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"Well, you may laugh, but I did and what's more, I gave my consent. I told him he was most welcome, and he understood me!" "That was generous," said the professor ironically, beginning to cut the leaves of half a dozen periodicals which awaited him upon the library table; at which the rest taking the hint adjourned to the veranda, to talk it over at their leisure. The next day, as Mrs.
"Ask the master for the money," ironically answered the woman from the next door, pointing to the joiner, who had just fallen against the counter. The countrywoman looked at him. "Ah! he is the father," returned she. "Well, what idle beggars! not to have a penny to pay honest people; and get tipsy with wine in that way." The drunkard raised his head.
"I think my conscience can stand that," he said; "it's business, Mr. Beecot, business. By the way, I have received a request from Mr. Ford of Cheapside to produce the certificate of birth of Miss Krill. What is the meaning of that?" "I think you know very well, Mr. Pash." "I profess my ignorance," said Pash, ironically, although he looked uneasy, and was apparently lying.
"You may put strategy out of the definition, leaving in the woman," she continued ironically. He felt the point, and her demure dart struck home. But he saw what an ally she might make. Tremendous possibilities moved before him. His heart beat faster than it did yesterday when the old sergeant faced him. Here was beauty he admired that; power he wished for that.
'You forget the philosophic critic equally disagrees with all Parties. David lost his temper at last. 'Gentlemen, he shouted ironically, 'one may sit and make smoke-rings till the Messiah comes, but I assure you there is only one unconditional historic necessity, and that is Samooborona.
'Festy, said the farmer reproachfully, 'you always know I use the old glove in the bedroom cupboard for any guinea or two I possess. 'Of course I do, said Festus ironically. They had now reached a lonely inn about a mile and a half from the hall, and, the farmer not responding to his nephew's kind invitation to come in and treat him, Festus entered alone.
He put a finger musingly upon his lip. "I see I see how it could be done. Full of danger, but brilliant, brilliant and bold! Yes, yes...yes!" Then all at once he seemed to come out of a dream, and laughed ironically. "There it is," he said; "there is my case. I have the idea, but I will not strike; it is not worth the doing unless I am driven to it.
"About the only pleasure I could get from watching you," retorted the boy ironically, "would be if I could see you swinging from the end of a rope that was tied in a tight noose around your neck!" "Perhaps that will happen to you yet," hinted Gaston, looking keenly at the boy. "Humph!" muttered Jack. "How would that help your rascally crowd?"
It would be too bitter, too ironically bitter.... If she loved him now she had loved him then! Was her life to be filled with such ironies ? Was she forever to eat of Dead Sea fruit? Did she love Bonbright? At last she dared to put the question squarely.... Her answer came quickly. "Oh, I do... I do!" she cried, aloud. "I love him...." A surge of happiness welled up from her heart at the words.
Look out he doesn't take your little home too." "He's had near a year, and he hasn't done it yet." "Is that through any virtue of yours?" "Probably not," answered Carnac ironically. "But I've been away; he's been here. He's had everything with him. Why hasn't he pulled it off then?" "He pulls off everything he plans.
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