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The next moment a tap came at the door, and when Colonel Fortescue answered, the door opened and Lawrence walked in. The Colonel, who had watched Lawrence closely, saw a subtle change in him. He held his head up, and his face, always handsome, had lost the dissipated, reckless look that dissipated and reckless men readily acquire.
She was more noisy, and her talk was more coarse, and many an oath was on her lips. I saw it, but I didn't care, because I had become quite reckless, and my laugh and my jokes were louder than anyone's in the room. "'Well, wherever you have been, says Bella, 'you're very much improved, Gethin. "'Am I that? says I. 'And how, then?
He never darkened a church door; he was a hard drinker and a reckless man, but as long as he sent those herring up to the manse every spring, as his father had done before him, he felt comfortably sure that his account with the Powers That Govern was squared for the year. He would not have expected a good mackerel catch if he had not so sent the first fruits of the season.
It made her rather nervous to see how much paint he squeezed out on the palette; it seemed to her a reckless prodigality. He eyed her assortment of brushes dubiously, selecting three from the draggled limp collection.
"Don't kill me!" she cried, in the clutch of cowardice for the first time. It was not death that she feared but the phantom of things worse than death that can be conjured to the imagination by the fury of a personality which is utterly reckless and utterly cruel. "Don't kill me!" she shrieked. "What the hell are you doing?" shouted Jim from the other room. "Shut that door," replied Freddie.
In front of him trotted an acolyte, swinging the censer. Ferrol quickly drew Sophie aside behind the bushes, where they should not be seen; for he was no longer reckless. He wished to be careful for the woman's sake. The Curb did not turn his head to the right or left, but came along chanting something slowly. The smell of the incense floated past them.
Accordingly, in those lawless parts, as a rule, order reigns, and disputes and differences are discussed by the village 'gray-beards, who generally are able to arrange a compromise. But in the reckless rage of a lost love the deed is done, which carries its fatal consequences to future generations, as in the case I have mentioned.
And where was Colonel Starbottle all this while? Why didn't he come? He, at least, understood her. He she laughed the reckless, light laugh of a few moments before; and then her face suddenly grew grave, as it had not a few moments before. What was that little red-haired imp doing all this time? Why was she so quiet? She opened the door noiselessly, and listened.
She recalled his lean, pale face so pale that freckles she did not know he had showed through and his eyes, usually so soft and mild, had glinted like steel. Yes, it had been a bitter, reckless face. What had she said to him? She tried to recall it. The night before at twilight Joan had waited for him.
The result was that Kan-ki was repulsed with considerable loss, and was obliged to make the best of his way back to Hujaku's quarters to save the remainder of his men. He was now desperate. Hujaku had declared that if he came back without having gained a victory he should die, and he had no doubt that the man was violent and reckless enough to keep his word. He determined not to submit.
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