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The pirates once more sat down and permitted their hot feet to loll overboard. "It's cold down here nights, Gib," McGuffey opined presently. "Where're we goin' to sleep?" "In our old berths, of course." The success of his bluff had operated on Gibney like a tonic. "Hop into your shoes, Bart, an' we'll snake them two scabs out o' their berths in jig time." "I'm dodgin' fights to-night, Gib.
"That woman has got some hold over him," opined his sister-in-law, darkly; "either she is helping him to finance the show, and presumes on the fact, or else, which Heaven forbid, he's got some queer infatuation for her. Men do take the most extraordinary fancies." Matters never came exactly to a crisis. Mrs.
However, as she opined, this attachment could hardly lead to marriage, since Constantine was a zealous Christian and his family were immeasurably beneath that of Porphyrius in rank; and though he had distinguished himself greatly and risen to the grade of Prefect, Damia, who on all occasions had the casting-vote, had quite other views for her granddaughter.
It is so easy to do this when the thing opined is in the line of what we desire. In his hearty way, he insisted upon her good looks. He looked at her admiringly, and she took it at its full value. Under the circumstances, she did not need to carry herself as pretty women do. She picked that knowledge up fast enough for herself.
"Are you aimin' to drive twenty head of horses off their own range single handed?" "Sure. You can do it easy if you savvy horses." The Texan refrained from comment. He wanted to know who was supposed to be interested in catching him, and why. Had someone told the truth about the lynching, and was he really wanted for aiding and abetting the pilgrim's escape? "I reckon that's true," he opined.
Ye've treated me white, ye have, Boss," he said, looking at Tom, "and I've I've " Spike gulped and swallowed hard. "I've opined ter do ye dirt." Spike struggled for more words, and then, to the amazement of his fellows, sank into his seat with tears rolling down his cheeks. A jack laughed. Hippy fixed him with a stern look. Tom Gray rose gravely. "Don't laugh, fellows," he admonished.
When this decision reached the forecastle, it awoke great indignation among the young and immature, which, indeed, was only to be expected. But even the skipper's friends and admirers shook their heads, and opined that it was a nasty answer; after all, it was only a civil question, which ought not to compromise anybody.
There is an old and not less true adage, that what we wish we readily believe; and so with me I found myself an easy convert to my own hopes and desires, and actually ended by persuading myself no very hard task that my Lord Callonby had not only witnessed but approved of my attachment to his beautiful daughter, and for reasons probably known to him, but concealed from me, opined that I was a suitable "parti," and gave all due encouragement to my suit.
We fraternized immediately, and they all pooh-poohed the battle, as such an old story that it would be absurd to ride back to the field. We knew, however, that it was occurring at Peach Orchard, on a part of the old ground at Fairoaks. These gentlemen were in rather despondent moods, and there was one who opined that we were all to be made prisoners of war.
Wherefrom Hereward opined that Gilbert had need of him. They chatted on: Hereward asking after old friends, and sometimes after old foes, whom he had long since forgiven; for though he always avenged an injury, he never bore malice for one; a distinction less common now than then, when a man's honor, as well as his safety, depended on his striking again, when he was struck.
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