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"I want to talk to ye about somethin'," said he, presently, "and I know ye'll never tell anythin' Daddy tells ye." With a little shake of her head that set the tawny curls a-tremble, Tessibel squatted back on her feet. "'Course I won't tell nobody, but if ye've got a pain in yer heart, daddy, the doctor " "I don't need no doctor, brat. I jest jest got to talk to ye, that air all."
Ever cruel and heartless, now she is all a-tremble and sick with fear of the increasing power of the mighty young giant Revolution. She sees from afar her numbered days. She is crying for the mercy she never showed, begging for time she never granted. She is a tottering despot, a dying tyrant, but still a beautiful golden witch.
"Think you can ride this one, mebbe?" Without speaking Yeager slid down from the fence and approached the mustang. The animal backed away, muscles a-tremble and eyes full of fear. Steve's movements were slow, but not doubtful. He stroked the pony's neck and gentled it. His low voice murmured soft words into the alert ear cocked back suspiciously.
He took her in his arms and hugged her, repeating: "Good-morning, mamma," while the old man, all a-tremble, said, in his calm tone which he never lost: "Here you are, back again, Jean," as if he had just seen him a month ago. When they had got to know one another again, the parents wished to take their boy out in the neighborhood, and show him.
"You must carry me across," she said. He did not answer. He was a-tremble as he drew near her. She raised her arms a little, waiting. And then he picked her up. She was against his breast. Her two hands went to his shoulders as he waded into the stream; he slipped, and they clung a little tighter.
He rose and stood swaying, his lips a-tremble, his eyes blinking through a mist, his head bowed. "'E always was uncommon' good to me, Mr. Amber," he said brokenly. "It's a bit 'ard, comin' this w'y. 'Ow 'ow did it " He broke down completely for a time, and staggered away to the wall, there to stand with his head pillowed on his crossed forearms.
The touch of her warm breasts, the faint perfume of her clothing, the pressure of her soft, white limbs these things set every nerve of him a-tremble, they turned a madness loose in him. A blinding whirl of emotion seized him, he was like a leaf swept away in a gale; his words came now in wild sobs, "I love you! I love you!"
He closed the door, shutting out the wondering servant, and they saw that, though his face was ashen and his limbs all a-tremble, he showed no sign of any hurt or effort. His dress was as meticulous as when last they had seen him. Ruth flew to him, flung her arms about his neck, and pressed him to her. "Oh, Richard, Richard!" she sobbed in the immensity of her relief. "Thank God! Thank God!"
For the ducal temper was no respecter of presences. Then a title was a title to those born lower, and the young man plainly had a vast honour for a coronet. "I beg your Grace's pardon," said he. "Who the deuce is he?" demanded the duke petulantly of Mr. Manners, thereby setting the poor little man all a-tremble. "Why, why, " he replied, searching for his spyglass.
She instantly obeyed and he leaned forward himself, so as to offer as small a target as possible. Captain Guzman and Martella sat motionless, watching the tug rushing down upon them and ready to leap ashore the instant they came within reach. All a-tremble with the intensity of his rage, General Yozarro stood to the rear and beside the six-pounder whose muzzle was pointed toward the little boat.
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