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"I'm not in a hurry," said Matilda. "That's the proper way to look at it," said he; "and meanwhile I haven't got a sister I'm fonder of than I am of you." "If you've nothing more to say than that, we had better part," she remarked; and he caught at the suggestion with obvious relief.
Meanwhile the sultan was in his palace waiting till the fortieth day should dawn, and wondering that not one spadeful of earth should have been dug out of the hill. 'If that old woman has been playing me a trick, thought he, 'I will hang her! And I will put up a gallows to-morrow on the hill itself.
Meanwhile the Corinthians, with Potidaea in revolt and the Athenian ships on the coast of Macedonia, alarmed for the safety of the place and thinking its danger theirs, sent volunteers from Corinth, and mercenaries from the rest of Peloponnese, to the number of sixteen hundred heavy infantry in all, and four hundred light troops.
'This is the kind of thing I can always do, she said to herself one day, throwing out her hands in self-scorn, as he left her on the loggia, where he had been taking coffee with herself and Lucy. And meanwhile what attracted her was not in the least the controversialist and the man of letters it was the priest, the Christian, the ascetic.
Ellen was almost ready to put the clothes on the line and Christina gave her a helping hand before going on with her own work, reminding her meanwhile of the pink dress that must be ready before the evening. "We'll have to hire a woman to do the baking, and I guess Grandpa'll have to do the washing when you leave," declared Christina.
Meanwhile the Carthaginian mercenaries arrived and defeated the Syracusans, already dispersed and divided. Dionysius, finding himself rescued and re-established in his dominions, strengthened the fortifications of Ortygia, and employed his forces, now that Syracuse was subdued, in conquering the Grecian cities of Naxos, Catana, and Leontini.
Several days passed before they met; but in the meanwhile he had spent not a few nights sitting by that window in his darkened room, building castles and tearing them down, planning futures and destroying them; dreaming, dreaming.
"Meanwhile, the four murderers were a good deal exercised as to the disposal of the booty. Since it could not be divided, it was evident that it must be entrusted to the keeping of one of them.
Miss Inches meanwhile sat down in the corner of the room and drew a little table full of books near her. As soon as they were all served, she began, "Now, dear children, while you eat, I will read aloud a little.
Meanwhile, Cuchillo, with his two comrades, advanced towards the edge of the forest. As soon as they had reached it the guide dismounted from his horse. "Stay here," said he, "while I go fetch something to cure you of your ill-timed drunkenness."
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