United States or Central African Republic ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Wrissell's silent and unconscious dominion over him, and all the defiant Midland belief that one body is as good as anybody else surged up in him but stopped at his lips. "Please don't rise," Mr. Wrissell entreated, waving both hands. "I'm very sorry to hear of this unhappy complication," he went on to Edward Henry, with the most adorable and winning politeness. "It pains me."
I shouldn't know whether I was standing on my head or my heels by the time they'd done with me. I've tried to face them out before about things." "Who Mr. Wrissell, or Slossons?" "Both? Eh, but I should like to put a spoke in Mr. Wrissell's wheel gentleman as he is. You see he's just one of those men you can't help wanting to tease. When you're on the road you meet lots of 'em."
And this conviction was so profound, so visible even in his lightest gesture and glance, that it exerted a mystic influence over the entire social organism with the result that practically nothing ever did occur to disturb or agitate the perfect tranquillity of Mr. Rollo Wrissell's existing. For Mr. Rollo Wrissell the world was indeed almost ideal.
Mr. Wrissell's objection to a certain class of theatres is well known." "And does Mr. Wrissell settle everything?" "Mr. Wrissell and Lady Woldo settle everything between them, and Lady Woldo is guided by Mr. Wrissell. There is an impression abroad that because Lady Woldo was originally connected er with the stage, she and Mr.
Slosson, senior, followed him at a great pace. Edward Henry was angry. Strange though it may seem, the chief cause of his anger was the fact that his own manners and breeding were lower, coarser, clumsier, more brutal than Mr. Wrissell's. After what appeared to be a considerable absence Mr. Slosson, senior, returned into the room.
"Vulto," he cried sharply. "Mr. Wrissell's here. Didn't they tell you?" "Yes, Mr. Slosson," answered Vulto, suddenly losing all his sarcastic quality, and becoming a very junior partner. "I was just engaged with Mr." You remember, sir?" "This the man?" inquired Mr. Slosson, ex-president of the Law Society, with a jerk of the thumb. Edward Henry said, "This is the man." "Well," said Mr.
I happen to be interested in a great movement. The plans of my church have been passed by the County Council. Building operations have indeed begun." "Oh! chuck it!" said Edward Henry, inexcusably but such were his words. A surfeit of Mr. Wrissell's calm egotism and accent and fatigued harmonious gestures drove him to commit this outrage upon the very fabric of civilization. Mr.
"And I've no doubt my husband wanted a theatre built there, and he wanted to do Rose Euclid a good turn. And I'm quite positive certain sure that he didn't want any of Mr. Wrissell's rigmaroles on his land. He wasn't that sort, my husband wasn't.... You must go to law about it," she finished. "Yes," said Edward Henry, protestingly. "And a pretty penny it would cost me!
Word Of The Day