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I know what you can stand without busting, to the fraction of a cent." "Why, it's ridiculous. That handful of wheat will cost me three hundred thousand dollars." "Pre-cisely." And then all at once Scannel surrendered. Stony, imperturbable, he drew his check book from his pocket. "Make it payable to bearer," said Jadwin. The other complied, and Jadwin took the check and looked it over carefully.
In three years the nation would understand it, and the King would be flying from his angry people; but at present, sunk in a torpor after the long civil wars and the corrupt reign of Charles, they failed to see what was at stake, and turned against those who would warn them, as a hasty man turns on the messenger who is the bearer of evil tidings.
That, O angel, is the glory of the rose to be a bearer of kisses from lover to lover, and to hear the whispered vows of the cavalier and his lady, to feel the beating of a gentle heart, and to wither on the white bosom of a wooed maiden." Then the angel came to a lily that arose fair and majestic from its waxen leaves and bowed gracefully to each passing breeze.
"I am the bearer of a letter for you, given into my hand by my husband's dear friend your predecessor," she said, "a few days before his murder at Tewkesbury. It relates to my son here." The grand prior opened the letter and read it. "Assuredly, madam, I will carry out the wishes here expressed," he said.
It may be averted if you quit Paris when you receive this, for it seems to me that it is here only that your safety is menaced. Should you wish to consult me before doing so, come, I pray you, to my booth in the fair at two, but come mounted. Instead of a signature a cabalistic figure was drawn below it, and then the words were added: The bearer can be trusted.
It was a note from a discerning friend, who had never yet sent him a case that was not vitally interesting from one point or another. "Please see the bearer of this note," the brief message ran, "though I doubt if even you can do much to help him." John Silence paused a moment, so as to gather from the mind of the writer all that lay behind the brief words of the letter.
The acknowledged belle, the bearer of an aristocratic name, the owner of a well-filled purse, the renowned scholar, artist, or poet, have all a conspicuous sphere to shine in.
Without fear of exaggeration, sir, I may state that we 'ave long known this to be the case; Antoine Archambault, the young man around this room not ten minutes ago, is the bearer, and he, I suppose, knows all about it the girl is apparently his sister, or in some way related to him but I wouldn't care to talk to him about it and so, sir, I come to you."
Demi laughed, and his comrade went slowly up the avenue, devoutly hoping that the coast was clear; for he was the bearer of tidings which would, he thought, convulse the entire family with astonishment and dismay. To his great joy Mrs Jo was discovered alone in a grove of proof-sheets, which she dropped, to greet the returning wanderer cordially.
Varvara Pavlovna did not attempt to justify herself. All that she wanted was to see him; she besought him not to condemn her irrevocably. The letter was cold and constrained, though marks of tears were to be seen on it here and there. Lavretsky smiled bitterly, and sent a message by the bearer, to the effect that the letter needed no reply.
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