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"We may be here for an hour," I said, "and there is no buffet car on. If I remember my youth, that bell means ham and eggs and country butter and coffee. If you care to run the risk " "I am not hungry," she said, "but perhaps a cup of coffee dear me, I believe I am hungry," she finished. "Only " She glanced back of her. "I can bring your companion," I suggested, without enthusiasm.
A boy was found who could not refuse to run that great risk, who could not betray himself by indiscreet speech because he was dumb. In order to allay certain rumours which were going the round of Europe, the National Convention sent three of its members to visit the Dauphin in prison, and they themselves have left a record that he answered none of their questions and spoke no word to them. Why?
The wind favoured us, and either the captain or his mate were continually sounding with long poles, to avoid the risk of running on any hidden sandbank which might lie in our course. The appearance of the banks was greatly changed: long grass and shrubs grew on spots before concealed by water; small islands covered with vegetation were seen where we had supposed no land existed.
If he wanted an easy distraction from self criticism it may be a convenient refuge from the scruples, or even the pangs, of conscience it was profusely supplied by the startling affairs of which he formed a part, the singular characters with whom he was placed in contact, the risk and responsibility which seemed suddenly to have encompassed him with their ever-stimulating influence, and, lastly, by the novelty of foreign travel, which, even under ordinary circumstances, has a tendency to rouse and stir up even ordinary men.
To collect books that have been dishonoured or honoured in this way, books that at the risk of heavy punishment have been saved from the public fire or the common hangman, is no mean amusement for a bibliophile.
"He has an air of uprightness about him; and so has that brother-in-adversity of yours, more polish to him! He must be a noble fellow, though. I can't get over his volunteering, without the most distant obligation to risk his life for me not even a sailor. And yet he won't be friendly, do what I will. As formal as you please that's pride, I suppose he's Scotch too, isn't he?
Hume left the tracks, made a detour which brought him to a point from which he could study those clumps of brush. No sign except that line of prints pointed to the woods. And if the party kept on, they might well come upon the L-B! He decided to risk it. But when they were less than a couple of yards from the tree fringe his hand shot up to direct Chambriss to fire towards the quivering bush.
He recommended to my notice the political works of Paine, particularly his Rights of Man, and applauded my determination never to mingle religious with political discussions, and never to risk the cause of liberty by doing any thing which could excite religious prejudices. Mr.
There was, of course, the risk of discovery, in which case I should certainly be convicted of the murder. But if no discovery occurred, I was not only safe from suspicion, but I secured the fifty thousand pounds. In either case there was considerable risk, but in one there was the certainty of loss, whereas in the other there was a material advantage to justify the risk.
"Then she has sent me this wire and this message?" "She must have," I agreed. "In that case we had better push on for the Scollays at once and see what she means." "You don't think it's a trap?" asked my uncle. Jack Whiteclett smiled slightly. The idea of the Navy pausing to weigh the risk appeared to amuse him. "We must take our chance," he said briefly. "We've both got our shooting irons."
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