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Though over and over again we still eagerly brought up instances of the latter "Guy is such a thoughtless boy about his correspondence." Gradually, as his mother's cheek grew paler, and his father more anxious-eyed, more compulsorily cheerful, we gave up discussing publicly the many excellent reasons why no letters should come from Guy. We had written, as usual, by every mail.
It wanted only three minutes to midnight, and Innes, rather haggard and anxious-eyed, was pacing Paul Harley's private office when the 'phone bell rang. Eagerly he took up the receiver. "Hullo!" came a voice. "That you, Innes?" "Mr. Harley!" cried Innes. "Thank God you are safe! I was growing desperately anxious!" "I am by no means safe, Innes! I am in one of the tightest corners of my life!
The door opened behind them, and Chris came out pale and smiling with a little anxious-eyed monk beside him. His eyes lightened as he saw them standing there; but he turned again for a moment. "Yes father," he said. "What was it?" "You stayed too long," said the other, "at the famularumque tuarum; the rubric says nullus nimis immoretur, you know; nimis immoretur." "Yes," said Chris.
Even the sidewalks were now thronged with anxious-eyed women, some of them with wildly-beating hearts, awaiting the kind "gentleman friend" who so often mysteriously appears at the cross-roads of Life.
From a care-free youth whose visions were of wonderful spans across hitherto unbridgeable chasms, he has come to be an anxious-eyed young man whose visions were of a feared rival bearing away the girl he loved. Jimmy knew very well now that he was in love with Pollyanna. He suspected that he had been in love with her for some time.
Anxious-eyed and pale, with muscles knit into hard lines on their faces, one after another declared in voices that may have faltered, but still rang true as steel, that they and theirs would face their fate under the Union Jack.
The boy's ring at the bell was very quickly answered, and Pollyanna found herself confronted by not only Mary, but by Mrs. Carew, Bridget, and Jennie as well. All four of the women were white-faced and anxious-eyed. "Child, child, where HAVE you been?" demanded Mrs. Carew, hurrying forward. "Why, I I just went to walk," began Pollyanna, "and I got lost, and this boy "
Arkwright'?" pleaded Aunt Hannah. Billy laughed and gave the anxious-eyed little old lady an impulsive hug. "Of course! I'll say 'His Majesty' if you like, dear," she chuckled. "But did you hear did you realize? They're his own words, so there's no question of rights or permission, or anything.
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