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When she turned around she could see a lovely little old village ahead of her. It nestled at the foot of a mountain, and it had vine-covered cottages with thatched roofs, and spreading trees that made a velvety shade underneath and winked in the sunshine above. The air was full of the prettiest sounds; and Sara, listening, thought they must come from the mountain.
Paul, he winked at till Christ came, and then he commanded all men everywhere to repent, and believe in the God who gave them rain and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness. For he had appointed a day in which he would judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he had ordained; of which he had given full assurance to all men, in that he had raised him from the dead.
"You were the first to love me in my loneliness!" he said, stroking the tiny animal's soft ears "And, to be quite exact, I owe my life and all my present surroundings to you, Charlie! What shall I leave you in my will, eh?" Charlie yawned capaciously, showing very white teeth and a very red tongue, and winked one bright eye. "You're only a dog, Charlie! You've no use for money!
Then she said, "It is so nice, when you stay a little," and when he told her of the poor Fraulein who had broken the dishes in her fall near them, she almost wept with tenderness; she almost winked with wickedness when he asked if the American princess was still in her place. "Do go and see who it can be!" Mrs. March entreated. "We'll wait here," and he obeyed.
The latter might have been pronounced good-looking, had it not been for a perpetual expression of restlessness and discontent, which soured what would otherwise have been a pleasant face. He seemed to care very little for the lines, and as soon as the master's eye was off him he turned to Garston and winked.
"I winked at the Chief and the Chief smiled at me, and we went to Nice together in a saloon car with a guard of twelve carabineers and twelve plain-clothes men, and the Chief and I drank champagne all the way. We marched together up to the hotel where the Russian Ambassador was stopping, closely surrounded by our escort of carabineers, and delivered the necklace with the most profound ceremony.
Then it was that Gabriella arrived at an understanding of masculine nature. "You never can tell what men will like," she concluded. While she spoke he winked at her from the mirror into which he was looking mirrors always fascinated George and he could never keep away from them and there was in his face the whimsical and appealing naughtiness of a child.
He winked, therefore, at all the escapades performed or threatened by his son, and said nothing, not being sorry that the King should become uneasy, which was soon the case. The King at last spoke to Monsieur; and being coldly received, reproached him for not knowing how to exercise authority over his son.
Miss Winn winked some tears out of her eyes, though she tried to smile. It was very comforting to a woman without kith or kin to feel so welcome in a household. Cynthia was sitting on the step of the porch one May night when the moon was making shifting shadows through the trees and silvering the paths.
"I'm not the man I used to be," Dirty Dan whispered, "but glory be, ye should see the other fellers." He opened his hand, and two blood-stained clasp-knives rolled out; he winked knowingly, and indulged in humorous reminiscences of the combat while he was being examined. "You're cut to strings and ribbons, Dan," the doctor informed him, "and they've stuck you in the left lung.
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