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He tried to calm him, and made him keep his arms inside the bed, and tucked the clothes up round his shoulders, and dried his eyes for him, and then sat down by the bedside and looked long at him. "You see," he said, "that is how I knew you. I recognized you at once, that first evening." "But," he went on a moment later, "you knew?... Why didn't you tell me?"
He had now returned to L , heard of the murder, was in doubt what to do, might get himself into trouble if, a mere stranger, he gave an unsupported testimony. But, on the day before the evidence was volunteered, as he was lounging in the streets, he had seen a gentleman pass by on horseback, in whom he immediately recognized the man who, in his belief, was the murderer of Sir Philip Derval.
Still, his doctrine has become less startling, and he has moved in the direction of a greater harmony with the moral judgments of men generally. The conduct he recommends need not, as a rule, differ greatly from that recognized as right by moralists of quite different schools. Such a utilitarian may easily pass over to a form of doctrine which is not utilitarian at all.
He saw that Miss Ford had recognized him, and he at once bowed elegantly. She dropped the window, and said, "You are in evening dress, I think; we will take you in with us." Wilfrid hoped eagerly he might be allowed to hand them to the door, and made three skips across the mire. Emilia had her hands gathered away from the chances of seizure.
What a contrast, I could not help making it, between the insipid speeches of my former friends and the clever talk of this purely literary circle, where ideas and scholarship were recognized and crowned. Mr.
To the eye it had the appearance of a victory for Gregor and a defeat for Karlov, but Cutty had long ago ceased to believe his eyes without some corroborative evidence of auricular character. He had recognized both men. Karlov answered to Kitty's description as an old glove answers to the hand. And no man, once having seen Gregor, could possibly forget his picturesque head. The old chap was alive!
Young as she was, Fledra recognized in him an enemy, and yet his attitude betrayed a personal interest. She had seen him many times during the last few weeks; but had managed to escape him through the connivance of Miss Shellington. Ann had tactfully explained to the girl that Mr.
They thought me unconscious still, and spoke occasionally; little by little I recognized their voices, and understood their words." Her voice broke into a sob, but the Sergeant's eyes were still gazing vigilantly out over the snow-clad hills. "It is hard to tell the rest," she said finally, "but I learned that it was not robbery, but the betrayal of trust.
Some hours after, we observed several people upon an eminence, who seemed to make signals for us. We examined them attentively, and soon recognized them to be our companions in misfortune. We replied to them by attaching a white handkerchief to the top of our mast.
"True, the skill with which, to please Antony, she daily offered him for years fresh charms for every sense, was not a matter of accident." "And this," cried Barine, "this was undertaken by the woman who had recognized the chief good in peace of mind!" "Ay," replied Archibius thoughtfully, "yet this was the inevitable result. Pleasure had been the young girl's object in life.
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