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She came close and picked a blonde hair from his shirt. "Don't want you getting caught." "No," Oliver said. "Will you come back?" she asked softly. "Are you kidding? As soon as I can." She hugged him as though he were breakable. "I'll be waiting." It was almost an apology. He ran one hand down her hair and the compound curve of her back. "Save that kiss for next time," he said.
At times wild ideas of getting blind full, and going home to break every breakable thing in the house, rose in his mind; but prudence whispered that he had to live all the rest of his life with his wife, and he realized that this scheme of vengeance had its drawbacks.
Everything else breakable fortunately there was not much was smashed into small bits. A Y.M.C.A. worker, a young man lent to us for the occasion, and recommended as experienced with boys' clubs in London, fled to a small room and locked himself in.
Of course it will be the easiest way! What geese we are to have waited so long! Only it will be a heavy thing to lift. But the time has come when it must be done. Let's go right away!" Then they scurried up-stairs, entered the drawing-room, and set their candlesticks on the table. After that they removed all the breakable ornaments from the mantel and drew another chair close to the fireplace.
But what is the use of my taking the vows and settling everything as it should be, if that marplot Hans comes and upsets it all?" Few things were more likely. Hans was made for mishaps: his very limbs seemed more breakable than other people's his eyes more of a resort for uninvited flies and other irritating guests. But it was impossible to forbid Hans's coming to London.
When but recently come to England, I had read the statement in one of Thackeray's books that possibly there might be pure women, but certainly no pure man, and with youthful arrogance I had sworn a solemn oath that I would make him out a liar. This was the first of the fine set of broken, patched and mended oaths with which the quarrelling household of my soul was gradually fitted out. And one would think that the ambition for the collecting of this precious and breakable bric-
Alan at once held a pistol in his face. "Put that thing up!" said the captain. "Have I not passed my word, sir? or do you seek to affront me?" "Captain," says Alan, "I doubt your word is a breakable. Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!" says he.
It is not such a little affair." "I know nothing of it, but is such a thing fatal?" "She is under arrest with the other revolutionist that I mentioned a case against her that is hardly breakable " Boylan sat down, "Of course you are aware of the remark he made this morning in the field headquarters? I saw how gallantly you tried to cover it.
When I was put at clerical duty, I immediately began to furnish trouble for the British army, not intentionally, of course, but quite effectively. The first thing I did was to drop a typewriter and smash it. My hands had spells when they absolutely refused to work. Usually it was when I had something breakable in them.
He had brought a bundle from Lakeview for the blacksmith's wife with his accustomed grumblings, and had intended to fling it over the gate, as he passed, in the hope that it contained something breakable. But now he recognised in it an instrument in the hand of Providence to give him the long-wished-for speech with the minister.
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