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However, he said to himself that he would send back the valedictory which he had not yet read by post, with a polite note, and that would be the end. But it was only the next evening that Robert Lloyd with the valedictory in hand got off the trolley-car in front of the Brewster house.
So we are preparing all the papers for him to file an application in his own name. Afterward I propose either to purchase from him the rights to use it, or to buy the thing outright at a reasonable figure. In either case, the deal will net him quite an income and place him beyond the possibility of financial worry so long as he lives." Oh, the relief that surged over Robert Morton!
"But don't think, Robert," she said, "that because Michael resists your wishes and authority, he will be enjoying himself. He will hate doing it, but that will not stop him." Lord Ashbridge was not a bully; he had merely a profound sense of his own importance. "We will see about resistance," he said.
Starling's to drink our morning draft, and there I told him how I would have him speak to my uncle Robert, when he comes thither, concerning my buying of land, that I could pay ready money L600 and the rest by L150 per annum, to make up as much as will buy L50 per annum, which I do, though I not worth above L500 ready money, that he may think me to be a greater saver than I am.
I, too, smiled a little. "Father knew that. And he would never take an active part in them." "He was too fine!" she exclaimed. "And now," I continued, "Cousin Robert has happened to come in contact with them through business. That is what has made the difference in him. Before, he always knew they were corrupt, but he rarely thought about them."
Would you hesitate between a Richelieu, a Mazarin, or a Potemkin, each with his hundreds of millions of francs, and a conscientious Robert Lindet that could make nothing out of assignats and national property, or one of the virtuous imbeciles who ruined Louis XVI.? Go on, Bixiou." "I will not go into the details of the speculation which we owe to Nucingen's financial genius.
It contained a caricature of the Crucifixion, the scroll emanating from Mary Magdalene's mouth, in particular, containing obscenities which cannot be quoted here. Robert thrust it into his pocket and strode on, every nerve quivering. 'This is Wednesday in Passion week, he said to himself. 'The day after to-morrow is Good Friday!
And I sez, "Don't try to train no volcanos, Arvilly; you would find them worse to handle than any man you ever tackled." "Well," sez she dreamily, "I believe it could be done." Robert Strong and Dorothy stood clost together, he a-protectin' her, as I spozed.
"Hold the candle, Robert," he said, "and let us look at this poor little arm." It was not one bruise, but four slender, purple marks, such as might have been made by the four fingers of a powerful hand, that had grasped the delicate wrist a shade too roughly.
Now, Robert may not have made a wise choice, but it is certainly a distinguished one. It can be understood and it commands respect." "Oh, yes, his is a thorough-going emotion, and one couldn't find a fault with its object. A strong man is always a man who feels strongly and who can carry his feeling into action.
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