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"No," said the doctor ashamedly. "They were blueskins." "How bad was the famine?" "Who knows? Any number may have starved! And we kept a squadron of armed ships in their skies for years. To keep them from spreading the plague, we said. And some of us believed it, probably!" The doctor's tone was purest irony. "Lately," he said, "there's been a move for economy in our government.
"Ah, Nick, you sure ain't the man you was in Buck's time; gamblin', drinkin', hidin' your guilty face behind a mask, afraid when a harmless visitor knocks at your door. What d'you suppose Buck would have thought of you? What d'you expect me myself to think?" "Dunno," said Nick ashamedly. "Th' ain't many men along this yer trail like Buckskin Jack an' you, Kiddie.
Horniblow respecting matters which as the good lady ashamedly confessed to herself although forbidden by her lord, still intrigued her while, of course, they most suitably shocked. For the life of her she could not help looking out for signs of disturbance and upheaval.
And and Derrick wishes me to tell you that your future oh, how am I to put it! that you will be well cared for; that you will have no need for anxiety about the future." "Derrick!" breathed Miriam, ashamedly. "Yes, it is what he would do. It is like him to think of me, even in the moment of his own happiness. Oh, God, how ashamed I am!"
"And what are you going to do now?" asked Vanderlyn in a low, dry tone. "Arrange for a special to Orange, I suppose? What time will you start, Tom? Would you like me to come with you?" Pargeter reddened; his green eye blinked as if he felt suddenly blinded by the bright sun. "I'm not thinking of going myself," he said, rather ashamedly. "Where would be the good of it?
Ned hated deceit with the vigorous hatred of an outspoken, truthful nature. He wriggled mentally, full of guilty discomfort, as he watched Theo's straight, slim figure rapidly stepping round to the Bunk, and told himself ashamedly that he had wilfully deceived the 'young miss' who was always so kind, so civil-spoken, to himself. 'Ned! Ned, my lad! called out Goody's cracked voice from within.
A second later the stifling odour of block matches drifted through the room, and Emeline lighted a gas jet. "Had your supper?" said she, as George sat down and took the child into his arms. "Nope," he answered, grinning ashamedly. "Thought maybe you and I'd go to dinner somewheres, Em." Emeline was instantly her better self.
Monroe and her one small servant were in the last hot and hurried stages of dinner-getting. Martie kissed her mother's flushed and sunken cheek; a process to which Mrs. Monroe submitted with reproachful eyes and compressed lips. "I don't like this, Martie!" said her mother, shaking her head. "What were you and Sally doing to be so late?" "Oh, nothing," Martie said ashamedly. "I'm awf'ly sorry.
"And take good care of your things when you have got them, for I don't pick up many five dollars nowadays." And the old look of care crept up, replacing the kindly smile, as he turned and left the room. "I feel very much as if I had picked my father's pocket," said Faith, holding the bank note, half ashamedly, in her hand. Henderson Gartney, Esq., was a man of no method in his expenditure.
"I remember years ago, when we were all kiddies together, how selfish he was, and how you always gave in to him. Christine" she stretched out her hand impulsively to the younger girl "do you love him very much?" she asked. Christine put her head down on her arms. "Oh, I did I did," she said, ashamedly.
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