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In relation to this unpleasant fact I can only say, that I entreat you to accept the assurance of my deep regret and mortification. "A new aspect of affairs has presented itself, to me very suddenly, as I trust you will believe, on my word of honour. A gentleman of your profession, named Walcot, arrived last night, with a view to settling in Deerbrook.
But these considerations never occurred to the duke and every day the cardinal received fresh accounts of him which were as unpleasant as possible to the minister. After having failed in poetry, Monsieur de Beaufort tried drawing.
So were the few green tussocks, with their scant blades, their amphibious flavor, and unpleasant dampness.
'I wish I could never see my great gloomy house again, since I am not rich enough to throw it open, and live there as I ought to do. Poverty of this sort is not unpleasant at any rate. What are you thinking of? 'I am thinking about my outing this morning. On reaching my grandmother's she was only a little surprised to see me.
But the most unpleasant part of the vision was the appearance of Jackson; and it was a long time before I could bring myself to believe that I had not beheld his well known features that I had not been stabbed by him, and that I was not suffering from the mortal wound he had inflicted.
He had a most unpleasant recollection of the firmness and decision with which Jeanne had announced her views with regard to him, but he looked towards her again and the look was fatal. Jeanne was certainly a most desirable young person, quite apart from her dowry. "It may be as you say, Princess," he said. "I must leave her to you for a little time. You must talk to her.
I have known several instances of persons who have seen the "fetch" or apparition of a living person, called in Germany the "Doppelgänger;" yet, though such appearances are usually supposed to portend the death or illness of the person thus strangely "doubled," I have never yet heard of a case where any unpleasant consequences followed.
The train drew up at the terminus, and the moment she moved she was again conscious of that terrible feeling of haste which had beset her more or less the whole day long. "No one to meet thee?" the Quaker lady said. "No, I am not expected," Angelica answered, with her hand on the handle of the door. "I am a bad wife in a state of repentance, going to give a good husband an unpleasant surprise."
She bowed her head and began: "I require; I wish to speak with you at length and positively." He smiled. "For what purpose? We have nothing pleasant to say to each other, and unpleasant conversation injures the nerves more than black coffee." She raised her head, and with an effort, to which she brought herself with difficulty, said: "Things cannot remain as they are. My position "
"I'm here to gather the facts on a matter of news, but I am not out to throw any insinuations over your father, or anyone whose good name is naturally precious to you. Sometimes a reporter -even an amateur one -has to do things that are unpleasant, but they're all in the line of duty." "'The Blade' won't print a line about this matter," raged Bert tremulously. "Mr.
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