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They would meet other people they knew, who had similarly enjoyed themselves, and would cry: "Have you been away? We're just back. We went to Littlehampton and had a gorgeous time! We had such awf'ly comfortable rooms, not actually on the front, but within a minute's walk. We prefer rooms to an hotel. We enjoyed ourselves tremendously. Where did you go?" Mrs.
But a little domestic work shouldn't make a girl of your age look so pale and tired as you do. How do you feel, love?" "Ragged," said Marie, "and and awf'ly limp." A great question was crying in Mrs. Amber's heart, but she was too tactful to pursue it.
His wife smiled. "But I've brought you something I hope you'll like as well." "Have you, you dear kind person?" He took her hand and drew nearer. "Marie, darling, it's awf'ly good to see you again. This last week in Paris seemed such waste of time, with you so near." She looked at him with her eyes widening, a trick he found vivid in his memory. A little more colour rose into her cheeks.
Just as soon as he comes to that conclusion, he'll be a whole lot better dog. . . . Yes, and a happier one, too," he added, slowly. Barbara did not speak at once and Jed began to whistle a doleful melody. Then the former declared, with emphasis: "I think SOME dogs are awf'ly nice." "Um? . . . What? . . . Oh, you do, eh?" She snuggled close to him on the bench.
"Is it?" said Rokeby, with a very charming smile which but few women knew. She hurried on: "Yes, it is. You see, I didn't want you to come in and spoil it all, prevent Marie from asking her husband for the perambulator." "You were awf'ly thoughtful, and I'm sure I didn't want to chip in at the wrong moment; but, I say, would it have mattered so much?
Awf'ly good of you to turn out, such a beastly cold morning." John Robin Ross-Ellison had come round an adjacent corner, a European warder on either side of him and another behind him, all three, to their credit, as white as their white uniforms and helmets. On his head was a curious bag-like cap.
Come to the opera and be awf'ly aloof and supercilious. You can! Yes, you can! And be sure wear evening clothes. Now I've got to hurry." "B-but " "Don't disappoint me. I depend on you. Oh, say you will!" "I will!" She was gone, whisking into the Gilson limousine. He was in a glow at her loyalty, in a tremor of anger at the meddlers. But he had never worn evening clothes.
Bellew did not trouble to answer, and it was just that certainty over herself, the cool assurance of a woman who has known the world, her calm, almost negligent eyes, that fascinated this young man. He looked at her quite shyly. 'I suppose you will become my slave, those eyes seemed to say, 'but I can't help you, really. "Did you back George's horse? I had an awf'ly good race.
"Stalky had captured one prisoner an old pensioned Sepoy of twenty-five years' service, who produced his discharge an awf'ly sportin' old card. He had been tryin' to make his men rush us early in the day.
You kill me now maybe yes." Officers led him away. Phyllis Cunningham came up to Kirby and offered him her hand. "You're hard on James. I don't know why you're so hard. But you've cleared us all. I say thanks awf'ly for that. I've been horribly frightened. That's the truth. It seemed as though there wasn't any way out for us. Come and see us and let's all make up, Cousin Kirby."
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