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The inarticulate sadness of the place brought a momentary feeling of depression to Lynde, who was not usually given to moods except of the lighter sort. He touched Mary sharply with the spurs and cantered up the steep. He had nearly gained the summit of the hill when he felt the saddle slipping; the girth had unbuckled or broken.
* Varieties of the crossbow. For several moments the young girl, absorbed in her charming thoughts, was dreaming to the sound of his voice, without listening to the sense of his words. "Oh! how happy you will be!" continued the captain, and at the same time he gently unbuckled the gypsy's girdle. "What are you doing?" she said quickly. This "act of violence" had roused her from her revery.
In the Hall of Audience he gave up the Sword of the Prophet to the Silihdar, who unbuckled it from his body, and when he came to the door leading to the harem he handed over his children to the Kizlar-Aga, telling him to greet the Sultana Asseki in his name, and bid her remember him and teach his little children their father's name.
"Wal, jest dismount an' unpack an' make y'urselves tew home. We'll git things all straightened out afore we start out tew hunt up th' delinquents," and Ham began unpacking his horses. But Thure and Bud had to have a look inside the house, before they untied a rope or unbuckled a strap; and, the moment they dismounted, they rushed to the door and entered.
He sat himself by the smouldering fire, in somber and agitated rumination. He was restless; he rose again, unbuckled his sword, which he had not loosed since evening, and threw it hastily into a corner. He looked at his watch, it was half-past twelve; he glanced at the door, and thence at the cabinet in which he had placed the key; then he turned hastily, and sate down again.
For it was simple in the extreme: Frank sat looking down haughtily, and his brother with deft fingers rapidly unbuckled and readjusted the stirrup leather, looking up once at the masterful black who could not speak but signified his commands with haughty looks and impatient signs.
" Our servants ran away and and then we left everything behind us and I've never been in such a position in my life." Coleman moved softly in the darkness and unbuckled some of his traps. On his knee he broke the hard cakes of bread and with his fingers he broke the little tablets of chocolate. These he distributed to his people.
I will have none of your traitor ruffians here. Since you have brought him in, the halter for him! Here, Ralf Percy, tell the Provost-marshal He was interrupted, for James unbuckled his sword, and tendered it to him. 'King Harry, he said gravely, 'this morning I was your friend and brother-in-arms; now I am your captive.
Come, Lady Lucretia" he turned to his fair friend, as he unbuckled his sword and flung it on the table "it is my place to lead you to your chair. Colonel, you and your friend will find me below stairs in front of the Holbein Gate." "You are forgetting your winnings," remonstrated the lady, pointing to the pile of gold.
"I ask you to bear witness that you found me unconscious." General Leman unbuckled his sword to offer it to the victor. Von Emmich bowed. "No, keep it," he gestured. "To have crossed swords with you has been an honor." Subsequently the President of the French Republic bestowed on Liege the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
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