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He watched the flames leap and sink, and the great beds of coals form, and once more he was very glad that he was not alone again on the Mexican mountains. He resolutely put off the feeling of depression. They might linger and hesitate now, but he did not doubt that the cause of Texas would triumph in the end.

'Round and round swept the eagle in wider and more splendid circles; in tensest suspense the two below watched motionless. Then the tension broke; and a dry sob escaped the girl. For the eagle had set his lofty course at last.

Consequently there was much laughter and shaking of hands, and many a rough jest, which Madam Marx responded to in broken English. Gregorio watched the sailors gloomily.

Maniac or not the mood of the man was supremely sane, and altogether too sacred to disturb. Malcolm retreated a little way, sat down in the sand and watched beside him.

Rather she watched in his eyes the subtle physical change in the man that her very touch produced, watched and felt a response in herself. Quickly she withdrew her hand. "I must go," she said rather hurriedly, "it is getting late."

In those days the Legations watched his movements very closely; he wished them to hear that his little expedition was purely a pleasurable one.

She drew me to a chair under her tree, and we sat down together. I felt as if she were glad that I had come. The watching look I had seen in her son's eyes was in hers also. They watched me as we talked, and I found myself telling her about my home as I had found myself telling him. He had evidently talked to her about it himself.

The King's lieutenant of the castle, absolutely devoted to M. le Duc, kept her fast, and closely watched her and her chambermaids. Several other people were successively arrested and placed either in the Bastille or Vincennes.

How easily could it all be made right some day! She felt as though she were suffocating, and she opened the window a little very softly. Then she lit the candle tremblingly, watched the flame gather strength, and opened out the will.

For, señor, we shall be married here, and immediately, since I have brought a priest with me, so as to put the whole matter beyond the reach of accident." Having fired off this heavy shot, Lopez watched to see the effect upon his victim. Ashby showed not the slightest emotion.