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'Then why do you cry? he persisted. 'I have many things to cry for, she replied, 'more than you could ever guess. 'Come home with me, said the prince; 'it is not very far. Come home to my father and mother. I am a king's son. 'Then why are you here? she said, opening her eyes and staring at him.
"Assuredly not; but as there are so many related points upon which we do not agree, would it not be better to talk of this particular case than of general belief?" "But it is impossible for any one to believe as you say," persisted Edith; "simply impossible. No one can believe that wrong is right." "But each has his own standard." Against this Edith protested, but Helen returned no answer.
"I would have kept her if I could, but I wasn't strong enough for that." "Who has taken her, then?" Tony persisted. "Where is she? I've been everywhere, and she isn't in the bungalow." "God has taken her, Tony." "What for?" "I think," Jan said, timidly, "it was because she was very tired and ill and unhappy " "But is she happier now and better?"
Having no hopeful prospect in any other quarter, I persisted in believing that Toller must have seen something or heard something that might either help me, or suggest an idea to my legal adviser. On entering the kitchen, I found the door of communication wide open, and the new servant established in the large armchair. "I'm waiting for my master, sir."
That night she hurried through her supper, and, barely tasting her dessert, said abruptly: "Mother, may I go to Eleanor Savelli's this evening?" "Away out to 'Heartsease, Grace? Who is going with you?" "No one," replied Grace truthfully. "Mother, please don't say no. I simply must see Eleanor at once." "But I thought that you were not friendly with Eleanor," persisted Mrs. Harlowe.
Theodore could not grant the desired interview, but M. Lejean persisted in his demand, and sent a second time, representing that, as his Majesty was en route for Godjam, each day would increase the difficulty of his return. Such presumption could not be tolerated. Theodore had defied Egypt; he would now defy France.
Dick would have guyed me." "But Mr. Frisbie must have been over the line a great many times: how could he miss seeing that enormous sign?" she persisted. Ford shook his head. "I venture to say that the paint isn't yet dry on that sign. It was put there for a purpose, and your uncle was told to look for it.
"But I insist upon your saying something," said Miss Vane. "What is this impudence?" "There hasn't been any impudence," replied Lemuel, hanging his head. "Very well, then, you can tell me what Sibyl means," persisted Miss Vane. Lemuel seemed to reflect upon it. "No, I can't tell you," he said at last, slowly and gently. "You refuse to make any explanation whatever?" "Yes."
The smallest bird cannot light upon the greatest tree without sending a shock to its most distant fibre; every mind is at times no less sensitive to the most trifling words. "You wish him to come, Esther?" he asked. "Yes," she said, lifting her eyes to his. "Why? Can you tell me?" he persisted. "Because" she hesitated, then began again "because the young man is " The stop was full. "Our master.
I had never spotted a single skeleton to my knowledge, either at Rush or elsewhere, and I told him so; but he persisted in saying that Mrs Kent had told him a very different story, and that most certainly she had mentioned me as the percipient. "She must have mixed me up with somebody else," was my final comment.
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