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"I said you'd do something," said Daphne, leaning back easily in her long chair. I stopped swinging my legs and looked at her. "Did you, indeed," I said coldly. My sister nodded dreamily. "Then you lied, darling. In your white throat," I said pleasantly. "By the way, d'you know if the petrol's come?" "I don't even care," said Daphne. "But I didn't lie, old chap. My word is " "Your bond? Quite so.
Though he pretended to be sympathetic, he was visibly overjoyed at our misfortune, which turned the tables upon us for once, and his suggestions were enough to wreck the valvular system of a motor-car; not to mention the nervous system of a distracted chauffeur. "Perhaps the petrol's dead," said Mr. Barrymore, paying no heed to the Prince's ideas.
What I meant was this. The petrol's not there. Your darned tanks are empty. I'm not defending the action on economic grounds. It was waste. But that petrol is gone. We ran it off." "You have not dared," said von Moll. "You could not dare No one but a madman would touch the Emperor's war stores." "I hope," said Gorman, "that the poor old Emperor won't have a fit when he hears about it."
I turned to the girl. "This is what we pay the boy sixteen shillings a week for." "What's the matter?" "Petrol's run out. I'm awfully sorry. The silly serf must have forgotten to fill up before I started." "My dear Hare, what shall we do?" I made a rapid calculation. "We can't be more than a quarter of a mile from Fell. In fact, I'm almost sure it's at the foot of the next hill. Yes, I know it is.
I'll give it to Bob to keep, in case she goes through my desk again." She poured some ammonia upon the stain, and rubbed gingerly, surveying the result with a tilted nose. It was not successful. "Shall I try petrol? But petrol's an awful price, and I've only got the little bottle I use for my gloves. Anyhow, the horrible old cloth is so old and thin that it will fall to pieces if I rub it.
It is an under-water boat of the Emperor, and she comes to seek the petrol stored in the cave." "Liable to disappointment then," said Gorman. "That petrol's gone." "I know it," said the King, "therefore I say 'Behold destiny. But I, Gorman, I laugh at destiny. I mock. I snap the finger and thumb of my hand. So." He snapped the fingers of both hands with airy defiance. "I am a king.
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