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He jerked his head astern in the direction of the mighty Battleship on whose vast quarterdeck the man who bore a share of the Destiny of Europe on his shoulders was still pacing thoughtfully up and down. Arguing. Chief Boatswain's Mate.
Unobserved he rose and glided away; while, awestruck by the aspect of their commander, the seamen clustered together on the forecastle, till Ahab, troubledly pacing the deck, shouted out "To the braces! Up helm! square in!"
Half a dozen startled men, gambling about a blanket; two or three sleeping off a drunk, and one hunted, haunted wretch nervously pacing up and down among the pines, were no match for the dash of a dozen blue jackets coming thundering into view. There was no thought of fight.
There was a lengthy silence. "And they call him the Gentleman!" came the Parson's voice at last "the Gentleman!" The other had resumed his pacing. "He sneaks himself into the confidence of a lady," continued the Parson quietly. "He conceals his identity " Again the other flashed his eyes up. "I did not!" he shouted, hammering with his hand.
Returning one evening from one of these expeditions he saw, pacing back and forth before the office building, a figure which he at once recognized as that of Mr. Britton. Instantly all thought of work or weariness was forgotten, and he hastened forward, while Mr. Britton, catching sight of Darrell rapidly approaching, turned and came down the road to meet him. "A thousand welcomes!"
But the Phoenix flung him to the ground, picked him up before he could kick once, and threw him on its back. Then they were flying at full speed, dodging through gaps in the branches and between close-set trunks, with leaves and twigs slashing them from every side. They burst out of the wood and sped over a meadow. David saw below them a huge Faun-like figure pacing majestically across the sward.
It was a comfort to reflect that Ascham was so punctual the suspense was beginning to make his host nervous. And the sound of the door-bell would be the beginning of the end after that there'd be no going back, by God no going back! Granice resumed his pacing.
Sometimes the inexplicable dread of his singing was more than she could bear; she would hurry on her walking-attire, and, stealing like a shadow down the stairs, would seek refuge in pacing about the streets of the neighbourhood, heedless of weather or the hour. Mrs. Enderby never came down to breakfast.
They say the insane are mercifully oblivious. It is untrue!" She almost cried the last words and, turning, began a swift pacing of the room. "Madame!" Jacqueline caught her breath at her own daring. "Madame, you know at last, then, that he loves you?" Maxine stopped and her burning eyes fixed themselves upon the girl.
At the well known, methodic intervals, the whale's glittering spout was regularly announced from the manned mast-heads; and when he would be reported as just gone down, Ahab would take the time, and then pacing the deck, binnacle-watch in hand, so soon as the last second of the allotted hour expired, his voice was heard. "Whose is the doubloon now?
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