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All three of the steamers were delivering the fire of their midship guns very regularly, though with little effect, the distance was so great. The gunner of the Bronx was evidently greatly nettled at the number of solid shots he had wasted, though the gun of the Ocklockonee had done little better so far as could be seen.
'The other day in Paris I heard an American woman whistling. "Have you lost your dog?" I asked. "No," she says; "my husband." A chorus of approval greeted this malicious sally, followed by the retailing of various anti-American anecdotes that made up in sting what they lacked in delicacy. These showed no signs of abatement until, slightly nettled, Selwyn put in an oar.
M. Charnot spoke with an exasperating half-smile. I ought to have laughed, to be sure; I ought to have shown sense enough at any rate to hold my tongue and not to answer the gibes of this vindictive man of learning. Instead, I was stupid enough to be nettled and to lose my head. "Well," I retorted, "I must have a paying profession. That one or another what does it matter?
"I'm perfectly mad about it. Though some people do like auction better, I never have." Her smile had nettled her hostess. It had a calm superiority about it that was rather trying. "No," she replied, shortly. "No, I don't know anything about it, or that other thing either. Aunt 'Liza says playing cards are wicked." The delicate black eyebrows of the visitor lifted a little.
I regret that my promise of utter candour compels me to bear witness to my own foolishness; for when Maitland found it necessary to take Jeannette into the back parlour and to remain there alone with her in earnest conversation one hour and twelve minutes I happened to notice the exact time it seemed to me he was getting unpleasantly confidential, and it nettled me.
I asked, excusably nettled, and stepping to the telephone, I took the receiver from its hook. "Give me the manager's office, please," I requested, watching my visitor. "Is this the manager? This is Mr. Bayne speaking, Room four hundred and three. I've found a man investigating my trunk a foreigner, a German." An exclamation from the manager, and from the listening telephone-girl a shriek!
"So I did," was the rather nettled answer. "I was about to say, Mr. Damon, that there will be at least a million in it for Mr. Swift, and another million for myself. There may be more, but I want to be conservative." "Talking in millions, and calling himself conservative," mused Ned Newton. "Somehow or other I don't just cotton to this fellow!" "When our mutual friend, Mr.
The mouth, though soft, was firm in line; the eyebrows were distinct, and extended near to each other. 'I have thought of it all day, she continued, sadly. 'Still, sir, if you are sorry you offered me anything, I can let you off. 'Sorry? Certainly not, Margery, be said, rather nettled. 'I'll show you that whatever hopes I have raised in your breast I am honourable enough to gratify.
"The reward, of course; the hundred dollars offered fer the capture of them chaps." "Oh, we'll look after that," was the nettled reply. "Ye will, will ye? I guess ye'll git up earlier than ye did this mornin' if ye do. I'll stand by my scouts, and don't let me catch ye tryin' any tricks on me. There, ye'd better git off now, fer I want to go home. Take good care that them chaps don't git away.
When he awoke again the pretty nurse was gone and in her chair sat a gentleman gazing at him with a curious sort of stare, as if Towsley were some new kind of animal in whom the stranger was interested. The stare nettled Towsley, who felt strangely cross and irritable.
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