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She glanced across at him beneath her lashes, and in an instant all thought of personal dignity was wiped out by the look of profound pain that she surprised in his face. Her shrewd question, uttered almost unthinkingly in the cut-and-thrust of repartee, had got home somewhere on an old wound. "Oh, I'm sorry!" she exclaimed contritely.
"Yes, he would if he's a bull-fighter," scoffed Dick, "and I never heard of there being any matadors in the vicinity of Nestorville." "Lots of doormats, though," grinned Tom. "Say, if you do that again I'll throw you out of the car," cried Jack at this atrocious pun. "Sorry, couldn't help it. Just slipped out," said Tom contritely.
"The proper way for a man to pray," Said Deacon Lemuel Keyes, "And the only proper attitude, Is down upon his knees." "No, I should say the way to pray," Said Reverend Doctor Wise, "Is standing straight, with outstretched arms, And rapt and upturned eyes." "Oh, no; no, no," said Elder Slow, "Such posture is too proud: A man should pray with eyes fast closed And head contritely bowed."
He shook his head and frowned, then smiled and pretended to limp. "Don't let go so suddenly," he admonished telepathically. "I did not know. I am sorry," Torlos thought contritely. "Who's your friend?" asked Wade as he entered the corridor. "He certainly looks husky." "He is," Arcot affirmed. "And he must be weighted with lead! I thought he'd pull my legs off. Look at those arms!"
"Umballa did not put him there. It was the politics of the council; and this is the sword which Umballa holds over their heads. And if I summoned my thousand men their zeal for me . . ." "Pardon, Ramabai!" cried Ahmed contritely. "Pardon!" "Ah! finally you understand?" "Yes. You are not only a good man but a great one.
"The Swedes know the science of music; but they are hard; they are seldom artists; they cannot express. And when one of this nation a man with the ice of his country in his soul tried to instruct me how to play the warm music of my own Italy, I called him a fool!" "I see," said the investigator. "I am to blame," said Spatola, contritely. "But I could not help it.
With all her beauty, intellect, genius and generosity, she had not been able to stir him as this young girl was unconsciously doing. She held no animosity for the daughter of her host; she was clear-visioned enough to put the wrong where it belonged. "It is your lead," said the admiral patiently. "Pardon me!" contritely. The gentle reproach brought her back to the surroundings.
"You are a silly person, but a dear," she said contritely; "and I didn't really mean what I said about receptions at least, about yours. But I meant every word about Cousin Henrietta." A slight shadow of doubt lingered in Isabel's eyes, and Helen, seeing it, crossed quickly over to the divan and kissed her lightly on the cheek. The olive branch was accepted and peace restored.
Turning to Ashby with an abrupt change of manner she said contritely: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ashby, I vouched for 'im." The Wells Fargo Agent softened at the note in the Girl's voice; he was about to utter some comforting words to her when suddenly she spoke again. "I s'pose they had one o' them little lovers' quarrels an' that made 'er tell you, eh?"
He leaped far out across the water, attempting a jump that none of his kind could have made safely, and fell short. The furry body described a great valiant arc, shot upward for one flashing second, dropped out of sight. "Oh, I am so sorry," cried the girl contritely. "You poor little thing." The woodland tragedy moved her strangely, for she felt that, innocently enough, she had caused it.
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