United States or Israel ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
At last it was Damia who spoke, asking to be carried into the women's rooms. Gorgo, however, stopped her with a gesture, went close to her and said: "No, wait a minute, mother; first you must hear what I have to say." "What you have to say?" asked her grandmother, shrugging her shoulders. "Yes.
Before he could possibly answer she barred the way by a question as short and dry as possible 'What are you going to London for? 'For many reasons, he said, shrugging his shoulders. 'I have told no one yet not even Elsmere. And indeed I go back to my rooms for a while from here. But as soon as Term begins I become a Londoner.
"Laugh on," he said at length, "laugh on, my masters," shrugging his shoulders; "it is not for me to be offended yet would I know full fain from that squire who is laughing with the loudest, how he had discovered this unhappy blot in an otherwise spotless lineage, and for what purpose he hath made it known?"
"I must tell her something, and I don't think a storm will come so soon." "Of course it won't come for a long while," called Miss Mina. Through the open door she had overheard the warning and had stepped outside to say: "Just go to Martha, Cornelli; the storm won't come for a long time, I am sure." So the child flew away while Esther passed Miss Mina, silently shrugging her shoulders.
She was snappy even with Loveday, and matters came to an open quarrel with Hilary, who, as prefect, was inclined to be dictatorial. A war of words followed; Hilary threatened to appeal to Miss Todd, and Diana, defeated but unrepentant, retired vowing vengeance. "I'll pay you out some day; see if I don't!" she declared hotly. "You're not worth noticing!" retorted Hilary, shrugging her shoulders.
So instead of shrugging his shoulders, and making believe very busy with something else, as he had often done under Miss Bethia's threatening lectures, he sat looking out of the window with so grave a face, that she in her turn, made a little pause, of surprise, and watched him as she went on with her work.
And now when I come to you, nobly trusting your chivalrous word, now it turns out that you have deceived me, and that those important papers do not exist at all." "Ah, believe me there are papers here perhaps even more important than the documents you are looking for," said Bonnier, shrugging his shoulders.
"Very good! very kind!" replied Schriften, surveying the lovely face and figure of Amine. After a times shrugging up his shoulders, he added "A pity! Yes, it is! Must be, though." "Farewell!" continued Amine, holding out her hand to Schriften. The man took it, and a cold shudder went to her heart; but she, expecting such a result, would not appear to feel it.
Ptaha listened and looked askance at him in wonder, continually shrugging his shoulders. After going nearly five miles the constables and the tramp sat down on a mound to rest. "Even a dog knows his name," Ptaha muttered. "My name is Andryushka, his is Nikandr; every man has his holy name, and it can't be forgotten. Nohow."
"I will stop," he said, after a pause, shrugging his shoulders as he accepted the strange offer made him. "Why should I not? It is your agent who has lied, not I." "We shall see," replied the other, without emotion. "There is one thing, however, I must name to you. I know that you are a gallant among the ladies, M, de Bercy.
Word Of The Day