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I had my victories, but they were always followed by a series of defeats. I would have a manuscript accepted by an editor. Let the thing go on." I would send him off another manuscript. He would take it. Victory, by Jove! Then wonk! Back would come my third effort with the curtest of refusals.
"He's an adventurer. What else could you expect?" said the ambassador in his curtest tone. "He inherited her temperament, and his life with her has developed the dormant tendency. Since his mother's death, three years ago, I have heard nothing of him." "And why did you keep all this from me?" said Regine, reprovingly. "I wanted to spare you all I could.
Patten was profusely casual: "Don't want to worry you, old man, but I thought it might be a good stunt to have Dr. Dilling examine her." He gestured toward Dilling as toward a master. Dilling nodded in his curtest manner and strode up-stairs Babbitt tramped the living-room in agony.
And with the curtest of bows she disappeared. "I have brought you a book, Miss Blanchflower," Lathrop nervously began, diving into a large and sagging pocket. "You said you wanted to see Madame de Noailles' second volume." He brought out "Les Eblouissements," and laid it on the table beside her. Delia thanked him, and then, all in a moment, as she stood beside him, a thought struck her.
The persuasiveness, the carefully-framed sentences, gave place to his curtest manner. "This matter," said he, "is out of my hands. The Head Master will deal with it. I must ask you for your keys, Lovell." "And if I refuse to give them up?" "Then we must break into your boxes. Thanks." He took the keys. "Follow me, please."
His salutation struck me as impertinent, so I returned it in the curtest of nods. "Are you in trouble?" I asked. "None whatever," he airily replied, still eying me. "But my car seems to be, doesn't it?" "What's wrong?" I demanded, determined that he shouldn't elbow me out of my matter-of-factness. He turned to his automobile and inspected it with an indifferent eye.
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