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Barrington drew a thick breath the dull color was mounting to his cheeks. Wingrave continued calmly "I had possibly in my mind, at one time," he said, "the idea of drawing things on to a climax of witnessing the final disappearance of yourself and your wife from the world such as we know it. I have, however, ceased to derive amusement or satisfaction from pursuing what we may call my vengeance.
Weissmann's shaggy old head lifted like that of a musing lion. "What is this opposition to me? I too can resign. What my colleagues say will not matter if I feel that I am advancing the cause of science. Their flames will scorch, but I have a thick skin.
I didn't want to tell you; but it seemed necessary. Well, child, good night, I'll go to bed." Long after Mr. Sheppard had retired Helen sat thinking. Memories of the past, and of the unwelcome suitor, Mordaunt, thronged upon her thick and fast. She could see him now with his pale, handsome face, and distinguished bearing.
Both little girls had long, thick hair. It must be combed and brushed and braided with great care. Each one helped the other. They were soon dressed, and ran down-stairs. As soon as the breakfast was over and the room made tidy, every one in the family sat down to work. Bertha's father was a toy-maker. He had made wooden images of Santa Claus all his life. His wife and children helped him.
All the time you were gone I could glimpse 'em now and then first one place, then another slipping and sliding through the bushes, trying to keep hid, y' know." As may be imagined, I was profoundly interested. "What did they look like?" I asked. Stodger shook his head. "Bushes too thick. No leaves; but they would n't come close enough for me to get a good look. H'm. Watching the house, all right."
When he paused for some voice, some whisper of reply, this sense of hyper-physical perception became so acute that he could almost see, almost hear, in the thick blackness and the silence; yet no answer came.
The bed of the river was covered with the leguminous annual I noticed at the Suttor; it grew here so high and thick that my companions were unable to see me, though riding only a few yards from them. Rock frequently crops out in the bed of the river, and in the neighbouring hills.
You come with me, and you can pass home that way. The chances are they'll mizzle away to bed, as they've seen you, and heard Bone'm, and probably heard too every word you said to Trumbull." He then got his hat and the short, thick stick of which he had spoken, and turning the key of the door, put it in his pocket.
This done, he cut three strong, short poles or levers from the stout branches, with which to roll the log down the beach into the sea; for, as it was nearly two feet thick at the large end, we could not move it without such helps. With the levers, however, we rolled it slowly into the sea.
We had many narrow escapes from being crushed. "At first, when we concluded to go after whales, there were several vessels in company with us. At one time I counted nine, all in sight at one time; but we had become separated in thick weather; and whether they had gone ahead of us, or had fallen behind, we could not tell.
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