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Come, Marie you see I have known Madame Rousseau these many years, M'sieur come, let us assure Mr. Bingle that he need have nothing to fear if he decides to do you and poor old Jean here the honour of adopting your most fortunate baby." Madame Rousseau dried her eyes upon a singularly pretty little handkerchief, and then smiled beatifically. "M'sieur need have no fear.
Oh, ripping!" while Gilbert, sitting back in his chair, smiled beatifically and said, "Read it again, coves. Read it aloud and slowly!" While they were reading the notices, Henry went off to a post office, and sent his letter to Lady Cecily by express messenger. "That's settled," he said, as he returned home, for he had been afraid that he might change his mind.
After dinner, which lasted a very long time, we went into the garden, where coffee had been served, and stretched ourselves out beatifically, cigar in mouth. All was calm and silent about us, the insects had ceased their music, and in an opaline sky little violet clouds were sleeping.
"As soon as I finish my theatrical contract," Adoree ran on, "we are going to drop quietly out of sight and stay out of sight." "Going to live abroad?" Bob inquired. "Worse!" Pope explained. "Long Island. We're going to raise ducks." "Ducks!" Adoree echoed, beatifically. "Hundreds and thousands of ducks! Little ducks and big ducks, fuzzy ones and smooth ones.
Then we have the stumbling, fumbling entrance of Jack Barthwick, beatifically drunk, his maudlin babble, and his ill-omened hospitality to the haggard loafer who follows at his heels. Another example of a high-pitched opening scene may be found in Mr. Perceval Landon's The House Opposite.
He found Dirk already settling himself down for the night and Harrison Smith smote him boisterously on the back. "A red hot scent, my son," said he. "We're on the winning side. Success, my boy success." Freddie Dirk smiled beatifically through a fog of beer. "Goo' ni'," he murmured. "It's up with the dawn for you and me and then success."
After a long delay Simmy's cheery voice came singing—or rather it was barking—into her ear. This had been the greatest day in the life of Simeon Dodge. From early morn he had gone about in a state of optimistic unrest. He was more excited than he had ever been in his life before,—and yet he was beatifically serene.
"An' live over to your house an' not go to Chicago?" inquired Miss Letty beatifically. "Course you won't go to Chicago, unless we go together some spring or fall an' make 'em a visit an' show 'em we've got suthin' to live for as well as they have." "Then I needn't have sold my furniture," said she, with a happy turn of logic. "Sold your furniture? You ain't sold it.
"I am afraid," she replied, "that this time I'll have to satisfy the Professor. He was white and trembling all the time. I thought him an arrant coward." The Professor smiled beatifically as he glanced around. He had the air of one propounding an unanswerable problem. "You hear what Miss Lenora says?
After dinner, which lasted a very long time, we went into the garden, where coffee had been served, and stretched ourselves out beatifically, cigar in mouth. All was calm and silent about us, the insects had ceased their music, and in an opaline sky little violet clouds were sleeping.
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