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"Let me follow out my idea to the end," said Quarles, leaning over the table, and emphasizing his words by patting the cloth with his open hand. "Three years ago things were rather bad on the Stock Exchange, one or two men in the House were hammered, and several respected firms were shaky.
He moved away to the table on which he had flung his revolver, and stood there with his back to her. He was swaying a little on his feet. Without looking at her, he spoke, his voice shaky, wholly unfamiliar. "You had better go. I I am not safe. This damned fever has got into my brain." She leaned against the door in silence.
The closet in which the boys were confined was built right against the rear end of the mill. Its dimensions were ample eight feet long and about four wide. Underneath was the wasteway, but its usual roar was now subdued by an influx of water from the flooded creek. Ned had been quietly examining the situation during the day, and had noted the shaky condition of the floor planks.
Lend a hand and clear away this lot, or we shall have to throw them out of the window. Bring on the doughnuts and the tarts and the shaky stuff in the entry closet, Frank, and let's have a lark." No sooner said than done. Gus took the tarts, Joe the doughnuts, Ed the jelly, and Frank suggested "spoons all round" for the Italian cream.
Well, well, let it pass. But it was touch and go with you, John, for no one could have foreseen that shaky old Gustave would rise to the occasion as he did. And what has he done for you after all? 'He saved my life first, and gave me the Gold Star of Maäsau afterwards, said Rallywood, 'an honour which I share with some monarchs and Major Counsellor. 'Dirt cheap, too! grunted Counsellor.
It came a little nearer, growling again, and showing its teeth in an ugly fashion. "Come here, silly fellow! Does it think I want to steal something?" said Lindsay. "I expect it does," replied Cicely, in rather a shaky voice. "Don't try to touch it! It'll certainly bite you."
The strain made him more shaky than usual, and when telegrams began to flutter in from Radway's relatives a few days later Radway had left no address and so they had been forced to wire to the Halbertons he threw up the sponge altogether. His weakness was Considine's opportunity.
He had asked these theological experts to say whether the Brethren could keep their discipline and yet be considered good Lutherans; and the experts, in reply, had declared their opinion that the Herrnhut Brethren were as loyal Lutherans as any in the land. Thus the Brethren were standing now on a shaky floor.
Directly a flag broke out over the tin roof and in a short time the boat was at the transport's side. Full of enthusiasm, and with high hopes for the immediate future, the boys and the Major descended to the shaky little craft and the transport steamed off, her rails lined with soldiers and civilians cheering the boys and wishing them good luck.
Beauvayse nodded, and drew the elder man's attention, with a look, to the strong young hand that held a choice Havana just accepted from the offered case. "Shaky, isn't it? and yet I didn't punish the champagne much last night. It's sheer excitement, just what one feels before riding a steeplechase, or going into Action early on a raw morning.
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