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"Don't take that tone with me Kate, or by heaven he shall suffer." "Good-night Major Delrose," she said mockingly. "I leave your presence, sans ceremonie as you entered mine." And with the gas-light lighting up red-robes, jewels, coal-black tresses and a smile all cruel, she was about to leave him. "Stay, Kate, I command you.
He said to me afterwards'" etc. Two diverse effects seemed to have been produced by these proceedings. A certain section of Radical opinion, which likes to see affairs managed sans cérémonie, and does not understand what the world wants with diplomatists when journalists are to be had, applauded; the old-fashioned laughed.
Complying with the request of the judge, the sheriff had a hole dug near where the body lay, and the dead man was buried, sans ceremonie. The court returned to the trading post and requested the proprietor to state what he knew of Tooly. Mr.
So eager were they to contrive themes of complaint against her, that when she visited them in the simple attire in which she so much delighted, 'sans ceremonie', unaccompanied by a troop of horse and a squadron of footguards, they complained to their father, who hinted to Marie Antoinette that such a relaxation of the royal dignity would be attended with considerable injury to French manufactures, to trade, and to the respect due to her rank.
It was seldom that this gave her any concern; though sometimes she looked as though she had been dining sans ceremonie; her locks having become disheveled by the breezes. "She would then go up to her room in order to adjust what I called her glass lamps.
Observing that my request for a ride took no attention, and finding myself falling slowly astern, I placed one foot upon the inner circumference of a hind wheel and was slowly elevated to the level of the hub, whence I boarded the concern, sans ceremonie, and scrambling forward seated myself beside the driver who took no notice of me until he had administered another indiscriminate castigation to his cattle, accompanied with the advice to "buckle down, you derned Incapable!"
It was seldom that this gave her any concern; looking sometimes as though she had just returned from dining sans cèremonie; her locks having become dishevelled by the breezes.
Captain Lake having given orders the evening before, that anyone who might call in the morning, and ask to see him, should be shown up to his bed-room sans ceremonie, was roused from deep slumber at a quarter past ten, by a knock at his door, and a waiter's voice. 'Who's that? drawled Captain Lake, rising, pale and half awake, on his elbow, and not very clear where he was.
Many chamberlains were waiting, and we were conducted to the Grand Maitre de Ceremonie, who passed us on to a less grand Maitre de Ceremonie, who showed us to the place where we were to stand in the ballroom. It was a magnificent sight, and as long as I live I shall never forget it.
Gudrun and Ursula, laughing, excited, felt the eyes of all the men upon them, and they lifted their heads and looked nowhere, and felt royal. The Professor announced the names of those present, SANS CEREMONIE. There was a bowing to the wrong people and to the right people. Everybody was there, except the man and wife.
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