here," pleaded Gray, indicating a small bench hidden among the evergreens and shrubs at the end of the path. "Sit down, and let's reason this thing out." "Reasoning with you," began Johnnie, helplessly, "isn't it isn't reasonable!" "It is," he told her, in that deep, masterful tone which, like a true woman, she both loved and dreaded.
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