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"And then, perhaps, the Greek loan is engaging your attention," said Catherine; "or, mayhap, some reciprocity treaty is not prospering." The malice of this last sally told, for Jane blushed deeply, and I felt overwhelmed with confusion. "But pray come the drive will do you good." "Your ladyship will, I am certain, excuse"
Gentlemen of the block house, we are but twelve, and they may beat us back, in which case those that are left of us will fight it out with you here. Watch for us, therefore, and have a sally party ready. Forward, men!" "One moment, Captain Percy," said Rolfe. "Chanco, where's the Emperor?" "Five suns ago he was with the priests at Uttamussac," answered the Indian.
She's a dairy maid I married to a diamond thief by mistake. My ignorance of women is complete. Sally Walker's duplicity wasn't necessary to convince me of that but your own conduct completely crushed my vanity." "The crushing has improved you, I think.
During the siege of Suffolk the Sixteenth took an active part on the defensive side, and had the honor of two engagements with the enemy, in one sally losing one killed and seven wounded, and in a sort of half battle across the Nansemond river, two killed and eight wounded. "But though we did not suffer much from the enemy, we did a good deal from General Peck.
"You think he's going to buy me up?" "He's going to make his offer. What'll you do?" "Well what can I do? Would you marry him?" "That's not the question. There's no chance of him asking me. You can't speculate on whether you'll marry a man until he asks you your mind is biassed before then." "I don't believe you'd marry any one," said Sally. "It's quite probable," she replied laconically.
But she was not so obliging if mere pleasure took Sally away from her maternal duties. Sally told Martie that there was no asking Lyd to help, either she did it voluntarily, or wild horses couldn't make her do it at all. If her younger sisters entrusted their children to Aunt Lydia, she was an adoring and indulgent aunt.
When the men had finished and discussed the day's proceedings, the remainder of the pig, fruits, and vegetables, were consumed by the females, among whom, we are bound to state, Sally was the greatest gourmand.
Sally came down to the courts and listened to his cross-examination of the woman who against a thousand incriminating circumstances was fighting, with white lips and piteously hunted eyes, to keep her name from the mud into which Traill was striving to drag it. There she saw the cruelty in him again.
Perce's reply did not reach Sally, but there was an exchanged kiss with Mrs. Perce, and then her coat and hat were off and she was conscious of overpowering warmth and kippers and a general sizzle of comfort and plenty. "Had your tea?" demanded Mrs. Perce. "Have another. Come on. Plenty of kippers. Perce! Sally's eating your kippers!"
They descended upon the serious ones with such exhilaration that even the neatly tied-up boxes were threatened with violence. "We are going to give a 'Dingus' tonight," shouted Betty, "and you are not going to spoil it as you did our ghost party. Sally, this time you two will be left off the committee, then perhaps we can have our fun without your interference.
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