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Worst of all, while he was groaning in his stuffy bunk, he knew that a very merry party of passengers were enjoying themselves in the saloon. He was still in his bunk when the ship came to her moorings at Algiers, and he got up with a sudden jerk, under the impression that the Zouave was sinking. Seizing his many weapons, he rushed on deck, to find it was not foundering, but only arriving.
"Well, really," said the other, looking up at the cloudless blue sky, and wiping his face with a gaudy red silk pocket-handkerchief, "it is rather hot, you know, and " Mrs. Hableton did not give him time to finish, but walking to the gate, opened it with a jerk.
The three occupants of the cab's seat who had previously clamoured for Mr. Peters' removal, now inconsistently resisted it; suddenly he came out with a jerk, and we had him fairly upright on the pavement minus a collar and tie and the buttons of his evening waistcoat.
One hand was fully occupied with the reins, the other with holding the child, and it was impossible to disengage his spear while going at this pace, though the handle collided with half the trees they passed, and threatened to jerk Kharrak Singh from his grasp. "Hold fast, little brother!" he called out. "Not your little brother!"
I expect those poor devils of waiters have slept your order off." "I was just about to negotiate that coffee transaction." McCutcheon stood up. "You come too, my son! A little exercise will give you an appetite." He paused to stretch his long, lean body, and incidentally his glance fell upon their travelling companion, and he indicated the recumbent figure with a jerk of the head.
There was just one jerk and the boat started flying through the water, sending up a green wall on either side that threatened to swamp it every instant. With the fight really begun, Colin became at once quite calm. Paul, who was an absolutely fearless youngster, was laughing in glee. "Which way are we going, Pete?" asked the capitalist. "Lordy, Lordy, don' as' me; gwine to de bottom, boss.
Nozzing move a squid, after he's got hold of somet'ing. He'll hang on to ze bottom till ze end of ze world, an' he'd let himself be cut to pieces before he'd let go his hold. Better jerk ze spear out!" Colin gave a quick yank and the barbed harpoon came up with the blade as clean as though it had never been plunged into anything.
But Nab would turn neither to right nor left, and dragged me farther out to sea. Thinking I might steer him by his flipper, I gave a jerk on the lariat. What the seal thought I don't know, but when he felt the noose tighten he seemed filled with sudden fright, and plunged into the depths. Instinctively I took a big breath when I saw him disappear, and laid hold of the lasso with both hands.
I shall never pretend to forgive you, and I never want to see you again." Mrs. Agar made no answer, nor did she look up. "Go," said Jem, with a little jerk of his head towards the door. Slowly she rose, and without looking at either of them she passed out of the room.
Even now she hardly understood what I would have, or, understanding, could not believe that she understood rightly. "You mean leave leave London and go with you? With you alone?" "Yes alone with your husband." She pulled her hand away with a jerk, crying, "You're mad!" "May be. Let me be mad, and be mad yourself also, sweetheart. If both of us are mad, what hurt?"
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