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In your conversation let him understand that you strive to forget me; and that he may be the more fully convinced, invite him to sup with you, and tell him you should be glad to taste of some of the best wines of his country. He will presently go to fetch you some.
Her face was burning red. "But Ma Ma and I and Sue, too, don't you, Sue?" she stammered presently. "We think and don't you think it would be as well, yourself, Joe, if I went back with Ma to-night " Susan, anxiously looking toward the doctor, at this, felt a little thrill run over her whole body at the sudden glimpse of the confident male she had in his reply, or rather, lack of reply.
He then withdrew in good order and escaped, though pursued for two miles by the enemy. "That ended the battle, in which about thirty Americans and fifty of the British had fallen. Then presently followed the disgraceful scenes in Hampton of which I have already told you as having brought lasting infamy upon the name of Sir George Cockburn."
Presently she fancied she saw something glitter, away in the darkness two things: they must be eyes! the eyes of an otter or of a polecat, in which creatures the caves along the shore abounded. Seized with sudden fright, she ran to the laird and laid her hand on his shoulder, crying, "Leuk, laird, leuk!" He started to his feet and gazed bewildered at the child, rubbing his eyes once and again.
However, the sin of playing for one second on the Sabbath was as great as that of playing all day; so, as long as he was in for it, he resolved to carry the tune to the end, and he fiddled away with a reckless vehemence. Presently he became aware that the music was both wilder and sweeter than before, and that there was more of it.
"Naturally, sir; the colours are atrocious." "And the words a mere blatant boast!" He groaned and left me, for we were now well into a suburb of detached villas, many of them of a squalid character, and presently we had halted at the station.
"And they could never guess your eyes until the little smile runs up to light their chandeliers." "Dear me! Like a janitor!" " or the chin, until the little smile does curly things all around it " "There, now calm yourself the doctor will be here presently and you know, you're among friends "
Presently any or all of them might be waked and sent out into the flying death and dangers of the battlefield, but in the meantime their immediate and only interest was in getting what sleep they could.
"What I said just what I said. Why aren't you fair?" "Ah, this is at least a reproach!" She coloured to the roots of her hair. "It looks as if you were trying to make out that I am disagreeable," she murmured. "Am I? You will make me afraid to open my mouth presently. I shall end by believing I am no good." Her head drooped a little.
But presently I came upon a body of Selenites, led by two who were curiously different, even in form, from any of these we had seen hitherto, with larger heads and smaller bodies, and much more elaborately wrapped about.
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