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Eroshka winked at Olenin, pointing to Beletski. 'Eh, he's a proud one that kunak of yours, he said. Beletski raised his glass. ALLAH BIRDY' he said, emptying it. 'Speaking of holidays! he said, turning to Olenin as he rose and looked out of the window, 'What sort of holiday is that! You should have seen them make merry in the old days! The women used to come out in their gold trimmed sarafans.
He chuckled and winked. "I du be a turble vunny man," quavered the thin falsetto voice. "They be niver a dune a laughin' along o' my jokes. An' I du remember Zur Timothy's vather zo well as Zur Timothy hisself, though 'ee bin dead nigh sixty year. Lard, 'ee was a bad 'un, was y' ould squire. An old devil. That's what 'ee was."
She gasped: "Oh ... do you really " "I want the truth, please, without quibbling." The voice was harsh and cold, and inexorably compelling. "Why were those paragraphs not shown to me?" She winked away her tears. "Because I was sure you'd blue-pencil them out of existence. And a genuine bit of news is such a roc's egg in these times of scarcity." "Genuine!" There was incredulity in the tone.
"Quick, drop a chip," someone called. "You've only got ten seconds...." "Let go!" Magnan yelped. Retief sat silent, holding the grip, frowning up at the weight. The globe twirled faster now. Then the bright white light winked off. "A bluff!" Magnan gasped. "That's risky, stranger," the gray-templed man said. The globe was turning rapidly now, oscillating from side to side.
Steelman turned his face to him and winked once a very hard, tight, cold wink a wink in which there was no humour: such a wink as Steelman had once winked at a half-drunken bully who was going to have a lark with Smith. The sharper was one of those men who pull themselves together in a bad cause, as they stagger from the blow. But he wanted to think this time.
"I don't venture to keep you," the old man said, haughtily. "You must excuse me, young man, for not living as you would like!" He ruffled up his feathers, snorted with dignity, and winked at the women. "Good-bye, young man," he said, seeing his son into the entry. "Attendez." In the entry, where it was dark, he suddenly pressed his face against the young man's sleeve and gave a sob.
Durtal looked closely at her when, as they passed a street lamp, a shaft of light played over her veil a moment, then winked out. She seemed agitated and nervous beneath her reserve. He took her hand. She did not withdraw it. He could feel the chill of it through her glove, and her blonde hair tonight seemed disordered, dry, and not so fine as usual. "Nearly there?"
He felt that he could have wandered up and down the boulevard for ever. And then night fell; and all along the boulevard, high on seventh storeys and low as the street names, there flashed and flickered and winked, in red and yellow and a most voluptuous purple, electric invitations to drink inspiriting liqueurs and to go and amuse yourself in places where the last word of amusement was spoken.
"Little girls are one thing, but when they grow up into" he held her away and looked at her proudly "into handsome and dignified-looking young women, a man doesn't quite know where he is." He took her in his arms again and, kissing her forehead, winked delightedly in the direction of Mr. Tredgold, who was affecting to look out of the window.
In return I winked at Jane, and frowned severely on Herbert, who intercepted the signal and began to grin. Mabel, who had seen it too, reproved me for setting the boy a bad example; and thus a diversion was effected. While she was seeing after the children, my sister carried me off to the library: I made her kiss me before I would tell her anything.