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I gave them their choice, and they chose to take their chance of bluffing off the charge and convicting me of fraud. But they were frightened," Newman added, "and I have had all the vengeance I want." "It is most provoking," said Mrs. Tristram, "to hear you talk of the 'charge' when the charge is burnt up. Is it quite consumed?" she asked, glancing at the fire.
"Carroll, this thing is too serious for any bluffing, and we are going to see it through. It is fair that you should know why we ask. Let me give you the facts we have found out." Sinclair gave a brief resume of the story as gathered from Stanton and Perault. As Carroll listened his face grew white with fury.
Unless he fills the stage, an incident has for him no value or concern. Happily for me the most startling of his exploits, that of bending a timid War Committee of the Cabinet to his will in the winter of 1915-1916, and of bluffing into utter submission nearly a hundred thousand rampant munition workers who were eager to "down tools," fulfils all the Dawson conditions of importance.
I have grown fond of makeshifts and make-believes and hedging, bluffing, stalling, jumping mental hurdles it's fun it keeps you alive and never weighing more than a hundred and ten pounds." Trudy rose to go. She was a chic little vixen in a fantastic costume of black velvet with a jacket of blush pink.
You see, the first two times Snookums' brain was activated, the circuits became disoriented." "You mean," said Mike the Angel, "they went nuts." She laughed again. "Don't let Fitz hear you say that. He'll tell you that 'the circuits exceeded their optimum randomity limit." Mike grinned, remembering the time he had driven a robot brain daffy by bluffing it at poker. "How did that happen?"
His bloodshot eyes were still fixed upon O'Brien's hard face as he raised his glass with a shaking hand and drained it. "I don't need to bluff with no one around worth bluffing," he said, setting the empty glass down on the counter. O'Brien's response was to fold his arms aggressively, and lean forward upon the counter, peering into the delicate, pale face before him.
Pearse's notes at this time in great measure deal. January 11. The bombardment has gone on vigorously for several days, and the Boers are busy on new works, probably with the idea of "bluffing" us into the belief that they mean to mount new guns, while in reality they are sending reinforcements southward to intercept General Buller.
PODKHALYÚZIN. But what'll I see? RISPOLÓZHENSKY. Here's what you'll see! You just wait, just wait, just wait! You think I won't have the law on you? You wait! PODKHALYÚZIN. Wait; yes, wait! As it is, I've waited long enough. Quit your bluffing, you don't scare me. RISPOLÓZHENSKY. You think no one will believe me? Won't believe me? Well, let 'em insult me!
Between them, Ruth and Alice told about Dan Merley's claim, and the injustice of it. Russ was duly sympathetic. "If I were your father I would pay no attention to his demand," the young moving picture operator said. "But suppose he sues, as he threatened?" asked Ruth. "Let him, and fight the case in court when it comes up. Merley may be only 'bluffing', to use a common expression."
We hold a full hand, and don't stand no bluffing." "If you mean there is some effect in Christian example and the life of a God-fearing man" began Madison gravely. "That's it! God-fearin' or revolver-fearin', it amounts to the same when you come down to the hard pan and bed-rock," interrupted McGee.
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