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Wishing to possess both Flavilla's fortune and Dalinda's charms, he effects a reconciliation with the latter by promising to own their prior contract, but when he comes out into the open and proposes to entertain her as a mistress, she indignantly returns to her grandmother's house, where she summons her brother and her faithful lover, Leander, to force her perfidious husband to do her justice.
"Is this what you call being ready for us? Why, the bloomin' winder ain't even undone!" "That's what I'm here for," said poor Leander. "Is the the other gentleman out there too?" "You mind your business! You'll find something the Count give me to bring yer; I've put it on the winder-sill out 'ere. And you obey horders next time, will yer?" The footsteps were heard retreating. Mr.
"I I hadn't time this morning," said the unregenerate Leander; "but I do occasionally cast an eye over it before I get up." Mrs. Collum groaned, and looked at her daughter reproachfully. "I see by the Weekly News," said Jauncy, "you've had a burglary in your neighbourhood." Leander let the carving-knife slip. "A burglary! What! in my neighbourhood? When?"
And for a year or so prior to the outbreak of the war my thoughts had been running much on the science of law, and I had a strong desire, if the thing could be accomplished, to sometime be a lawyer myself. "Leander," said he, "if ever you get into the practice of law, you'll find that it is just plum full of little in-trick-ate pints." K of the 97th Illinois Infantry.
For a moment the deacon appeared to be unconscious of this; then he met the familiar look, averted his head again, and said in the same tone as before: 'The heretic, I learn, would gladly see her. 'It would be as well, I think, was the reply, 'if his wish were gratified. 'Ah? But how would that please a friend of yours, dear lord? asked Leander, with unaffected interest.
All the boats pushed swiftly off together, and did it so silently that they were close under the bow of the flag-ship before being observed. The Leander also saw them, and a few guns from her, as well as from the flag-ship, were instantly turned on them. "Musha! look there!" cried Ted Flaggan, who chanced to be on the part of the ship nearest them.
"An' I'm goin', too, even if I never come back," added Dink, taking it for granted that he was needed. "And you must take me," said Gilbert imploringly. The four boys grasped one another's hands, and Sandy declared in a solemn tone: "We'll stick together to the bitter end." "What's your plan?" asked Leander, with great interest.
'The Dey, wrote a British officer on the Leander, 'was everywhere offering pecuniary rewards for those who would stand against us; eight sequins were to be given to every man who would endeavour to extinguish the fire. At length a horde of Arabs were driven into the batteries under the direction of the most devoted of the Janissaries and the gates closed upon them.
There, Hero trimmed her little lamp; yonder the amorous breath of Leander changed to soft sea form. Far away to the Eastwards, painted in dim and lovely hues, lies Mount Ida. Just so, on the far horizon line she lay fair and still, when Hector fell and smoke from burning Troy blackened the mid-day sun.
As he went forth again, a flash of lightning dazzled him. He saw that it was on the left hand, and took courage to follow the purpose that had shaped in his thoughts. That evening, after an hour's close colloquy with Leander, he betook himself by circuitous way to the dwelling of Pelagius, and with him again held long talk.
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