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It would hardly be supposed that a girl could give much advice on such matters, and at first her total ignorance of the various difficulties amused him; but when she came to understand them better, her cool common-sense compelled his admiration. His temperament was nervous and excitable, and he let things fret him. She took everything in a cheery spirit, and laughed him out of his worries.
'Oh, do stop quarrelling! laughed Cordova as they reached the door of her box, for she had heard similar amenities exchanged twenty times already, and she knew that they meant nothing at all on either side. 'Have you any beer? inquired Stromboli of the Primadonna, as if nothing had happened. 'Bring some beer, Bob! Schreiermeyer called out over his shoulder to some one in the distance.
The enemy made a furious attack upon the great gates; but they might have guessed they could never carry it there; for, besides the cannon from the walls, our archers, on the two round towers, showered down upon them at such a rate, that, by holy Peter! there was no standing it. I never saw a better sight in my life; I laughed, till my sides aked, to see how the knaves scampered.
Ethel laughed; and even Richard smiled; then recovering herself, she said, 'Poor Hector, he never could call himself son to any one before. 'He has not been much otherwise here, said Richard. 'No, said Ethel; 'it is the peculiar hardship of our weddings to break us up by pairs, and carry off two instead of one. Did you ever see me with so shabby a row of tea-cups?
How closely they had skirted the edge of disaster she did not learn until afterward; indeed, Kirby himself had scarcely appreciated the true situation, and even the senior partner, since he had not been present at the meeting of the trust managers, could not know what had been in their minds. But Kirby's voice gave no hint of these reflections. He laughed a cheerful laugh.
"We ARE prepared for anything, for everything; and AS we are, practically, so she must take us. She's condemned to consistency; she's doomed, poor thing, to a genial optimism. That, luckily for her, however, is very much the law of her nature. She was born to soothe and to smooth. Now then, therefore," Mrs. Verver gently laughed, "she has the chance of her life!"
But they became a little worried when their host told them he had ordered a banquet prepared for them in the City Hall. "What are we going to eat?" asked Button-Bright suspiciously. "Thistles," was the reply. "Fine, fresh thistles, gathered this very day." Scraps laughed, for she never ate anything, but Dorothy said in a protesting voice, "OUR insides are not lined with gold, you know."
The Happy Family laughed at the idea; laughed so loud that Miguel left his lonely splendor and swung over to them, ostensibly to borrow a match. "What's the joke?" he inquired languidly, his chin thrust out and his eyes upon the match blazing at the end of his cigarette. The Happy Family hesitated and glanced at one another. Then Cal spoke truthfully.
Then both must make a run for Chimney rock, traveling so as to come upon it from the up-hill side. Is that clear?" "Perfectly," Oliver declared. "You are going to bring this prince back with you?" "Perhaps!" laughed Ned. "I may have to bring Frank and Dode back with me!"
But that wasn't what he asked aloud. "Of course I know I owe you thanks for a deal of kind treatment. Your inviting me for instance to-night !" "Yes, my inviting you to-night's a part of it. But you don't know," she added, "how far I've gone for you." He felt himself red and as if his honour were colouring up; but he laughed again as he could. "I see how far you're going."
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