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"It seemed as though he were trying to discover some secret panel, a passage or hiding place, or something like that. And Captain Brisco certainly was rather brusque about it. I do hope there won't be any quarreling or mutiny aboard the Mary Ellen when we put out to sea."
You may wonder, perhaps, at this buoyancy of temperament, that enabled me to get over so quickly the disappointment and dejection I was suffering from at Mrs Clyde's brusque rejection of my suit?
Turning impulsively, in the brusque careless manner which characterised him, Voalavo led the way to the banks of the river a considerable stream where the cattle were assembled and guarded by a band of over a hundred warriors. "Cattle seem to be plentiful in these parts," said Mark to the guide as they walked along. "They are numerous everywhere in Madagascar.
Never again would she exclaim, in her brusque tone of genial ruthlessness: 'Fiddlesticks! The situation was very difficult and distressing, for Constance could not leave her baby, and she would not, until the last urgency, run the risks of a journey with him to Axe. He was being weaned. In any case Constance could not have undertaken the nursing of her mother. A nurse had to be found. Mr.
However, the anxiety caused by this brusque separation proved an additional charm, and, until the morrow, each would be uneasy lest anything should have befallen the other in such weather, when one would not even have turned a dog out of doors. Perchance one of them had slipped, or lost the way; such were the mutual fears which possessed them, and rendered their next interview yet more loving.
Major Cowan, altogether too brusque, failed utterly to impress McGee, whose service in the Royal Flying Corps had been with a class of men who thought more of deeds than of rank and who could enjoy a care-free camaraderie without becoming careless of discipline. Discipline, after all, is never deeper than love and respect, and McGee felt somehow that Cowan was not a man to command either.
"A good man, Jacob, but too fat, and far too brusque in speech, especially to the young. I'll warrant me he has been addressing upbraiding words to you, finding fault, perhaps, with your manners and your parts of speech." The two youths hid their smiles. "Mynheer Jacobus was very good to us," said Robert. "Just as you are, Master McLean."
He pushed his cup farther away, with a movement that was rather brusque, and got up. "What about lunch to-day? Do you eat lunch when you are composing? Do you want something sent up to you?" "Well, I don't know. I don't think I shall want any lunch to-day. You see we've breakfasted late. Don't bother about me." "It isn't a bother. You know that, Claudie.
The doctor was standing beside the window gazing out over the pastures, but he turned at once as they came in. "A nasty case, Mr. Marbolt," he said, the moment the rancher had taken up his position. "A very nasty case." He was a brusque little man with a pair of keen black eyes, which he turned on the blind man curiously. "An artery cut by bullet. Small artery.
She waved away, with a brusque gesture, the orange-flowers which her maid was about to attach to her corsage. "No," she said. "Not that! Roses." "But, Mademoiselle " "Roses," repeated Marsa. "And for my hair white rosebuds also." At this, the old General risked another speech. "Do you think orange-blossoms are too vulgar, Marsa? By Jove! They don't grow in the ditches, though!"
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