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Grundy would say, could her Argus-eyes penetrate to the spot, where we, bound to "die of roses in aromatic pain," in miners'-garb, masculine and muddy, sit on stones with earthy delvers, more than six hundred feet under ground, where the foot of woman has never trod before, nor the voice of woman echoed, and sip, with the relish of intense thirst, steaming black tea from an old tin cup!
Suppose only suppose the silent threatening Thing across the border, jewelled with the glowing Argus-eyes of many camp-fires, conjecturable in dark masses flecked with the white of waggon-tilts, and sometimes giving out the dull gleam of iron or the sparkle of steel, were to choose this, W. Keyse's first night on guard, for an attack!
And if the domines move about in fear and trembling because of the argus-eyes and often Midas-like ears of the deacons, their wives must be still more discreet. One 'domine' has been known to brave public opinion and ride a bicycle, but for a mother in Israel to do the like would scandalize all good members of the Reformed Church.
Yet, if he be detected, poor soul, he will be Harlowed-off, as well as his meek mistress. I have this moment your continuation-letter. And am favoured, at present, with the absence of my Argus-eyes mother. Dear creature! I can account for all your difficulties. A young lady of your delicacy! And with such a man! I must be brief
Like all girls who are in love, Emilie cherished the hope of being able to hide her feelings at the bottom of her heart by putting the Argus-eyes that watched on the wrong tack; but by the end of a fortnight there was not a member of the large family party who was not in this little domestic secret. When Monsieur Longueville called for the third time, Emilie believed it was chiefly for her sake.
But if the tithingman, with his argus-eyes and long rod were not enough to insure propriety, the charming rows of maidens on the seats of the gallery directly opposite could have been relied on to complete the work. The galleries were very deep, and the distance across the meeting house, from the front seat of one to that of the other, was not over twenty-five feet.
"And you will dismiss Madame Brunnen," said Camilla, gayly. "Oh, mamma, you have no idea how she tortures and martyrs me with her Argus-eyes, and watches me day and night. Will you not dismiss her, mamma, and take no other governess?" "I will think of it," said her mother, sadly. But now a servant entered and announced Count Ranuzi.
Packing and unpacking, and the harassing "customs" are the worst features. There were only fifty-six passengers on the Minneapolis, but it took us from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M., in a pouring rain, to pass the argus-eyes of one hundred and eight inspectors, about two to each passenger.
"Will you write this letter for me?" "If I do so, will you consent to remain here, and to open your door to me in spite of the orders of your husband, or the argus-eyes of your stepfather?" "Write the letter, the rest will arrange itself," said Camilla. "I will write it to-night. May I bring it to you myself to-morrow morning?" "If I say no, will you then be so kind as to give it to my maid?"
We ought to say, however, that these remarks were not justified by any of the scandals which in the provinces betray those passions that are difficult to conceal from the Argus-eyes of a little town.
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