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'What do you mean? Speak! she said. He appeared to collect himself; and then, with a smile, 'The Prince, he said, 'must go once more a-hunting. 'Ay, if he would! cried she, 'and stay there! 'And stay there, echoed the Baron. It was so significantly said, that her face changed; and the schemer, fearful of the sinister ambiguity of his expressions, hastened to explain.
He had glanced round to see who it was, but at once turned his head again. 'Will you forgive me for keeping this secret from you, father? 'Forgive you? he replied in a hard, deliberate voice. 'I assure you it is a matter of perfect indifference to me. You are long since of age, and I have no power whatever to prevent your falling a victim to any schemer who takes your fancy.
Then he added, "The edifice must lie on the ground, and I must be under it. If the experiment is not made, if universal horror does not attest and proclaim the amazing destructive power of my explosive, people will consider me a mere schemer, a visionary! . . . A lot of dead, a lot of blood, that is what is needed in order that blood may for ever cease to flow!"
He was a figure, wicked some said, a schemer many said, a rock of refuge for his friends said more. This was the man, no uncommon type in the great cities of the great republic. As for the woman, I write with greater hesitation. I can tell of her in this place but in vague outline.
"And what are you going to do?" asked the proprietor of the unmanageable curls and the wondering eyes. "I scarcely know yet, myself," said the schemer. "It seems certain that no time is to be lost. You say that old Mr. Crawford may die any day.
The call of Mrs. Harris relieved Lucille of an unpleasant situation. Secretly, Lucille was pleased to escape from Dr. Argyle. Something in his manner told her that he was not sincere; that he was a schemer, perhaps a fortune-seeker, and she gladly rejoined her mother. Mrs. Harris and her children often wondered how matters were progressing at home.
Albert recoiled. He had had enough of speculation where the butler was concerned. Where that schemer was allowed to get within reach of it, hard cash melted away. "What are you going to do?" "Never you mind what I'm going to do. I 'ave my methods. All I 'ave to say to you is that tomorrow or the day after Mr.
Decorous and self-poised, he was only passionate before the enemy, but he rarely permitted a disrespectful look or word to escape condign and deliberate chastisement. He was no schemer or dreamer. He was no knight errant. He would not have crossed seas and mountains to rescue a captive queen, nor have sought to place her crown on his own head as a reward for his heroism.
'I did tell him we should be there, my dear. 'He appears to have a pleasure in meeting you. 'He is one of the real gentlemen of the land. 'You correspond with him? 'I may not be the only one. 'Foolish aunty! How can you speak to me in that senseless way? cried Aminta. 'You know the schemer he is, and that I have no protection from his advances unless I run the risk of bloodshed.
I had all the sensations of an aspiring young brave who for the first time is admitted to the councils of the tribe! "It ought to be a popular bill, too," Mr. Schemer was saying, with a smile of ironic appreciation at the thought of demagogues advocating it. "We should have one of Lawler's friends introduce it." "Oh, we shall have it properly introduced," replied Mr. Wading.
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