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"What do you think of that, Barty?" Barty, who was short-sighted, stood up and adjusted his eye-glasses, while he endeavoured to readjust his ideas, and to abandon the realms of business for those of art. "But you know, Larry," he apologised, "I know nothing about paintings. You wouldn't know what tomfoolery I mightn't " The apology broke off abruptly.

The fellow asked for a rise in wages. 'You couldn't have said anything more hurtful to my feelings, Josh told him, and knocked him down. There was a hole in one of his orchards where they'd been rooting up an old apple-tree. He put the fellow in that, tilled him up to his neck in earth, and kept him there till he apologised.

Not an Englishman, certainly he would see you bankrupt first! He disguised his own sophistication, and said he was very much obliged, and he almost apologised for not being able to take advantage of the information, and stick to coffee and rolls. "But the fact is," he said in self-defence, "we may get back for lunch and we may not." "That's all right," the gentleman replied with distinct relief.

Herself not less confused, she nevertheless bowed, and the gentleman advanced with hesitation, and with a faint blush returned her salute, and apologised for his intrusion. 'He thought Captain Armine might be there. 'He was here but this moment, replied Miss Temple; 'and doubtless will instantly return. Then she turned to her drawing with a trembling hand.

So he apologised, and came and sat beside me, without being a nusance, and asked me what my other troubles were. "Carter" I said, in a grave voice, "I know that you beleive me young and incapable of Afection. But you are wrong. I am of a most loving disposition." "Now see here, Bab," he said. "Be fair. If I am not to hold your hand, or or be what you call a nusance, don't talk like this.

"There, go away, you are giving me cold by keeping me in the passage, and your friend is getting impatient." She pushed him out, nodded, and shut the door. Tipps hastened after his friend, apologised for the delay, and, stepping out smartly, they were soon ushered into Captain Lee's drawing-room. The captain was writing. Emma was seated near the window sewing. "Ha!

With your legal experience you must have come across scores of instances of the extraordinarily deceptive nature of words." "You thought apparently that I should be likely to object to the marriage, and therefore you tried to keep me out of Ballymoy, using means which might be described as unscrupulous." "I've already apologised for the paraffin oil," said Meldon.

As his system in native warfare was always to try and inspire his enemy with perfect faith in the honour of Englishmen, and their contempt of all tricks and treachery even towards a foe, he was very angry at this occurrence, and at once, unarmed and unattended save by his native servant, rode up into the mountains to the kraal from which the white flag party had come on the previous day, and apologised to the Chief for what had happened.

After recess Thomas apologised." "What did the brute say?" "He is not a brute. He said he was sorry he'd thrown the pippin so hard." Next day I happened to meet Tom Eubanks. He had a basket of Newtown pippins for the schoolmarm. He was very red when he told me that Miss Buchanan liked apples. Apples at that time did not grow in the brush- hills. Tom had bought them at the village store.

Captain Myers waited, as if expecting to be asked below to take something, as is usual when one skipper visits another; but Harry, who did not like his appearance more than I had done, apologised by saying that, as the cabin was devoted to the use of the ladies, he could not invite strangers into it; but not wishing altogether to be inhospitable, he ordered the steward to bring up some wine and spirits and biscuits, which were placed in a tray on the companion-hatch.

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