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'Since I have been occupied with these matters, I have come across strange people, said Dr Porhoët quietly, 'but I agree with Miss Boyd that Oliver Haddo is the most extraordinary. For one thing, it is impossible to know how much he really believes what he says. Is he an impostor or a madman? Does he deceive himself, or is he laughing up his sleeve at the folly of those who take him seriously?
And then came the shot, a revolver no doubt but sounding louder as it echoed through the rooms. Betty started up in terror, both hands grasping Kendric's arm. His own hand had gone its swift way to the gun slung under his coat. They waited a moment, both tense. Then Jim patted her hand reassuringly, removed it from his sleeve and said quietly: "Wait a second. I'll see which one it was."
West, still attired in khaki uniform, but wearing the red chevron of honourable discharge on his left sleeve, sat in the Club writing room, his feet comfortably elevated, endeavouring to extract some entertainment from the evening paper.
The minute we come and stood there we looked at one another and never said a word. When the dog had dug down only a few inches he grabbed something and pulled it up, and it was an arm and a sleeve. Tom kind of gasped out, and says: "Come away, Huck it's found." I just felt awful. We struck for the road and fetched the first men that come along.
So come 'long back to the paddock an' git your fust lesson." The horses toyed and played with him like a couple of children, but went pacing away beside him, now and again pulling at his sleeve, poking at him with their soft muzzles or mumbling at his cheeks with their velvety lips, a pair of petted, peerless creatures and as beautiful as any God had ever created.
This remark made a laugh, but I noticed one of the teamsters wiped his eyes on his coat sleeve and got up and left the crowd, and I saw the tears running down his cheeks. After he had gone, one of the other drivers said, "I pity John, for he thinks he will never see his sweetheart again.
"He does not drink, or smoke, or play; and, I can tell you, he sews like a woman. He mended a shirt for me to-day. A ball had passed through it at Rossbach, making a hole in the left sleeve. I tell you, the shirt looks as if a clever woman had mended it."
He didn't trust himself to keep his temper with the man. As the room emptied, Strong stood at the door and grabbed Kit Barnard by the sleeve. "Hello, spaceman!" he cried. "Long time, no see!" "Hello, Steve," replied Kit, with a slow, warm smile. "Say! Is that the way to greet an old friend after four, or is it five years?" "Five," replied Kit. "You look worried, fellow," said Strong. "I am.
The long flabby face, with the venomous eyes, showed in the streak of moonlight. Mahommed Ibrahim slid inside, took a step forward and drew a long knife from his sleeve. Another move towards the sleeping man, and he was near the bed; another, and he was beside it, stooping over... Now, a cold pistol suddenly thrust in your face is disconcerting, no matter how well laid your plans.
He did not say this till he had exhausted every other entreaty; but at last, gathering her close to him with his one loving arm, "how fortunate," he had before said, "that it is the left arm, because if it were the other I could not hold you so near my heart!" so holding her, he glanced down at the empty sleeve, and whispered, "My darling! who knows?
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