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Updated: June 8, 2025
Nels and Nick stalked at Helen's heels like grenadiers on duty, and if she as much as dropped her glove they almost came to blows to see who should pick it up. In a way Castleton was the best feature of the camping party. He was such an absurd-looking little man, and his abilities were at such tremendous odds with what might have been expected of him from his looks.
'What an absurd-looking person! exclaimed the secretary to himself, following the aggressor with one eye, and trying to recapture the lost sentence at the same time. 'They really should not allow such people in a railway terminus, he added aloud.
I am fully satisfied with his principles and temper, he has extensive information, and might easily become a valuable member of society. His sister, Lady Lucy, spends much of her time with us, and appears to be an amiable pleasing girl. Lord Martindale evidently wished it to be forgotten that he had called Lord St. Erme absurd-looking.
Now that you are here, I'm going to keep you for a little while. Take off that absurd-looking tile and sit down." At this I grew angry. I wasn't responsible for the helmet I wore, and I had felt all along that I looked like an ass in it. "I'll do nothing of the sort, you confounded old meddler," I cried. "I've come here on invitation, and, if I've got into the wrong room, it isn't my fault.
Craddock Dene must shrivel under destroying blasts like these." "Not so much as one might think." The sound of their steps on the broad avenue smote sharply on their ears. Their absurd-looking shadows stretched always in front of them. "A splendid night," Hadria observed, to break the silence. "Glorious!" returned her companion, as if waking from thought.
If I fail, you lose everything. Accept my offer, and you have a reasonable chance of winning a fortune." "Wot exactly is your offer?" "Ample compensation officially. Five thousand pounds to you in person." "Five thousand!" Coke cleared a throat husky with doubt. He scratched his head under the absurd-looking kepi which he was still wearing; for a moment, his lips set in grim calculation.
The idea came as he glanced at me, and moved the rabbit to the corner nearest to him the absurd-looking object being carefully covered over, as if he was afraid I should begin joking him again about its unfinished state. All at once, moved by the impulse which had set me laughing, I leaned over and stretched out my hand toward the corner where he had placed the rabbit.
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