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"I shall not waste any," ominously. "Order your gown from Vienna, or Paris, or from wherever you will. Don't haggle over the price; let it be a good one; I'm willing to go deep for it." "You loved my aunt once," a broken note in her voice. "I love her still," not unkindly; "but I must have peace in the house. Observe what you have so far accomplished in the matter of creating turmoil."
Forsytes and tramps, children and lovers, rested and wandered day after day, night after night, seeking one and all some freedom from labour, from the reek and turmoil of the streets. The leaves browned slowly, lingering with the sun and summer-like warmth of the nights. On Saturday, October 5, the sky that had been blue all day deepened after sunset to the bloom of purple grapes.
But before we continue with the story of our further travels, we would like briefly to review the political situation in China as a background for our early work in the province of Fukien. During the time the Expedition was preparing to leave New York, China was in turmoil. Yuan Shi-kai was president of the Republic, but the hope of his heart was to be emperor of China.
The roar of the seas as they struck its base sounded high above the din of the storm. Great sheets of foam were thrown up to a vast height, and the turmoil of the water from the reflux of the waves was so great that the Dragon was tossed upon it like a cock-boat, and each man had to grasp at shroud or bulwark to retain his footing. Suddenly a cheer burst from end to end of the ship.
All was bustle and confusion, but out of the turmoil emerged order. The wranglers, already fed, moved into the darkness to bring up the remuda. Tin cups and plates rattled merrily. Tongues wagged. Bits of repartee, which are the salt of the cowpuncher's life, were flung across the fire from one; to another.
The genius of revolution presided at the birth of the American Republic, whose first breath was drawn amid the economic, social and political turmoil of the eighteenth century. The voyaging and discovering of the three preceding centuries had destroyed European isolation and laid the foundation for a new world order of society.
Before the French Revolution, only a few were invited to sit down and eat, while the majority were permitted to kneel and watch from a distance. A Frenchman once remarked, "The great appear to us great because we are kneeling let us rise." They rose, and out of the turmoil came an enormous enlargement of the dining-hall. Carl Sandburg sings of Chicago with husky-haughty lips.
I wonder at this time how I then held so firm by the duty of returning to the colonies, when the very thought of war and turmoil was so distasteful to me. When I rode to Paris and clothed myself once more in my own proper garments, their friendly folds gave me a new courage to meet whatever Fate might send.
Yet her heart also was like a hammer that beat against a wall; and she thought of the endless dunes in whose turmoil she was swallowed up. If Stephen Knight were here but he was far away; and Maïeddine, whom she had trusted, was a man who served another God than hers. His thoughts of women were not as Stephen's thoughts. "Think of thy white angel," she said. "He stands between thee and me."
So I bent and kissed her hand, and she went back into the hut. Sighard was calling to her to come and tell him what all the turmoil was. Then I hurried to where Jefan stood on the works by the gate, whence one could see all over the camp, and half round the hillside as well.
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