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The flap of the letter-box dropped; and the girl outside could be heard stifling her laughter. "You must think me er very rude," began Leroux; "I mean not to open the door. But"... "I quite understand," concluded the voice of the unseen one. "You are a most untidy object! And I shall tell Mira DIRECTLY she returns that she has no right to leave you alone like this!
"I wasn't going to take any more chances if I could help it. When you left us there by ourselves, I was sure if we wanted to come away, we'd have to do it by ourselves." "We didn't do it intentionally," said Captain Leroux. "Who said you did?" demanded Chester, somewhat angrily. The French captain flushed.
Cumberly and his daughter as they crossed the lobby. "She will report to my wife."... In the outer doorway, Helen Cumberly looked back over her shoulder, and her glance met that of Leroux. Hers was a healing glance and a strengthening glance; it braced him up as nothing else could have done. He turned to Exel.
We then arranged that Leroux should betake himself thither with a strong posse of gendarmes during the day, and lie hidden in the vicinity until such time as I myself appeared upon the scene, identified my friends of the night before, parleyed with them for a minute or two, and finally retired, leaving the law in all its majesty, as represented by Leroux, to deal with the rascals.
In Paris there are learned men among the printers' readers; Fourier and Pierre Leroux are Lachevardiere's readers at this moment; and the Comte de Saint-Simon, who happened to be correcting proofs for us, came in in the middle of the discussion. Another reader maintained that Chinese paper was principally made of an animal substance, to wit, the silk that is abundant there.
I slipped the wedding ring from my finger and hid it away so that you should not know because I loved you, Paul. And now that we are to part forever, and perhaps I am to die, I can speak to you from my heart and tell you, dear. Kiss me as though I were your wife, Paul. "So you will go to Leroux?" she added presently. "Is that your will, Jacqueline?" "Yes, dear," she said.
The men and maids had all been sent away, and none remained save Maitre Leroux and his wife. They were not in any disguise, but were wrapped up in cloaks, and in the badly-lighted streets could pass unrecognized. "Do you go out first, Master Aylmer," the silversmith said.
Most people were too fascinated by her beauty to criticise her walk. The look which the two exchanged puzzled Mr. Stewart more than ever. Peggy's lips were quivering as she said: "Miss er, Miss Leroux, I want you to know Mrs. Howland and my father." "So delighted to," replied "Miss" Leroux, but at the words Mrs. Rowland gave a little gasp and Mr.
But still the Indian's fingers held, and as his consciousness began to fade Leroux staggered and slipped; and with a neighing whine that burst from his constricted throat, a shriek that pierced the torrent's roar, he slid down the cataract, Pierre locked in his arms. I cried out in horror, but leaned forward, fascinated by the dreadful spectacle.
The same morning, upon a warrant from the procureur-general, M. Desalleux was conducted to the criminal prison of Orleans; and it has since been remarked, as a singular coincidence, that his cell was the same that had been occupied by Peter Leroux up to the day of his execution. The end of the deputy-prosecutor, however, was a little less tragic.
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