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Slade had deceived us; that there was no redress, as he was dead. But I told him, too, how hard you worked among the poor He did not say much. I don't think he is a great talker, but he stroked that funny beard of his and nodded his head. Then when Mrs. Crampton came up he told her to bring coffee, and he made me stay and pour it out for him.
My sleeping peer in the library at Stamford Court and Evesham talking luminously behind the Hartstein flowers embodied the devil, and my replete citizen sucking at his cigar in the National Liberal Club, Willie Crampton discussing the care and management of the stomach over a specially hygienic lemonade, and Dr.
And now," he added, the formalities of introducing Dan to the various officers of the company being completed, "I have gone into the matter of the men lost when the Fledgling sank and have sent a check for five thousand dollars to the wife of your engineer, Crampton, who I understand carried some life insurance, and a check for three thousand dollars to Welch's mother."
The last time, in fact, that Johnnie and Crayshaw had been together, they had deprived themselves of their natural rest in order to carry out these changes; and the first time Miss Crampton gave a music lesson after their departure, she opened the book at one of their improved versions, which ran as follows: "Wink to me only with thy nose, And I will sing through mine."
Crampton says he is but poorly;" nevertheless, at Olivia's request, she had taken the message. After a brief delay she returned. Her master would see Mrs. Luttrell; but Olivia's heart beat a little quickly as she entered the library. For the first time she was not sure of her welcome. The grand old room looked unusually gloomy.
We are obliged to be particular in describing these apartments, for extraordinary events occurred therein. To say the truth, until the present period Mr. Crampton had taken no great interest in his nephew's marriage, or, indeed, in the young man himself. The old gentleman was of a saturnine turn, and inclined to undervalue the qualities of Mr.
Webster and Sir John Crampton agreed upon a basis for the settlement of Central American affairs, and drew up and signed a proposal to be submitted to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This proposed basis for a treaty was rejected by Nicaragua, which left the questions involved in the same unsettled position.
She thought of her former passages with Scully, and of the days when but never mind when: for she suffered her veil to fall, and buried her head in the folds of her handkerchief. Vain folds! The wily little Mr. Crampton could see all that passed behind the cambric, and continued "Yes, madam, we know the absurd hopes that were formed by a certain attorney twenty years since.
"You men are terrible flatterers," continued she; "but you say right: for myself I value not these empty distinctions. I am growing old, Mr. Crampton, yes, indeed, I am, although you smile so incredulously, and let me add, that MY thoughts are fixed upon HIGHER things than earthly crowns. But tell me, you who are all in all with Lord Bagwig, are we never to have our peerage?
Then she asked: 'Why are you going round by Crampton? 'To ask after Miss Hale. 'I will send. Williams must take the water-bed she came to ask for. He shall inquire how she is. 'I must go myself. 'Not merely to ask how Miss Hale is? 'No, not merely for that. I want to thank her for the way in which she stood between me and the mob. 'What made you go down at all?
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