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Armadale," interposed Mrs. Milroy; "and you are going to take the letter to him, and wait for an answer; and, mind this, not a living soul but our two selves must know of it in the house." "Why are you writing to Mr. Armadale?" asked Rachel. "And why is nobody to know of it but our two selves?" "Wait," rejoined Mrs. Milroy, "and you will see."

'And if the Duke does not consent to any changes? asked Colendorp coldly. At this juncture Elmur interposed. 'The Count will ex But Sagan was rushing his fences now like a vicious horse. Having once given voice to his ambitions he had no longer the power to rein in his speech. 'By your leave, Baron von Elmur, I will speak! Colendorp, you are a man to whom the world may yet give much.

Considerable effort was made on the part of the latter to learn just what the trouble was, after which the big foreman interposed with: "What's the trouble here? Come, now! What's all this row, Rourke? Ye wouldn't fight here, would ye? Have him arristed, er go to his home ye say ye know him but don't be fightin' here.

"You put off your visit until you saw that we were moving; then you come, expecting to be entertained. Had you come two weeks ago we could have helped." "I wasn't here two weeks ago," interposed Davy. "Then we were in the Northwest, looking for a town with enough money to pay the feed bills and freight on a lot of circus animals.

Susie was convulsed with laughter at his pompousness, and he turned to her with the utmost gravity. 'Madam, your laughter is more soft in mine ears than the singing of Bulbul in a Persian garden. Dr Porhoët interposed with introductions. The magician bowed solemnly as he was in turn made known to Susie Boyd, and Margaret, and Arthur Burdon. He held out his hand to the grim Irish painter.

"'Course he can't, if he's blind!" Keith showed irritation now, and pulled not too gently at the arm still held in Mazie's firm little fingers. "Blind! Ugghh!" interposed Miss Dorothy, shuddering visibly. "Oh, how can you bear to look at him, Keith Burton? I couldn't!" A sudden wave of red surged over the boy's face. The next instant it had receded, leaving only a white, strained terror.

Everard hastily interposed, lest by something yet more strongly alluding to Cromwell, his imprudent squire should, in mere wantonness, betray his interview with the General. "The young man raves," he said, "of a dream which he had the other night, when he and I slept together in Victor Lee's chamber, belonging to the Ranger's apartments at the Lodge."

I'm told that the scum of the earth had only to own some Chartered shares, and pretend to be 'in the know' about them and they could dine with as many duchesses as they liked. I knew one or two of the men who were in that deal I wouldn't have them in my house but it seems there wasn't any other house they couldn't go to in London." "Oh yes, there were many houses," she interposed.

"Oh! that is a very simple matter," was the reply; "it is merely a cunning arrangement of variously tinted glass shades interposed between the electric light above the centre of the skylight and the mirrors which reflect the light down through the stained glass into the room.

Come what may, I will be his and his alone! Caesar " "Swear not!" broke in Heron, angrily, "for by great Serapis " But Alexander interposed between them, and begged his father to consider what he was asking of the girl. Caesar's proposals could scarcely have been very pleasing to him, or why had he concealed till now what Caracalla was whispering to him in the adjoining room?