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Think what it would be if the world pointed the finger of scorn at your at your mission at your high and noble aims and all on account of me! You would cease to love me-and I I " "Listen!" He had been shuffling restlessly on the pavement before her. "Here I stand! Here are you! Let the waves of public opinion dash themselves against us we stand or fall together!" "Oh, oh, oh!"
Macartney had particular business with me-and I could not-I knew not, how to refuse seeing him;-but indeed, my Lord-I had not,-he had not," I stammered so terribly that I could not go on. "I am very sorry," said he, gravely, "that I have been so unfortunate as to distress you; but I should not have followed you had I not imagined you were merely walked out for the air."
We fairly lifted him up and rushed him into the restaurant; and after the first moment he stopped resisting, and let us lead him between the aisles of diners, on the heels of the toddling T-S. There was a table reserved, in an alcove, and we brought him to it, and then waited to see what we had done. Carpenter turned to me-and those sad but everchangjng eyes were flashing.
"It is worth nothing," said Ian, "except between you and me-and that it will make you understand my dream. That I shall never forget. When a dream does us good we don't forget it. "I thought I was home on the back of something great and strong-I could not tell what; it might be an elephant or a great eagle or a lion.
'She will see me-and the thing is done! said Alvan. 'But I have worked for it I have worked!
It was some moments before Beatriz could sufficiently recover from her first agitation and terror, to feel alive to all the strangeness of her situation. She was alone with a stranger; where was Fonseca? She turned towards her companion. "Who art thou?" she said, "whither art thou leading me-and why " "Why is not Don Martin by thy side?
About a month later, however, we encountered McMillan himself in Nairobi. I was just out from a very hard trip to the coast-Billy not with me-and wanted nothing so much as a few days' rest. McMillan's cordiality was not to be denied, however, so the very next day found us tucking ourselves into a buckboard behind four white Abyssinian mules.
"When did you see this?" repeated the general. "But just now," cried Marie; "not ten minutes since." "Why did you not come to me at once?" "I was afraid," replied Marie. "If I moved I was afraid he might hear me, and he, knowing I would expose him, would kill me-and so escape you!" There was an eager whisper of approval. For silence, General Andre slapped his hand upon the table.
The gentleman of whom I speak mentioned getting an eland at seven hundred and fifty yards. By chance I happened to mention this to a native Africander. "Yes," said he, "I remember that; I was there." This interested me-and I said so. "He made a long shot," said I. "A GOOD long shot," replied the Africander. "Did you pace the distance?" He laughed.
We had our several laureates; but believe me-and despise if you will although we had heard tell of Sir John Davies, I doubt if one in six of us had read a line of him. 'Ay, indeed, he caught me up, 'I have scarce read a line of any other. Having discovered him I had no need.
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