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It is not our Plassenburg custom between two young men, well surrounded with brisk lads. Three seconds, and three to meet them point to point, was more our ancient way." "It was specially arranged at the request of the Count you Reuss," I told the Prince. "If there is to be no fighting of seconds, what do you say to old Dessauer?
Ida made pretence of eating a piece of toast; the Squire mopped up the tea upon his clothes, and then drank some more. Meanwhile the remorseless seconds crept on. It wanted but five minutes to the hour, and the hour would, she well knew, bring the man with it. The five minutes passed slowly and in silence.
Me and him don't seem to cotton to each other." "Here, Rusty," she commanded, "down!" Together Aunt Josephine and Michael removed the still protesting Rusty. No sooner was the door shut than the Clutching Hand moved over swiftly to it. For a few seconds, he stood gazing at them as they disappeared down-stairs. Then he came back into the center of the room.
He knew that the lady had that sum in her pocket-book. He was sure she spoke truthfully. Her very denunciation of him was a proof that she had not meant to deceive him. She hesitated a moment, but she would have given him the money. In a few seconds more he would have made her take the letter and give him the price she promised.
"Victory! We are seventy-two cents ahead on the week, and everything paid up!" Mr. King opened his eyes they had been closed less than five seconds. "Well, let it be twenty though just why I'm sure I don't know. And we'll give you a four weeks' trial. When will you begin?" "Now," answered the young man, glancing about the room.
This view of the matter, affected the Old Man in an extraordinary manner; as it did, I believe, the Second Mate. And neither spoke for a moment. Then the Skipper burst out. "By Gad! Jessop," he said. "If you're right, the Lord have mercy on us." He thought for a couple of seconds. Then he spoke again, and I could see that he was pretty well twisted up: "My God!... if you're right!"
'Twas all one to my uncle Toby he smoked his pipe on with unvaried composure his heart never intended offence to his brother and as his head could seldom find out where the sting of it lay he always gave my father the credit of cooling by himself. He was five minutes and thirty-five seconds about it in the present case.
Almost mechanically the young Kentuckian yielded obedience; and in ten seconds after the two horsemen had cleared the waggon clump, with the shouting crowd that encircled it and were going at full gallop across the sand-strewn plain. Nearly simultaneous with the departure of the two horsemen came the closing scene of the conflict. Indeed it ended on the instant of their riding off.
Like a falling star the spark whirled earthward in a wide curve, glowed for a few seconds on the lawn below, and slowly died out. Then an inexplicable thing occurred. Unthinkingly she had turned over and extended her arm, searching in the darkness behind her.
"I can't swim worth a cent," he muttered grimly, "but I'm a-going to try. If she tumbles quietly into the water, the wind may blow us ashore." A few more seconds passed. I heard a queer noise and discovered that my teeth were chattering. Thorpe was taking off his boots. The next moment the balloon gave a tremendous bound.
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