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Still keeping her attention riveted on him, she picked up a book to mask her occupation and pretended to be turning its pages. She was glad she had done so, for a minute later old Hoff wheeled suddenly and looked sharply about him. Apparently having his suspicions disarmed by seeing only herself and the clerk there, he turned again to the bookshelves.
I told her the whole story of your ankle, sir, for instance." "On my word, Grizel, you seem to have omitted nothing!" "Ah, but I did," she cried. "I never told her how much I wanted you to be admirable; I pretended that I despised you merely, and in reality I was wringing my hands with woe every time you did not behave like a god." "They will be worn away, Grizel, if you go on doing that."
"It is true it is true!" said the pretended nephew, in a tone of great anguish, and with trembling lips which the blood had forsaken. "Horrible to look either to his past or his future! But but we have heard of him no more no one ever has learned his fate. And poor Catherine and poor Philip -had it come to this?
She had never pretended to herself that he was good and noble she had loved him for something quite different because he was young and had brought her back her own youth, because he had a handsome face and soft, dark eyes, because in spite of all his cheek and knowingness he had in her sight a queer, appealing innocence.... He was like a child, even if it was a spoilt, selfish child.
"I ain't larned an' I never pretended to be," said Reuben, piously, "but the Lord has used me well in His time an' I'm thankful to Him." "Now that's monstrous odd," commented the ancient cynic, "for lookin' at it from the outside, I'd say He'd used you about as bad as is His habit in general."
In fact, he was awfully friendly with me. To tell you the strict truth, and absolutely in confidence, I really believe he was in love with me!" "No?" "Yes, truly! We women have a way of knowing when a man is in love with us. He used to be around at the house all the time. Of course, he pretended that he came around because he liked Sis and Gerald " "Gerald?" "That's Mr. Lawrence.
For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth. They all arose instantly and vied with each other as to who should heap the most abusive epithets upon Jesus, whom they termed a low-born miscreant, who aspired to being their Messiah, and pretended to be entitled to sit at the right hand of God.
His pretended absorption in a document that their own news showed held only the one item of interest couldn't mislead his Clan Mother and his sponsor. "Ka'ruchaya . . ." Hovan said hesitantly. "I know, ruesten. The Lords burden him beyond what most are asked to endure." "Even more than you know, Ka'ruchaya, and it troubles me.
The mercer indeed made a long harangue of the great loss they have daily by lifters and thieves; that it was easy for them to mistake, and that when he found it he would have dismissed me, etc., as above. As to the journeyman, he had very little to say, but that he pretended other of the servants told him that I was really the person.
And when, half a year later, the child could point to a letter and identify it plainly and unmistakably 'O' the parents' cup was full. The mother admitted frankly that she had not expected this final proof of understanding. Aunt Annie and father pretended not to be surprised, but it was a pretence merely.
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