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He stared at her in absolute horror. "I don't believe you've any conscience at all," he said. "I haven't," she sniffled. "I'm too miserable." And throwing herself into the nearest armchair she wept copiously at the thought of her many injuries. Uncertain whether to fly or to remain, Jimmy gazed at her gloomily. "Well, I'M not laughing myself to death," he said.
Three of the American skippers had been quartered on the gunroom mess, and they were all at table. Snuff, snuff, smelled one, and another sniffled, "Gunpowder, I guess, and in a state of ignition." "Will you not send for the gunner, sir?" said the third. Splinter did not like it, I saw, and this quailed me. The captain's bell rang. "What smell of brimstone is that, steward?"
Denbigh said that, and then Peggy sniffled some more, and I heard him ask her: "What is it, dear?" "Dear," your grandmother.
"The same shirt, and he hasn't had it off once in all this time." But three days was all Wolf Larsen allowed him in which to recover from the effects of the beating. On the fourth day, lame and sore, scarcely able to see, so closed were his eyes, he was haled from his bunk by the nape of the neck and set to his duty. He sniffled and wept, but Wolf Larsen was pitiless.
"Had a bad night." "I'm real sorry, cap'n, I surely am," Tom blubbered. "To think that he did it all fer my Sammy." "How is yer kid?" the captain questioned. "He's better, thank the Lord. The doctor got there jist in time. But fer you and Rod he'd be dead now." "Cut that out, Tom. I'm not used to sich stuff." "But I can't help it, cap'n," the visitor sniffled.
What shall I do?" she wailed, beginning to weep in earnest. Katherine gave vent to an exclamation that sent a nearby chipmunk scampering away in a panic. She looked around for Miss Judy, but Miss Judy was deep in the woods with the other councilors getting up a stunt to entertain the girls after supper. "Where's Jane Pratt?" asked Katherine. "I don't know," sniffled Carmen.
The household below stairs was inclined to tears; old Jonas sniffled and shuffled about, shrunken hands hanging helpless, mild eyes following his young mistress as she moved decisively from room to room, gathering up or indicating to servants what she required for her journey. Shawls, handbags, umbrellas, cloaks, and trunk were packed and strapped and carried off below.
I told him Vesta would never marry him, as he was too plain and poor. But I never thought you would marry that " Here Rhoda sniffled warningly. "Yes," exclaimed the old lady, catching the sniffle; "I never thought you would marry that! But Bill is as dear a fool as ever. He says now that Meshach Milburn is a good man, too. I never thought he was above a " Rhoda sniffled earnestly.
MacRae could see Gower's life in detached pictures, life that consisted of making money and spending it, life with a woman who whined and sniffled and complained. These things had been a slow torture. MacRae could no longer regard this man as a squat ogre, merciless, implacable, ready and able to crush whatsoever opposed him.
The tramp started up as if he had been struck by a whip. "And stay away," added our hero. "I'm an abused man," sniffled Brady, trying the pathetic tack again. "You're talking Greek to me about diamonds, and that such. Suppose I was a bad one once, ain't I a reformed man now?" "No, nor never will be, until you tell what dodge you're up to in getting Ned into your clutches again."
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