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Well! she turned all the colors of the rainbow, and snapped out, "Goodness gracious! how did you where did you hear that?" I smiled politely and walked away. The next morning, shortly after I reached my office, a timid knock was heard at the door. "Come in," I yelled, thinking it was a messenger boy.

Whereupon Monsieur le Chef a pompous personage, with a bald head and a white moustache shrugged his shoulders, smiled incredulously, had the honor to point out to Monsieur that the Government could by no means be at the expense of conveying an inspector from Toulon to Paris on so shadowy and unsupported a statement, and politely bowed us out.

The Psammead sat up and shook the sand out of its fur. 'How's your left whisker this morning? said Anthea politely. 'Nothing to boast of, said it, 'it had rather a restless night. But thank you for asking. 'I say, said Robert, 'do you feel up to giving wishes to-day, because we very much want an extra besides the regular one? The extra's a very little one, he added reassuringly.

He knew that she had made jokes for him, but he didn't exactly know what they were. "The imaginative butler, he was rather good. But the rest Ugh!" "That must have been a funny play," he said, politely. She looked at him sidewise and confided, "Will you do me a favor?" "Oh yes, I " "Ever been married?" He was frightfully startled. His "No" sounded as though he couldn't quite remember.

From the ordinary woman this would not have affected my intentions; it would have been nothing. From her it was a piece of daring. From her it seemed a sacrifice of dignity for my sake. I met her glance, and then turned politely toward the Judge, who stood in the wide door, his tall hat resting under his arm and his searching eyes looking out from under the bushy brows.

'What a pity you can't speak, for if you could I might send a message by you to those pretty young ladies; and though I walked slowly backwards and forwards on the balcony, and bowed most politely each time I passed her, yet she did not seem to understand." "Why didn't you speak?" interrupted Jeanne. "You can speak quite well to Chéri and me. Had you not learned to speak at that time, Dudu?"

B , of , drew her chair near every tete-a-tete couple, and, politely requesting to be allowed to take part in the conversation, gradually usurped it all, till, before she had apparently quite satisfied herself upon every one's private affairs, she was left at liberty to join another group.

The light from a single glass lamp cast its feeble illumination over coarse dishes steaming with food. Bob bowed politely to the two women, who stood, their arms crossed on their stomachs, without deigning his salutation the slightest attention. The children, of all sizes and ages, stared at him unblinking. The two men shuffled to their seats, without looking up at the visitor.

The gentleman rose politely on his entrance, and released the dog, who, after sniffing the Marquis, condescended not to bite.

Stepping up to his old schoolmate he addressed him by name, which Tone instantly acknowledged, inquiring politely for Lady Hill, and other members of Sir George's family. He was instantly arrested, ironed, and conveyed to Dublin under a strong guard.