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"That depends a great deal upon the woman, I should say," replied Una, smiling tolerantly. "I was just about to put a hypothetical question. Do you mind listening? A young girl, for instance, pretty, romantic, a trifle venturesome, weary of the banalities of existence, leaves all the tiresome cares of the city and with the wanderlust upon her goes faring forth in search of adventure.
Besides the brazen scales which thickly covered his body, his wings were like two sails, and at the tip of each huge feather was a many-pronged claw; while his back was hidden with the folds of his tail, which lay doubled in a hundred coils, and in his mouth were three rows of sharp-pointed teeth. Una could look no more; she shut her eyes and waited.
She laughed amusedly, a frank, boyish laugh. "I thank you for not saying as eagerly as I am waiting for others." "Miss Armytage, I have ever cultivated truth." "But we are dealing with surmise." "Oh, no surmise at all. I speak of what I know." "And so do I." And yet again she repeated: "Una will be waiting for you." He sighed, and stiffened slightly.
"I hadn't the slightest notion " And from his appearance I could readily believe him. "Is it dinner bedtime? Why, of course, it must be." He shuffled his feet awkwardly and looked from me to the girl. "This is Una, Roger. We've been talking." "So I should suppose," I remarked, aware of the cool and rather contemptuous glances that the young lady was sending in my direction.
Connor kissed her pale cheek and lips, and rained down a flood of bitter tears upon her face; and Una, borne away by the enthusiasm of her sorrow, threw her arms also around her, and wept aloud. At length, after having, in some degree, eased her heart, she sat up, and with that consideration and good sense for which she had ever been remarkable, said
It is therefore, with great propriety of language, that Grotius makes Ostend thus address herself to the world, in the following lines: "Area parva ducum, totus quam respicit orbis; Celsior una malis, et quam damnare ruinae Nunc quoque fata timent, alieno in litore resto.
Except for the young man in the bank, the new young man in the hardware-store, and the proprietors of the new Broadway Clothing Shop, Una had known most of the gallants in Panama, Pennsylvania, from knickerbocker days; she remembered their bony, boyish knees and their school-day whippings too well to be romantic about them.
Every divine man who has carried the enchanted sword, or worn the sandals of the winged God, who has fought with monsters and championed the King's daughter Una, the one peerless maid is celebrated in the person of our national patron saint.
She was not pretty, but, as I had discovered, had some beauties of the mind which made her physical attractions a matter of small importance. As we neared the terrace, a thought came to me and I paused. "You know who the girl Una is?" I asked. "Yes," she nodded, "but her name isn't Smith." "I was aware of that. Would you mind telling me who and what she is?"
"Senor Capitan," they shouted, 'una Botella de Roma, por el honor del pais. We were mighty close upon leaving the bones of the old ship here, by the by; for at the very instant of entering the harbour's mouth, the land wind checked us off, and very nearly hove us broadside on upon the rocks below the castle, against which the swell was breaking in thunder.
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