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Here he took up the cigar he had thrown aside when his son had first startled him by the announcement of his marriage, and relighting it, began to smoke peaceably. "I am, as I say, growing old. I have never found what is called love. You have or think you have! Enjoy your dream, Humphry but take my advice and go abroad! See whether travel does not work a change in you or, in her!"
Colonel Ashley, roused from his reverie as he sat in his club, gazing out on the busy, fashionable, hurrying, jostling, worried, happy, sad, and otherwise throngs that swept past the big Fifth avenue windows, shifted himself in the comfortable leather chair, and looked at his cigar. It had gone out, and he decided that it was not worth relighting. "Cigars, too!" ordered Bruce Garrigan.
In sitting down he placed himself as nearly as possible in full view, but with his face toward the mountains. It gave him a preoccupied air to be seen relighting his cigar. It was thus optional with the couple who began to advance along the promenade to pass him by or to pause and address him. Nothing but a shadow warned him of their approach. "Chip " He turned.
"Where's Lizzie?" "I got rid of her," said Captain Barber. "I got a housekeeper because I thought it was time you got married. Now do you see?" "No," said Flower, shortly. Captain Barber laughed softly and, relighting his pipe which had gone out, leaned back in his chair and again winked at his indignant nephew. "Mrs. Banks," he said, suggestively. His nephew gazed at him blankly.
I shall pay fewer and fewer visits at the rectory, and remain longer and longer at Browndown every day. After they are married " He suddenly stopped; the words seemed to stick in his throat. He busied himself in relighting his cigar, and took a long time to do it. "After they are married," I repeated. "What then?"
Fu-Manchu and of the great secret society which sought to upset the balance of the world to place Europe and America beneath the scepter of Cathay. I sat with my elbows upon the writing-table, my chin in my hands; Smith restlessly paced the floor, relighting his blackened briar a dozen times in as many minutes. In the big arm-chair the pseudogypsy was curled up.
"He'd hardly do it straight off like this. He's got no licence nor anything." "She's got that, bless you. Didn't you hear her say so to her father?" "Well," said Tinker Taylor, relighting his pipe at the gas-jet. "Take her all together, limb by limb, she's not such a bad-looking piece particular by candlelight.
He jeopardized his queen so often at chess that Parson Fisher deemed it only honorable to call the major's attention to his misplays, and to allow him to correct them. The saddler post-master noticed that the major usually a most accomplished smoker now consumed a great many matches in relighting each pipe that he filled. Only once during the week did he chance to meet Mrs.
What Briggs?" asked Bobby, relighting his pipe for the fourth time. "Why, our Mr. Briggs," answered Miss Keating, curtly. "I'm sure I don't know, Miss Keating. Has he been around lately?" "I thought you were referring to him in that letter," she said succinctly. "Oh, dear me, no. Another party altogether, Miss Keating.
The black, relighting his torch, hurried out; and soon we heard his voice calling to the other servants to hold the cavaliers' horses, and in a loud voice welcoming the travellers. One of them spoke a few words in return, whereupon the padre started up and rushed out to the front of the house.
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