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Lucia listened eagerly, and gradually Rebecca grew more courageous, and declared that she was not at all afraid; that is, if Lucia would solemnly promise never to tell of their creeping down to the shore and cutting the rope that held the tree to the stake. "Of course I never would tell," said Lucia, who was now out of bed and dressing as rapidly as possible.
The impression of an uninhabited wilderness was heightened by great numbers of pelicans and cranes, who stood sleepily on one foot or stalked solemnly about pursuing their fishing in the shallows. There was only one place where the outline of the coast was broken.
"Manitou knows what is best," said the Indian solemnly. "He directs all. But His ways are very dark. Whitewing cannot understand them." "Still, we must act, you know," suggested the trapper. "Yes, we must act; and I ask counsel of my brother, because it may be that Manitou shall cause wisdom and light to flow from the lips of the white man."
Before his wife bought a new gown she submitted the style and colors to what seems literally to have been her other half, and he solemnly pondered over both before pronouncing his august and final opinion. If they had children, the interest was naturally extended. His concern in health and in illness, in play and in study, was nothing short of meticulous.
But when he does attempt it, yes, when he summons out the Society to sit deliberative on this matter, and consult the oracles upon it, and solemnly settle it in the name of God; then, if never before, he should try to be a little in the right in settling it!
'Pon my soul, I admire him. I sometimes wish " He broke off and hesitated. "Yes, Charles?" I answered. "I sometimes wish ... we had got him on the Board of the Cloetedorp Golcondas. Mag nificent combinations he would make in the City!" I rose from my seat and stared solemnly at my misguided brother-in-law. "Charles," I said, "you are beside yourself.
Hardinge received us both without surprise, and totally without any show of resentment. It was about the time he expected our return, and no surprise was felt at finding this expectation realized, as a matter of course, while resentment was almost a stranger to his nature. We all shed tears, the girls sobbing aloud; and we were both solemnly blessed.
"Meanwhile, take yerself away from this end o' the boat, and stay away from it; and don't ye ever raise yer hands agin' any man that lives in this end o' the boat, or things'll happen to ye. Now git." He drew forth the brick, and they left his vicinity. "Captain Williams," said Murphy, solemnly, "that was a close call. If ye'll take my advice, Captain, ye won't lay hands on 'em."
We had to keep before the country the flagrant inconsistency of the President's position. We intended to know why, if democracy were so precious as to demand the nation's blood and treasure for its achievement abroad, its execution at home was so undesirable. Meanwhile: "I tell you solemnly, ladies and gentlemen, we cannot any longer postpone justice in these United States"-President Wilson.
Major White, with whom she shook hands en camarade, gazed at her solemnly. "Who are the Haberdashers' Assistants?" he asked. Miss Ferriby sat down with a grave face. "Oh, it is a splendid charity," she answered. "Tony will tell you all about it.
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