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He was obliged reluctantly to return to the country to his father. How squalid, poor, and wretched his parents' home seemed to him! The stagnation and sordidness of life in the country offended him at every step. He was consumed with ennui. Moreover, every one in the house, except his mother, looked at him with unfriendly eyes.
The old countess sent for her once, for she must be heiress of Houghton, you know; but she sent back word that nothing could entice her into a house where her stepmother was forbidden to come, and this so offended our countess, that she has taken no notice of her since." While she was talking, the landlady poured a measure of frothing ale into the porringer, and became all at once silent.
In the context of this revelation it is noticeable that belief in the malign influence of offended deities was gaining ground.
The King was very much offended at this conduct, and forbade his servants to appear in his presence in so unsuitable a dress. The departure of the Duchesse de Polignac naturally left the Abbe de Vermond exposed to all the dangers of favouritism. He was already talked of as an adviser dangerous to the nation.
When are you going to drop the 'almost' and say we're really engaged?" "Oh, not for years! So there's the answer, and Let's trot again." But George was persistent; moreover, he had become serious during the last minute or two. "I want to know," he said. "I really mean it." "Let's don't be serious, George," she begged him hopefully. "Let's talk of something pleasant." He was a little offended.
"Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven; GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD; and forgive us our offences, as we forgive those who have offended against us. So be it!"
For as Tristan and his guards went down from the town to where the faggot burned, near the road upon a rock was a chantry, it stood at a cliffs edge steep and sheer, and it turned to the sea-breeze; in the apse of it were windows glazed. Then Tristan said to those with him: My lords, let me enter this chantry, to pray for a moment the mercy of God whom I have offended; my death is near.
"Yes," she admitted, "I am going to scold you. Your conscience has warned you." "On the contrary," he declared, "it has never been quieter. If I have offended; it is through ignorance." "It is through charity, as usual," she said m a low voice. "If your conscience be quiet, mine is not. It is in myself that I am disappointed I have been very selfish. I have usurped you.
Besides we have no parents and we are not children. You may think me hasty, but you cannot possibly be offended. 'I'm not, but I think you are quite mad unless you are joking. 'Mad, because I love you? asked Logotheti, lowering his voice and looking at her. 'But how is it possible? We hardly know each other! Margaret was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
Third: It is the offended hand which blots them out. It was the hand that opened the fountains of the deep, and behold the floods came, the waters above and the waters below clasped their hands and destruction was everywhere save in the Ark.
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