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"How the girl wrote it, how that woman's daughter could have written such an essay, is a puzzle to me," said the Countess afterwards to her husband. But Mrs. Aylmer was unconscious that any such remarks were uttered. She was thinking of her own dazzling future, of what Dawlish would mean to her in the time to come, of what Sukey would say, what Ann Pratt would say, what other neighbors would say.
How a hardened crust can form over a crack is a real puzzle it seems to argue extremely slow movement. Dead reckoning, 85° 22' 1'' S., 159° 31' E. In the broader crevasses this morning we noticed that it was the lower edge of the bridge which was rotten, whereas in all in the glacier the upper edge was open.
I can't make it out," said Count Otto. There was something in his expression that again moved Mrs. Bonnycastle to mirth. "How we do puzzle you Europeans! You look quite bewildered." "I'm sorry I look so I try to hide it. But of course we're very simple. Let me ask then a simple earnest childlike question. Are her parents also in society?" "Parents in society? D'ou tombez-vous?
This, by itself, was nothing very remarkable; the puzzle was, how could he do it now? Out of all the wreck of his small memory, why was this song, the meaning of which he had never understood, the sole survivor? Was it that his affection for Mr. Pennroyal had kept it alive? So might a sentimentalist have concluded; but the Doctor was a man of sense. Was it that the boy was shamming?
"It appears you have a taste for feeling good," said the Doctor. "Now, there you puzzle me extremely; for I thought you said you were a thief; and the two are incompatible." "Is it very bad to steal?" asked Jean-Marie. "Such is the general opinion, little boy," replied the Doctor. "No; but I mean as I stole," explained the other. "For I had no choice.
"The mate understands," he said, "and the crew will obey. I told them that the Admiral was going out with us to inspect the lock. But the presence of a woman aboard will puzzle them. I have placed the Princess in the mate's cabin so no one can molest her. We have other things to keep us occupied."
Channing, or whether Hamish went over them aloud. If only the latter, could the faults be concealed? She knew nothing of book-keeping, and was unable to say. Leaving her to puzzle over the matter, we will return to Hamish himself.
Old ladies, not unfrequently, wear their old coal-scuttle bonnets long past the fashion, but it is from want. This man is his own master and not poor. His companion is a negro, and his taste a mouldy hat, old as America. How happy are we that it is not necessary to pry into such minds! A little refinement is the next blessing to religion." "Your father's mind is a puzzle, too, Vesta.
The geological problems that now puzzle us would be quickly solved could we only go far enough into space and had we only powerful enough telescopes.
Nothing serious, I hope." "Oh, no, I guess not. But then I want to be sure, and I guess you can fix her up all right. She complains of not being able to sleep and has been having pretty bad headaches now and then." "Is that so? Well, that's too bad. These women and their headaches even as a doctor they puzzle me. They often go away as suddenly as they come. However, it will do no harm to see me."
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