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Updated: May 15, 2025
It was a dropping fire of serious remarks; with pauses, relieved only by occasional "ahems," the sipping of tea, the sound of spoons falling against the saucers, and the blind shifting of chairs as the flurried servant-maid of the lodgings suddenly came upon them from behind, with the kettle for the teapot, or toast for the table.
Edwardes made noises in his throat which sounded like a succession of "Ahems," and I floundered on: "I am afraid it is very hard for me not to like amusing myself as much as possible, but of course I will try to work and all that sort of thing as well." He stood up when I got as far as that and smiled at me, but I cannot say that he seemed to be pleased.
They were gathered there, waiting for me to come back, and received me with loud and mocking ahems! and respectfully sympathetic toots on a tin horn, kept for that purpose. Its voice had a mournful strain in it that was especially exasperating.
Bibi-Lupin, quite desperate, had at last caught the eye of a real gendarme, to whom, since Jacques Collin had gone, he had been addressing significant "Ahems," and who took his place on guard in the condemned cell.
Whatever her class in life, she was certainly a delicate and honorable young girl; for at the very first, when she found that it was a talk between a party of friends, and they were unconscious of a stranger's near neighborhood, she had done her best to make her presence known to them by various little coughs and ahems, and once or twice by decided movements, and readjustments of her position.
Nina gave two little ahems, tense with suppressed mirth; and slowly, indifferently, Chalks turned an absent-minded face in our direction. But, next instant, there was a shout a rush a confusion of forms in the middle of the floor and I realised that I was not the only one to be honoured by a kiss and an embrace.
He, however, restrained his wrath, and when, at a convenient time, Dr. Lacey, with a few ominous "ahems" and made-up coughs, indicated his intention of asking for Julia, Uncle Joshua cut him short by saying, "Never mind, I know what you want. You may have her and welcome. I only wish she would make as good a wife as you will husband.
After two or three preparatory ahems, he said to Esther; "I should like to take your brother very much; but you see, in consequence of there being so much excitement just now, relative to Abolitionism and kindred subjects, that my partner and myself that is, I and Mr. Western think or rather feel that just now it would be rather awkward for us to receive him.
Dimmerly gave a few awkward preliminary ahems, and then said, "So you go West next Monday?" "Yes. I wish to get off on the first train." "You seem very anxious to get away." "I am sorry, now, I ever came," the young man said, in tones of the deepest sadness. "Thank you." "O, it's no fault of yours. You and aunt have been very kind, but "
Occasionally that 'ahem! of his would come through the partially opened door; but somehow his 'ahems' seemed to lose their ominous character during holidays. "The subject of our conversation was a robbery that had been perpetrated at Squire Little's store the previous night. "Robberies, as you know, were unusual occurrences in the little village of Acme.
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