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Herbert, we can agree in one thing: old memories, reveries, friendships, center about that: is n't an open wood-fire good?" "Yes," says Herbert, combatively, "if you don't sit before it too long." The best talk is that which escapes up the open chimney and cannot be repeated. The finest woods make the best fire and pass away with the least residuum.
"What's their kind?" "Long-tailed single-footers, Katrina." "The easiest gait in the world," put in Bob, combatively, disregarding the tails. "It looks so. And not a Derby hat in the whole place except mine." "And not a silk one, except on colored coachmen," added Sydney, maliciously. "Did you drive about?" "I saw all the sights, dear Mrs. Carroll.
As Henry's party came pouring down the hill the more combatively disposed of the pirates saw at glance that it would be in vain to attempt a stand. Mr. Mason was the first to gain the beach. He had hit upon a shorter path by which to descend, and, rushing forward, plunged into the sea.
"That goes without saying though we are such a virtuous lot." "Oh yes, he'll get on everybody says so. And he'll deserve it too!" she added, her eye kindling combatively as she surveyed her father. "He takes a lot of trouble down here, about the cottages and the board of guardians and the farms. The Hardens like him very much, but he is not exactly popular, according to them.
She was upset when she told me about it. She had come too late. She might have saved him. It was a curious thing but when she told me that Winkelberg was dead I felt combatively that it was untrue. And now since I know certainly that Winkelberg is dead and buried I have developed a curious state of mind. I look up from my desk every once in a while expecting to see him.
"That young man may not be much of a gem expert, but I don't think any mere paste imitation of a ruby would have inspired him to such a flight of vivid description as he indulged in when he talked with me yesterday morning. Guess again." He jammed his glasses down combatively astride his hawk-like nose, and squared his shoulders. "I won't guess at all.
It was a highly seasoned concoction of revolution and adventure in a mythical kingdom where life was not dull, to say the least. The humblest character in it was a viscount. Living in Bayport had, naturally, made me familiar with the doings of viscounts. "Eight thousand more than the last isn't so bad, is it?" demanded Jim Campbell combatively. "It isn't. It is astonishingly good.
Everybody turned pale around the board: the gentlemen looking at one another and wagging their heads, the ladies shutting their eyes with pretty screams of fright, the elderly men combatively brandishing their canes; and, in the side apartments, the little boys, who had been put to bed betimes, were greatly startled by the sudden outcries and imitated gun-fire, and screamed for lights.
"I drink as much clear water as is good for a man of my constitution," said the judge combatively. "My talents are wasted here," he resumed, after a little pause. "I've brought them the blessings of the law, but what does it signify!" "Why did you ever come here?" Mahaffy spoke sharply. "I might ask the same question of you, and in the same offensive tone," said the judge.
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