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When Kamar al-Zaman heard these words, he was abashed and his cheeks flushed till they seemed a-flame; and he said, "I need not these favours which lead to the commission of sin; I will live poor in wealth but wealthy in virtue and honour." Quoth she, "I am not to be duped by thy scruples, arising from prudery and coquettish ways; and Allah bless him who saith,
"Omar beneath his tree perchance, or Gurustu who to Baghdad came with steed a-foam and eyes a-flame. Wherefore do you trample upon hapless animals that are not dumb, young man, and cause the poor astronomer to cast his muffin upon the roses, where, mayhap, the housemaid might find it after many days? Oh-h-h-h!"
I only want to tell Wyvis that I am true to him, and that I don't mind what the world says one bit, because I know how people tell lies about him! You know you always promised to stand by me and to be my best friend." "Yes, but I never promised to do a dishonorable action for you," said Janetta, steadily. Margaret started up, her face a-flame directly.
Before us the blue sea and the blue land-line were fading into mournful grey, on which one huge West Indiaman blazed out, orange and scarlet, her crowded canvas all a-flame from the truck to the water's edge. A few moments and she, too, had vanished into the grey twilight, and a chill night-wind crisped the sea.
She stopped suddenly, with a blush that seemed to set her cheeks all a-flame she had never known till half-an-hour ago, when she had looked up and met his eyes for that one moment. Ah! why had he looked at her so? And she oh, merciful heavens! had she betrayed herself? At the very thought Madelon started as if she had been stung.
So a third horse man rushed out upon the youth and began saying, "To thee come I forth with my heart a-flame, * And summon my friends and my comrades by name: When thou slewest the chief of the Arabs this day, * This day thou remainest the pledge of my claim." Now when the youth heard this he answered him in these words,
"In the cold I will rise, I will bathe In the waters of ice; Myself Will shiver, and will shrive myself Alone in the dawn, and anoint Forehead and feet and hands; I will shutter the windows from light, I will place in their sockets the four Tall candles and set them a-flame In the grey of the dawn; And myself Will lay myself straight in my bed, And draw the sheet under my chin."
"To tell the truth, I have had nothing pleasant from Hyacinthe except that kiss we exchanged when her husband was only a few feet away. I certainly shall not again find her lips a-flame and fragrant. Here her kiss is insipid." Mme. Chantelouve rang earlier than usual. "Well," she said, sitting down. "You wrote me a nice letter." "How's that?" "Confess frankly that you are through with me."
'Why, Kester: why didst niver come to speak to us? said Sylvia, finding it necessary to be cheerful if she could. 'A dun know; niver ax me. Sylvia was silent. He looked at her now, chuckling still. Her face was white, her lips tightened, her eyes a-flame. She drew a long breath. 'I wish I'd been theere!
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