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He read himself asleep at last over the office magazines, and was awakened by a hurried step on the porch and a gust of November night air on his warm face. "What are you doing here?" was the question which assaulted him. "Sitting up for you," was Chester's sleepy reply. He rubbed his eyes. "Thought you might like to have me see you off:"
Parton in his essay speaks of seeing Webster at a public dinner, sitting at the head of the table with a bottle of Madeira under his yellow waistcoat, and looking like Jove.
'Where is the harm? only a few tears; and it's an excellent lesson for her, an excellent lesson. 'What is the matter? asked Ralph, drawing a chair opposite, and sitting down. He was rather taken aback by the sudden firmness with which Kate looked up and answered him.
In the sitting room a lamp was burning, and a patch of light fell about his chair. He wanted to tell the young man of the trouble that had fallen upon the household, and yet he dreaded to hear his footstep. Tom was so proud of his sister, had always looked up to her, had regarded her whims as an intellectual diversion; and now what a disappointment. How sadly would his heart be wrung.
Here and there after rain she thought she could see traces, but never was she able to track them far. Once more came the night of the full moon, and once more in the middle of the night Little Sister started up and heard feet running away in the distance. She called, but no answer came back to her. So on the third full moon she waited, sitting in the door of the hut, and would not sleep.
This ceremony over, he avowed his intention of sitting in somebody's lap unless the young ladies made room for him on the sofa, which being done, after a great deal of tittering and pleasantry, he squeezed himself among them, and likened his condition to that of love among the roses. At this novel jest we all roared once more. 'You should consider yourself highly honoured, sir, said we.
I am so glad you have come. I cannot think what is the matter with Daisy." "With Daisy?" echoed Primrose; "but I left her so bright two hours ago." "She was bright an hour ago, Primrose; she was sitting on the floor with the Pink in her arms, and laughing and chatting.
Endicott thus questioned and doubted, a domestic opened the door of the room in which she was sitting, and said, "Mrs. Adair is in the parlour." "Is she? Say that I will be down in a moment." Mrs. Endicott felt a little surprised at the coincidence of her thought of her friend and that friend's appearance.
The little place seemed to have a good society, and the beauty of the young girls sitting at the doors or walking in the evening showed something of the florid North Europe skins, Batavian eyes, and rotund Dutch or Quaker figures.
He seemed to become very strong then, and sitting bolt upright in bed, he said: "Then I'll fight for it!" We kept him alive for three days, and actually thought we had won when on the third day... But even in your sorrow you must be very proud to have been the mother of such a son.... I am a Wisconsin girl Madison.
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