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Sheridan protested rather absent-mindedly against this extravagance. They were close to the subway and that was quicker. Norma could not talk in the packed and swaying train, and when they emerged at Sixty-fifth Street they had only one slippery, cold, dark block to walk.
Where do you think the wallet is? I never carry it in this suit." "It's here, you fibber," his daughter cried merrily, persisting in her search. "I feel it! I have it! Look at it!" She was right. The painter had forgotten that he had picked it up that morning to pay a bill and then had put it absent-mindedly in the pocket of his serge coat. Milita opened it with a greediness that hurt her father.
Meigs says he has been trying to get there all his life, and in August the season is at its height. It was all arranged before I was consulted, but I confess I rather like it. It will be a change." "Yes, I should think it would be delightful," King replied, rather absent-mindedly. "It's a long journey, a very long journey. I should think it would be too long a journey for Mr.
Little dancing curls and wisps and ringlets were forever escaping in coquettish fashion: Bernie regarded her critically from head to foot, absent-mindedly brushing from his own immaculate person the dust which bore witness to his sister's housekeeping. In his eyes this girl was more than a queen, she was a sort of deity, and she could do no wrong.
To calm him, she controlled her own great grief. Gradually the rain stopped, a swallow, with silver breast and wings describing luminous charming curves, fluttered obliquely across the silver threads of the rain, gleaming suddenly in the afternoon sunshine. "Why do you keep on fighting, Demetrio?" Demetrio frowned deeply. Picking up a stone absent-mindedly, he threw it to the bottom of the canyon.
I know I'm terrible," she added defiantly, "but I can't help it." Bashford absent-mindedly brought out a cigarette. "Do you mind if I smoke?" he asked, as he struck a match. Then he came to himself. "I beg your pardon," he cried, flinging away match and cigarette. "I don't want to smoke. I didn't mean that at all. What I mean is "
Should such extraordinary events occur, and he not witness them! When Febrer was left alone he took down his gun, and stood near the door for a long time examining it absent-mindedly. His thoughts were far away, much farther than the ends of the barrels, which seemed to point toward the mountain. That miserable Ironworker! That insufferable bully!
"Many rapturous moments have been spent in gazing, almost absent-mindedly, at the ever-changing canvas of God stretched across the firmament, for His touch alone is able to produce colors that vibrate with the freshness of life.
A moment later, he passed out into the night. JIM was slow to-night. The big show was nearly over, yet many of the props used in the early part of the bill were still unloaded. He was tinkering absent-mindedly with one of the wagons in the back lot, and the men were standing about idly, waiting for orders, when Barker came out of the main tent and called to him sharply: "Hey, there, Jim!
Unminding, she rapped at McDermott's private door. She had no misgiving about his being there. She knew in some way, before she left her apartment, that he would be there when she arrived. "Come in!" he called, curtly. She entered to find him alone, standing by the window looking absent-mindedly over the snowy chimney-tops, as though projecting a holiday.
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