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I want the wind to blow, and the waves to be mountains high." "I wish something would blow, and I wish I had two little slave girls to fan me as they do in India." Zoë. "I don't think I should; they would be so hot themselves, poor things, I should be quite sorry all the time." Oscar. "I vote for a hard frost, like Gatty, then we should have such splendid skating on the sea." Serena. Gatty.
Serena had never been admitted to his confidence regarding Lilian's story; to her, the suicide was merely a woful result of disordered health. "But for her," she continued, smiling archly, "I should perhaps not have married you. I was with doubts about myself and about you. Then I went to Mrs. Quarrier, and what a thing to do! asked her what she thought of you!
Thus, even as late as 1809, when a portrait of King Ferdinand arrived at Coquimbo, the oil-painting was received with the honours accorded to a symbol of Deity. A special road was made for it from Coquimbo to La Serena, the capital of the province. This task occupied many days.
They must think you're pretty familiar with them." "Good land, Serena! I've been familiar with Zuba all my life. If I was to put on airs with her she'd take me down in a hurry." Mrs. Dott sighed. "I'm afraid you did forget yourself," she declared. "I think if you could hear what the Fenholtzes are saying about us now you'd be ashamed. I'm sure I should." And at that very moment Mr.
There were seafaring uncles, who had brought home trophies; there were men in the family, who had died for their country if they had not filled eminent positions; others who had. How this branch of the family seemed to have dwindled away! Serena Thatcher was more than pleased with her cousin, though she felt somewhat awed by his attainments and his rather punctilious ways. Mrs.
Merla's diagnosis of her destination had been a correct one; Francesca made her way slowly through the hot streets in the direction of Serena Golackly's house on the far side of Berkeley Square. To the blessed certainty of finding a game of bridge, she hopefully added the possibility of hearing some fragments of news which might prove interesting and enlightening.
"He's a man," he said shortly, "or an apology for one. I know how to deal with a MAN his kind, anyway." Azuba nodded. "I should say you did," she observed. "Well, if you'd like to hear the whole yarn, how I come to suspect him and all, I can tell you. You see " But Daniel would not listen. "I don't want to hear it," he said. "Tell Serena, if you want to, when she comes home.
"If you had led your highest club to start with, instead of the nine, we should have saved the trick," remarked Lady Caroline to her partner in a tone of coldly, gentle reproof; "it's no use, my dear," she continued, as Serena flustered out a halting apology, "no earthly use to attempt to play bridge at one table and try to see and hear what's going on at two or three other tables."
"Are they like lodge meetings at home? This is my first trip here, you know." "Humph!" grunted his companion. "You're in luck." "Talk, don't they?" "Talk! Good Lord! Say, Dan, if I get to sleep and you notice Annette looking this way, nudge me, that's a good fellow." He settled himself in his chair and closed his eyes. Daniel turned to his wife. "Serena," he murmured.
But Sybil and Serena delighted in drawing her out while they were all three reading aloud to her in turns their English History.
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