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"Perfectly." "Be at the Grand Hotel to-night at ten o'clock precisely." "At ten o'clock I will be there. Monsieur will pay a little in advance?" "Here are twenty pounds," cried Mr. Greyne recklessly. The audacious-looking young man took the notes with decision, made a graceful salute, and disappeared in the direction of the quay, while Mr.
That audacious-looking Arab in a red kefia shall be my victim, or my destroyer. Speak to the Sheikh, and tell him to prepare his men. Freeman and Trueman, said Tancred, looking round to his English servants, 'we are in extreme peril; I took you from your homes; if we outlive this day, and return to Montacute, you shall live on your own land.
Greyne sprang upstairs, seized a Merrin's exercise-book and a lead pencil, put on a dark overcoat, popped one of the Springfield revolvers into the pocket of it, and hastened down into the hall of the hotel, where the audacious-looking young man was standing, surrounded by saucy chasseurs in gay liveries and peaked caps, by Algerian waiters, and by German-Swiss porters, all of whom were smiling and looking choke-full of sympathetic comprehension.
Altogether, the aspect of this ornate, audacious-looking summer palace is the strangest thing, just where it is, to be seen on the mountains. The supreme sweetness of the air, the breath of pine and hemlock, the coolness of midsummer nights, make the retreat a boon for July and August.
He turned, and saw standing beside him a tall, thin, audacious-looking young man, with coal-black moustaches, magnificent eyes, and an air that was half-languid, half-serpentine. "Who are you?" "I am a guide, monsieur. Here are my certificates." He produced from the inner pocket of his coat a large bundle of dirty papers. "If monsieur will deign to look them over." But Mr. Greyne waved them away.
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