United States or Eritrea ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Agatha passed her hand across her brow; then she reread Calder's letter, and then Charlie's. Yes, there, was not the least doubt about it! Both of the gentlemen had well, what they had done did not admit of being put into tolerable words. With a little shriek, Agatha flung herself on the sofa. The door opened and Lord Thrapston entered. "Well, Aggy, what's the news?
"'Why, out of the hole, of course! says I, laughing. 'Come take a look! "Aggy wasn't the kind of man to go off the handle over trifles, but when he looked into that hole he turned perfectly green. His knees give out from under him and he sat on the ground like a man in a trance, wiping the sweat off his face with a motion like a machine. "'What the devil ails you? says I astonished.
"Yes, sir," remarked Mrs Anderson; "Aggy is much better. The fresh air is doin' her cood already, an' the peels that the shentleman your friend gave her is workin' wonders." "They usually do, of one sort or another," returned Mabberly, with a peculiar smile. "I'm glad they happen to be wonders of the right sort in Aggy's case.
"Well," he said, "I'm quite willing to face that hazard. I suppose this diffidence is only natural, Aggy, but it's a little hard on me." "No," said the girl sharply, with a strained look in her eyes, "it's horribly unnatural, and that's why I'm afraid. I should have come to you gladly, without a misgiving, feeling that nothing could hurt me if I was with you.
"No don't count me" interrupted the hostess; "I must stay with Flo; besides, I must visit poor Mrs Donaldson, who is again laid up. But I'll be glad if you will take Aggy Anderson. Ever since the poor girl came here for a little change of air she has been longing to go out in the boat. I really believe it is a natural craving for the free, fresh breezes of the sea. May she go?"
It is all the more sad that he seems to have gained the affections of that poor little girl, Aggy Anderson." "Indeed!" exclaimed Giles, laughing; "a fellow-feeling makes you wondrous sharp, I suppose, for I had not observed that interesting fact. But why do you speak in such pitiful tones of Aggy?" "Because she is an invalid, and her lover is a drunkard. Sufficient reasons, I should think."
"I am not ready to take more than a necessary part in anything outside of this house," replied Agnes. "My mind is altogether preoccupied. I thank you for your good wishes, Mr. Van de Lear." "Now do be less formal," said the young man persuasively. "I have always been Cal. before short and easy, Cal. Van de Lear. You might call me almost anything, Aggy." "I have changed, sir.
It was to further her comfort he had laid that load upon himself, and he was clearly unwilling that she should recognise it. That counted for a good deal in his favour. "Was it just before I came out?" she asked again. Hawtrey made a little sign of expostulation. "You really mustn't worry me about these matters, Aggy.
I'll guarantee that when you point her anywheres within ten feet of a man not over a hundred yards away, and let her do her duty, all the talent that that man's fambly could employ couldn't gather enough of him to recognise him by, and you won't be in bed more'n long enough to heal a busted shoulder. "'I hope it ain't going to be my painful line of performance to pull the trigger, says Aggy.
There was Aggy sound asleep, sitting up hugging himself in the moonlight. "'Oh, my! Oh, MY! says he. 'It's the only ford for four thousand miles! "We planted a sign in the middle of the road with this wording on it in big letters, made with the black end of a stick. "There was a stretch of about a mile on the level before us.
Word Of The Day