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However, a tall, elderly, military-looking gentleman with a great white moustache, was standing by the open door of a carriage. "Miss Brownlow," said he, handing them in- Babie first, next Janet, and then Elvira.
Simple yet gaudy costumes prevail-garments of red, yellow, blue, green, olive, and white, with gold tinsel, drape the graceful forms of the dusky Sikh or Jatni belles; and not a whit less picturesque and parti-colored are the costumes of their husbands, brothers, and fathers-fine fellows mostly, tall, straight, military-looking men, with handsome faces and fierce mustashios.
Reginald having ascertained where Colonel and Miss Ross were living, was making his way through the broad streets of the "city of palaces," intending to pay his respects to them, when he met a military-looking man in an undress suit, who, regarding him earnestly, advanced towards him with his hand extended. "My dear boy, I am delighted to see you!" exclaimed the stranger.
"You are the most military-looking party I have yet seen. They are young, but none the worse for that." "There is nothing military about them, except that they march four abreast," he said, with a smile, "but for the work we have come to do, drill will not be necessary.
It was the traveler of the berlin, a military-looking man, apparently about forty years of age, tall, robust in figure, broad-shouldered, with a strongly-set head, and thick mus-taches meeting red whiskers. He wore a plain uniform. A cavalry saber hung at his side, and in his hand he held a short-handled whip. "Horses," he demanded, with the air of a man accustomed to command.
He was the gallant gentleman of his day, hardly touching the tips of her fingers, but quite ready to fall on his knees before her. A tall, sunbrowned, military-looking young man, as handsome as a Greek god, with eyes of heroic form; lustrous, and richly fringed; and a beautiful mouth, at once sensitive and seductive.
Hawker, slouching along the pier with his ulster collar turned up and his hat well down over his eyes, observed the military-looking gentleman and then the prominent white-lettered name on the luggage. He passed on after an instant's hesitation. "Sir Lucius Chesney!" he muttered. "It's queer, but I'll swear I've heard that name before. Now, where could it have been?
Lucy held herself an inch taller, and waited for David to come back from the van with their two new portmanteaus. Meanwhile she noticed two other groups of people, whose bags and rugs were being appropriated by a couple of powdered footmen a husband and wife, and a tall military-looking man accompanied by two ladies.
Edison and himself at seven this evening." "With pleasure." I bowed and watched them as, they left the train and entered a military-looking automobile that stood near the track with curtains drawn. A moment later they rolled away and I settled back in my seat, reflecting complacently on the high confidence that had been shown in my discretion.
He was a military-looking man, though holding no rank in the army a Spaniard who had recently come over from the enemy. Two or three officers were in the room, and a young man sat at a table, writing. José told his story briefly, concluding with a proposal that the prisoner should be left in his charge until Colonel Miller's return.
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