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But an aunt of mine in England peace be on her head! happened to send me a chunk of the necessary at what you might call the psychological moment." "And you spent it all on a birthday present for me! Archie!" Lucille gazed at her husband adoringly. "Archie, do you know what I think?" "What?" "You're the perfect man!" "No, really! What ho!" "Yes," said Lucille firmly.
"If you will permit me, sire," Archie said, "I will undertake its capture with my retainers. It is doubtless too strong to be captured by open assault with such a strength, but as Douglas has thrice taken Castle Douglas by stratagem, `tis hard if I cannot find some way for capturing Dunottar." "Be it so, Sir Archie," the king said.
He could see what would be the nature of Julia's countenance if Archie should ever get near enough to her to make his proposal! Archie indeed! There was no one for whom, at that moment, he entertained so thorough a contempt as he did for his cousin, Archie Clavering.
Archie, seeing what had occurred, had sent in the canoe, which had just reached the beach with a couple of hands. He had likewise brought the gun to bear on the mass of natives, who stood very much astonished at the sudden change of circumstances.
This was the McPhersons' first day at Penrhyn Park, but the little passage at arms did not at all dim Daisy's sky. Something would turn up, she knew; and at dinner something did turn up, for Mrs. Smithers mentioned to Archie that her husband had fallen in with the young Irish lord who had been for a day or two at the pension in Florence, and, remembering how intimate he was with Mr.
The young man good-humoredly stood all the chaff hurled at him, but seized the opportunity to slip away to his quarters as soon as coffee came on the table and the smoking began. It was nine o'clock before he returned to his room, and here he found Hope waiting for him impatiently. "I see you have been dining at the Pyramids," said Random, seeing that Hope was in evening dress. Archie nodded.
"Ah, Archie," said his father, "I must warn you never to allow the things of this world to take possession of your thoughts in a way that will keep religion from you. I would remind you of the words of Solomon: 'Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith." However, he went to sea.
"What do you think of that, Sir Archibald?" inquired the Governor carelessly. Archie paused, wavering in the path. The man had called him by his right name, throwing in the prefix with a tinge of insolence. "Oh, your name?" remarked the Governor turning from a leisurely survey of the dwelling. "Perfectly easy!
But my being as I am at this time of day would contradict me too much." "Well then, you're too primitive. You ought to leave this place tomorrow." "So as not to see Archie fall ?" "You ought to fish him out now from where he HAS fallen and take him straight away." I wondered a little. "Do you think he's in very far?" "If I were his mother I know what I should think.
And we hate tell-taleing; girls don't think of it the same way. 'I do, said Rosamond, flushing a little. 'If you think I'd be a tell-tale I'd rather not go with you. 'Oh nonsense, said Archie. 'I'm sure Jus can't think that. Anybody can see you're not that sort of a girl.
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