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He kept going in and out, and looking up the road toward the farm; for John was very anxious and restless. He counted the steps that Amrei had to go; now she would be in the fields, now she would have to go to this, now to that hedge; now she would be speaking to his parents. And after all he could not completely satisfy himself as to just what she would be doing.
She will not see you if you go to her. She is determined. Indeed, she has no choice. Lucille is a brave woman in many ways, but you know that she fears death. She is in a corner. She is forced to go." "Again," he said, "I feel that I must ask you why do you give me warning?" She came and stood close to him. "Perhaps," she said earnestly, "I am anxious to earn your gratitude.
"Is he not returned?" "Not yet, monsieur," Tom replied grimly. "But you have heard from him?" "Oh, yes," was Tom's answer; "I have heard from him of course." "And from Mademoiselle Nancy, I trust, also?" "Yes, from Nancy also." "Ah, I am so relieved, Monsieur Pembroke. I was most anxious for their safety. One knows not what may happen.
He was ready to bet upon anything in the most wonderful manner, and when I chanced to see a shooting star he was anxious to bet that he would see more than me, twenty-five francs a star, and it was only when I explained that my purse was in the hands of the brigands that he would give over the idea.
Fielder, and they are to be married from this house on the 6th of December, though what they are to live upon no one can guess. The Kilcorans are very anxious to put the best face on the matter possible, and have persuaded us, for the sake of the family, to stay for the wedding; indeed, poor Lady Kilcoran is so completely overcome, that I hardly like to leave her till this is over.
Heinze and Aiken moved expectantly forward, anxious to hear him pass sentence upon me. Seeing this he raised his voice and repeated: "You are quite right in what you say about the camp. All you say is quite true." He leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, and, as he continued speaking with his face averted, it was as though he were talking to himself.
Now tell me," she leans even more forward and looks intently at the professor, her pretty brows wrinkled as if with extreme and troublous thought "What are the duties of a guardian?" "Eh?" says the professor. He moves his glasses up to his forehead and then pulls them down again. Did ever anxious student ask him question so difficult of answer as this one that this small maiden has propounded?
A nephew who had recently graduated, and had the prestige of the same name, was anxious to take the practice. Joe felt as if circumstances were shaping a change for him; and he was ready now to take up a life of his own. Then the Deans sold, and were to go up a little farther.
My father and mother are most anxious to see me; and now, after what has happened, it is right that I should be at their side." "You are a good son, Lord Lydstone," she said, but there was the slightest sneer concealed beneath her simple words. "I have not been what I ought, but now that I am the only one left I feel that I must defer to my dear parents' wishes in every respect."
Then, too, our Lord surely meant to teach them that whilst they were doing His work, whether that work was waiting or active service, it was not necessary for them to be anxious about their maintenance; He Himself would see to that, though He had, for each meal, to light a fire and prepare it Himself.
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