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He spoke sternly, but not unkindly, when he asked if Keith had been doing anything he ought not to do. And naturally enough Keith answered emphatically no. In this way the mystery came closer and closer to him, and became more and more urgent.
She looked up with a sudden flash in her eyes, and said, almost sternly: "You must not look at me in that way, or else even friendship will be impossible and we must become strangers. Perhaps, after all, this will be the wisest course for us both," she added, in a gentler tone.
This investigation, sternly carried out, weighed every point so very closely, and went with so much minuteness into every little incident, that it set the unfortunate manager perspiring, and, indeed, after a while, made him begin to wonder whether he himself were a party to the theft which he had suffered, or a party to assisting the fugitives.
My people had not been sternly religious people, and, theoretically, I didn't think I was doing anything wicked; yet I felt, as I gave my order to the groceryman, as though I were violating every sacred tradition of birth and breeding. After that I tried to do all necessary marketing the day before, and if I needed anything on Sunday I made myself go without it.
There was a brooding death in her eyes when she sternly said to the merchant: "Send him to me at once! Send Hawke! Go! Waste not a moment!" And then she swore an oath of vengeance, which would have made Hugh Fraser Johnstone shudder, as he sat drinking champagne cup with his guest. "One for you, my lady!" he had laughed, grimly, as the woman whom he had tricked drove swiftly away.
But that's no use here. These fellows don't want doctors!" Then we met a party of volunteers. They stopped us too, and challenged us very sternly. Bland gave his answer. This time it did not prove wholly satisfactory. "Protestant or Papist?" said the officer in command. "Neither," said Bland, "I'm a high caste Brahmin." Fortunately I recognized the officer's voice.
"You'd better bale it out than curse it," said Gaff sternly; for he felt that if there was to be anything attempted he must conquer his desperate companion. The man drew his knife. Gaff, noticing the movement, leaped up, and catching hold of the tiller, which Billy handed to him with alacrity, faced his opponent.
One day, toward the close of the afternoon, a loud shriek was heard in the neighborhood of Ben Buffum's desk. Walter looked up and saw Albert in tears. "What is the matter, Albert?" asked Walter. "Ben Buffum stuck a pin in my leg," answered the boy. "Is that true, Buffum?" demanded Walter sternly. "Yes, it is," answered Ben, with provoking calmness.
We have ever judged and acted for ourselves, and it is hard to us not to do so still, when our minds are chafed." "Friedel," said Ebbo, sternly, "I will have no pardon asked for maintaining my mother's cause. Do not thou learn to be smooth- tongued." "O thou wrong-headed boy!" half groaned Master Gottfried. "Why did not all this fall out ten years sooner, when thou wouldst have been amenable?
He alighted to speak with me, and presently asked if I would go to see another fall of the river, across the island. I consented. Then he began to speak, and what he said, how shall I tell you? There was another brief silence. Basil did not stir; his eyes were bent sternly upon the veiled visage. 'Was it evil in his heart that shaped such words? Or had he been deceived by some other?
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