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That person was in a quandary, because he could not gather what it was that Barbarossa wished him to say.
He regarded from under his white eyebrows this man he could not bring himself to take into his confidence at this juncture; and the other went on with his intimate outpourings, and as remote from his hearer as though he had been talking on a hill-top a mile away. He was in a bit of a quandary now as to the steamer Sofala. Ultimately every hitch in the port came into his hands to undo.
"I am in a regular quandary," said the mistress of the house, when the meal was about half over. Mr. Van Brunt looked up for an instant, and asked, "what about?" "Why, how I am ever going to do to get those apples and sausage-meat done? If I go to doing 'em myself, I shall about get through by spring." "Why don't you make a bee?" said Mr. Van Brunt.
So after dinner comes in my brother Tom, and he tells me how he hath seen the father and mother of the girl which my cozen Joyces would have him to have for a wife, and they are much for it, but we are in a great quandary what to do therein, L200 being but a little money; and I hope, if he continues as he begins, he may look out for one with more.
In spite of her quandary, Rose could not help smiling as she recalled Mac's comparison, for Emma turned so red with spiteful chagrin, she seemed to have added strawberry ice to the other varieties composing the Harlequin. "Each must judge for herself.
Hard, by has not come up yet, nor a-weary, nor rehearse, nor quandary. Oh, there are lots of them lurking yet, a whole stomachful. It would be well to get rid of some of them by purging; there should be an impressive explosion when orotundity makes its windy exit. However, he is pretty well cleaned out, except for what may be left in the lower bowels.
He decided at length to lay the matter before her frankly in detail, eliminating only the admission of Gentleman Geoff's identity. He respected the dead man's confidence, but it only precipitated him into a fresh quandary. Billie's naïve surprise when the question of her surname arose brought the matter to a crisis in his mind. "Why, I'm just 'Billie, I suppose," she had stammered.
The girl looked at him saucily, and the offending visitor shrugged his shoulders as he quietly started for the door. "Tut, tut, my dear! I shall reprimand the girl." "You shall discharge her at once!" insisted Mrs. Trubus, her eyes flashing. "She will disgrace the office and the great cause." Trubus was in a quandary. He looked about him.
I do not know whether you are at all used with our Scottish form; but in case you are not I will find your places for you; and Dr. Henry Gray, of St. This put me in a quandary. It was a degree of risk I was scarce prepared for.
I did not would not, for the world, hurt your feelings in earnest, my dear; why do you desire so earnestly to know whether or not I ever say my prayers?" "Oh, don't bother, man," rejoined Bang, resuming his usual friendly tone; "you had better say boldly that you do not, without any roundaboutation." "But why, my dear Bang, why do you ask the question?" persisted Wagtail, in a deuced quandary.
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