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And I think that's a pretty hard thing for anyone to do." "Oh, it is, Bessie. I know, because I've found out so often that I'd been mean to people who were ever so much nicer than I. But there's one thing about it it makes you feel sort of good all over when you have owned up that way. I wish Gladys Cooper had acted like the rest of them. But she was still mad."

There are thousands of people in London who are different from that and ever so much nicer; but I don't see them, I don't know how to get at them; and after all, poor dear man, what power have you to help me? That was in the last analysis the gist of what she had to say. Mr. Wendover asked her about Selina in the tone of a person who thought Mrs.

He seemed to be very pleased that the chief had got back safely. "How did you manage to get here at night, Vassily Fedotitch? We didn't expect you until tomorrow." "Oh, that's all right, Gavrilla. It's much nicer walking at night." The most unusually friendly relations existed between Solomin and his workpeople.

One of them got suddenly up and moved across to her mother. "Oh, mercy, look at that old sight!" she said. My poor governess felt most uncomfortable, and I was furious, I thought she was a thousand times nicer than all those fat, dressed-up, common-looking mothers.

"Adieu, comtesse; I have obeyed your wishes so far; and now I will take the carriage and go home to bed and send it back for you." Clementine bowed her head and let him go without replying. "What a bear!" she said to the count. "You are a great deal nicer." Adam pressed her hand when no one was looking.

'The only Greek slave I ever heard of, said Lockwood, 'was in marble and made by an American. 'Come into the drawing-room and I'll sing you something, said Nina, rising. 'Which will be far nicer and pleasanter than all this discussion, said Joe. 'And if you'll permit me, said Lockwood, 'we'll leave the drawing-room door open and let poor Walpole hear the music.

Her blond hair did not show the silver threads among it. She was as handsome in her older way as she had been when young, and she was sure she was nicer. She had family and friends, all full of regard for her. Her smile reflected the state of her mind and did one good to see. Her eyes resting upon Brenda whom the reverend Arthur had tried to capture the moment she appeared, and been baffled Mrs.

"It is much nicer in the dark," she whispered, and her arms reached up about him, and her lips pressed warm and soft against his hand. "Are you just a little ashamed of me, John?" "Ashamed? Good heaven " "Because," she interrupted him, "we have known each other such a very short time, and I have allowed myself to become so very, very well acquainted with you.

This was good-natured on the part of Miss Todd; but it sounded in Sir Lionel's ears as though it did not augur well for his hopes. "Yes; she's very nice; very nice indeed. But I know one, Miss Todd, that's much nicer." And Sir Lionel drew his chair a little nearer. "What, Mrs. Shortpointz, I suppose. Ha! ha! ha! Well, every man to his taste."

"They are not a bit like my feet," said Dodo; "they are so long and slim and hard, and the toes stick out so all around. I think mine are nicer." "But they would not be so useful as this Sparrow's if you had to live in a bush and hop about on the twigs," said the Doctor. "The bird's feet are fixed as nicely for that, as yours are for walking on the ground.