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He had not seemed to mind going in, and that would have been enough of itself. Frank had followed them up on the porch; the screen door had slammed in his face. He had strolled off, tail depressed; he had lain down in the shade of the front-walk hedge, his ears pricked toward the big white house with the columned porch. It had remained ominously silent inside. The boy had not come out again.
A sudden gust stirred the pine tops, and a sudden, overmastering panic filled her soul. With the violence of frenzy she slammed and bolted her window, and made a wild spring back to the bed. She burrowed down under the blankets, and lay there huddled, not daring to stir for a long, long time. With the first glimmer of day came relief, but she did not sleep.
He's mighty nice, and he's been askin' 'bout yo'." "Oh, shut up!" cried Laura, thoroughly exasperated. The doors of the wardrobe, being loose on their hinges, kept swinging open, and the negress several times had impatiently slammed them shut. Turning to Laura, she went on: "Mis' Farley says " The doors came open again, and hit her in the back. This time the maid lost her temper completely.
Just then one of my boys entered, leaving the door open behind him, and exclaimed: "My! what has been going on here? The bookcase is all one riddle of " I sprang up in consternation, and shouted: "Out of this! Hurry! jump! Fly! Shut the door! Quick, or my Conscience will get away!" The door slammed to, and I locked it.
When the great gate slammed shut, one of them caught the end of his foot in it, and was lamed for the rest of the journey. This old Daddy Long-legs, hobbling along, with a bundle on his back, was the only funny thing in the procession, and made much talk among bystanders on the road. This is the order and the way they looked. Get down with you!"
" an' a hundred!" she concluded, breathless. "Well," the doctor drawled, rubbing his nose, "I'll modify it," whereupon Martha smiled, "just to 'blige you," whereupon she blushed. So he scratched a deal of the letter out; then he sealed it, strode to the stove, opened the door, flung the letter into the flames, slammed the door, and turned with a wondrously sweet smile to the amazed little Jutts.
Then the door slammed behind him and he stood balancing himself with some difficulty on the step, wondering what had happened. By the time he had walked up and down the deserted alley three or four times light was vouchsafed to him and, shivering slightly, he found his own door and went to bed.
Then, without further interference, he slipped the latch of the door and slammed it hastily behind him, leaving Brett silently laughing at Hussein-ul-Mulk and his remaining confederate, whilst the gentleman who had been upset was slowly regaining his disturbed gravity.
Racing across the platform, they bumped against the door at the same instant, burst it noisily open, and slammed it behind them with a bang that shook the entire building. "What kind of a cyclone has struck us now?" growled the ticket agent, who was in the next room.
Before she could speak another word the carriage door was violently slammed to, and the guard's sharp shrill whistle heralded the departure of the train. With a cry, Vera sprang towards the door; before she could reach it, Maurice, who had perceived instantly what had happened, had let down the window and was shouting to the porter. It was too late. The train was off.
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