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"Then, Macumazana, I fear that you will have to wait by yourselves until you discover which of us is right," he said stolidly.
With this end in view he held stolidly on his course, if under weigh, betraying his intention by no sign till the boat, manoeuvring to get alongside of him, was in the right position for him to strike. Then, all of a sudden, he showed his hand. Clapping his helm hard over, he dexterously ran the boat down, leaving the struggling gangsmen to make what shift they could for their lives.
The butler and one of the footmen, who during the whole of the conversation had stolidly proceeded with their duties, in obedience to a gesture from their master, took her up in their arms and carried her from the room. "The fear has come to her, too," Bernadine murmured softly. "It may come to you, my brave friends, before morning."
Ross knitted stolidly on, only nodding permission when Clara's young man, mate on one of the Shire Line sailing ships, came to walk out with her. I studied the half-dozen ostrich eggs, hanging in the corner against the wall like a cluster of some monstrous fruit.
French brought one of the Filipinos into the cabin, where he sat with his gun pointing ominously at the boys whenever they moved toward the door, while the others were stationed on the prow, where they sat stolidly in the rain, with their guns under their coarse coats to keep them dry. "Rather a scanty supply of provisions!" French said, as he investigated the lockers.
The lawyers, being denied the martyrdom of the battlefield, stolidly accepted that of promotion to the judicial bench, and a holy silence descended on the divines. This strategy having succeeded so admirably in 1868 is repeated in 1912. "Ulster" has not the least intention of raising war or the sinews of war; her interest is in the sinews of peace.
And there were others, too, plodding stolidly back toward the western forests of Les Errues forms half-seen between trees, none near, and only two who passed within hearing, the trample of their heavy feet loud among the fallen leaves, their guttural voices distinct.
He waited stolidly for what he knew was coming. "Now," Dr. Ku murmured. He smiled at his two prisoners and pressed one of the switchboard's array of buttons. A door opposite them swung open. "Believe me, this is a pleasure," he said. Flanked by two impressive slant-eyed guards, a frail figure in a rubber apron stood revealed.
I said to a gentleman who sat stolidly on his step: "Do you think I could send word to Mr. Sullivan that the Prodigal Son's mother cannot get to him?" "What do you mean?" said he. "Are you " "Yes, I am; and if you don't let me pass you won't have any music." You should have seen them jump up and make a pathway for me. I marched through it like the children of Israel through the Red Sea.
Sturgeon gave a sympathetic whistle, and stolidly unwound bandages. At first the two Napoleons remained aloof, but at last, yielding to indignant shouts, haughtily approached. The little group stood at fault. Heywood wiped his sword-blade very carefully on a plantain leaf; then stood erect, to address them with a kind of cool severity.
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