United States or Algeria ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"He actually has the impertinence to ask us why we laugh! Come, sir! where did you leave the Baroness Hátszegi?" "I don't see what there is to laugh at at such a question?" replied Gerzson, in whose mind all sorts of dark forebodings began to arise. "What have you done with the baroness? What have you done with our friend Leonard's wife, I say?" persisted the count.
As soon as this girl's out of the house, he'll be looking about for another one." "I'm sure it wasn't his fault that she came here at all," persisted Mrs. Wedmore, who never opposed her husband except in the interest of her son. "And I'm sure you can't blame him for doing what he could for his friend, even if he does put us to a little inconvenience.
We found nothing suspicious, nothing that suggested a really adequate motive for Dollmann's treachery. 1 became impatient, and was for pushing on more quickly westward. Davies still clung to his theory, but the same feeling influenced him. 'It's something to do with these channels in the sand, he persisted, 'but I'm afraid, as you say, we haven't got at the heart of the mystery.
It would account for the fact that in spite of the advice of more than one English authority, they persisted in making no preparation for the further defence of their country, and disposed their troops only for an advance into Albania. Thus tragically ended poor King Nikola's life's ambition and his golden dream. Mirko, whom he would fain have seen on the throne of Serbia, died in Austria in 1918.
The three one-eyed Calenders might have knocked at any one of those doors till the street rang again, and the porter who persisted in asking questions the man who had the delicious purchases put into his basket in the morning might have opened it quite naturally. After breakfast next morning, we sallied forth to see the lions.
Messrs. Blake, Johnson and Jones paused to wipe the sweat of honest toil from their brows. "I dunno 'ow it's to be got out," said Mr. Blake despairingly. "It got in!" persisted Mrs. Brown. "If it got in it can get out." "We'll 'ave another try," said Mr. Blake with the air of a hero leading a forlorn hope. "Come on, mites."
After an interval which seemed to be endless, I saw the Princess approaching me. She had made the heat in the Concert Room an excuse for retiring for a while; and she had the Baroness in attendance on her to save appearances. Instead of leaving us to ourselves, the malicious creature persisted in paying the most respectful attentions to her mistress.
The whole stood in its own grounds, fenced in with walls, half of which, being situated on the steepest portion of the declivity, persisted in tumbling. One curious feature of the house was its outside staircase. Wags pretended that the owner had forgotten it in his plans, and been obliged to add it as an after-thought.
Slowly, as if the words were being wrung from him syllable by syllable, he said in a muffled voice: "No, I perjured myself. I was served in that suit. But " "And you swore falsely before Kimmel that you were not?" persisted Kennedy. "Yes," he murmured. "But " "And you are prepared now to make another affidavit to that effect?" "Yes," he replied. "If "
What possible purpose could an intruder have, for instance, in opening my sewing-basket or moving the dictionary two inches on the center table? Yet the feeling persisted, and on the second of August I find this entry in my journal: Right-hand brass, eight inches; left-hand brass, seven inches; carved-wood Italian five and three quarter inches each; old glass on mantelpiece seven inches.
Word Of The Day