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The existence of this lady was concentred in her precious gems. An extreme susceptibility on this head is very prevalent among the ladies of the Levant, and the quantity of jewels that they accumulate far exceeds the general belief.
They didn't approach the farmer -they sent me. I went to Farmer Gibson and made the arrangement with him for the supplies, paying him in advance a fair price for whatever the young ladies would take out of his garden. Yet, in spite of my care in the matter, and my very explicit directions to them, it seems that they went astray, and descended upon the truck garden of Mr.
The Professor was stopped by rocky stratifications, the ladies were stopped by flowers and views, the younger gentlemen were of course stopped by the ladies, and the mad artist was stopped by everything.
"I hope, sir," said Price, with joy and gratitude glowing in his honest face, "that I'll never give you cause to regret your goodness to me." "And what are my sisters about here?" said Sir Arthur, entering the cottage and going behind the two ladies, who were busy measuring a pretty colored calico. "It is for Susan, my dear brother.
I fancy that I resemble an Iroquois Indian who has just been scalped; my pride is really what is most hurt," he added, with a smile, "when I think of the grotesque sight I must present to the ladies whom I notice at the window." "Why, it is Monsieur de Gerfaut!" exclaimed Mademoiselle de Corandeuil, toward whom he raised his eyes. Octave bowed to her with a gracious air.
"I could never find another father half as nice as the one I've got. But you could do very well without so many daughters, you know." She smiled at him mockingly. "You're like the old woman who lived in a shoe. You ought to set up a school for young ladies." "I don't believe I shall be able to get on without my eldest daughter," he replied, half-serious.
He readily consented, but said there was no need of much preparation, as he should not be for staying long, for he did not wish me to be Londonized, and to lose my country freshness and originality by too much intercourse with the ladies of the world.
The minister stood by the gate, helping the ladies to untie and mount, giving pleasant words along with pleasant help, and receiving many expressions of pleasure in return. "Dear me, Mr. Masters!" said Miss Barry, the last one, "ain't you afraid you'll catch cold, standing there with no hat on?" "Cold always attacks the weakest part, Miss Barry. My head is safe."
Ladies always can be punctual; they can do that at any rate. Mrs Winterfield was one of those women who have always believed that their own sex is in every respect inferior to the other. On the first evening of their visit Captain Aylmer was very attentive to his aunt.
"And the other ladies, Mademoiselle Agatha and Madame de Lescure, they will remain in Laval?" "Yes, they will remain in Laval with my father and M. de Lescure: but you know all that already, as well as I do." "But Madame de Larochejaquelin, that is, when she is Madame, she will want some young woman to attend her.
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