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Whom am I to leave in charge of my home? Who is to protect my son if I take you with me?" "Home Son?" faltered Serge. "But you, master who is to protect you if your old follower is left behind?" "I must protect myself, Serge," said Cracis, and his voice lost for the moment the hard, firm sternness of the soldier. "Your duty is here, Serge, and I look to you to carry it out.

A slight frown puckered up his forehead, giving to his face an added hint of sternness. Behind this leading figure of the cavalcade came a younger man.

That they withstood the strain so well bears testimony to their mental poise and strength of character. The President's demeanor underwent a noticeable change. The affable, cheery mood which formerly characterized him, gave way to a sternness of manner which befits a humane but just judge called upon to execute a righteous sentence. A curious illustration of Mr.

"I am in a very different position from any one like you or Sandy," said Gavin with a new note of sternness in his voice. "It is not for me to choose whether I will go to college or not. But," he added hastily, "my Aunts would let me go if they could, you may be sure of that." Christina's heart felt a sudden rush of sympathy.

Had it been the highroad instead of a ballroom, I could have talked loudly enough; but I was under a spell. 'Ehem! I faltered at last, 'e-h-e-m! Some mis-take, I I There I stopped. "'Sir, said the earl, regarding me with a grave sternness, 'you had better withdraw.

Things were in this case when Brother Jean Turelure was called to Venice by the General of his Order, to preach to sundry Turks lately converted to the true Faith. Before setting forth, the good Brother went to take leave of his fair Penitent, and upbraided her with more than usual sternness for living a dissolute life.

Zeyn was startled, and began to regard these concussions of the elements as a very ill omen, when Mobarec, who knew better than he what to judge, began to smile, and said, "Take courage, my prince, all goes well." In short, that very moment, the sultan of the genii appeared in the shape of a very handsome man, yet there was something of a sternness in his air.

He is an emperor, and not a king.... Affairs in France are not in a normal condition, but it would be difficult to say how, under present circumstances, they could be improved.... Napoleon III. has nothing of the sombre sternness of his uncle, neither his imperial demeanor nor his deliberate attitude.

"But you love him?" cried Brian, the sternness changing to anguish, as the doubt first presented itself to him. "Elizabeth, do not tell me that you have promised yourself to a man that you do not love! I may be miserable; but do not let me think that you will be miserable, too." He caught both her hands in his and looked her steadily in the face.

The colour faded from the young man's face, and he looked at his uncle with an expression of alarm. "My dear uncle!" he exclaimed. "Be pleased to forget that you have ever addressed me by that name, or that any relationship exists between us, Mr. Eversleigh," answered Sir Oswald, with unaltered sternness. "Sit down, if you please. Our interview is likely to be a long one."