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The maids tittered, while the men guffawed, and a richer glow came into the cheeks of Fridtjof the page. Suddenly his iris-blue eyes were daringly a-sparkle. "The spirits will have forgot your wish before that time comes," he laughed, "for I vow that I will raise a beard or ever I woo a maiden."
He could deal daringly and surely with vast sums, or he could screw twice the normal quantity of work out of an underpaid clerk; but the household arithmetic that lies between the two was entirely beyond his comprehension.
Commodore Dewey, the commander of the American squadron, remained fully exposed on the bridge of his flag-ship, the Olympia, as she stood daringly in, followed in line by the Baltimore, Raleigh, Petrel, Concord, and Boston.
You were right, Roy," he said. "I would have hit harder. Ill-mannered little beast! All the same " A pause. He, no less than Roy, found speech difficult. He had fancied himself, by now, inured to this kind of jar so frequent in the early years of his daringly unconventional marriage. It seemed he was mistaken. He had been vaguely on edge all the afternoon.
He guided her dexterously among the dancers. The girl's breath came quickly, unevenly, but her feet never faltered. "If I were the lion," said her partner daringly, "by the powers, I'd play the part! I wouldn't be a tame beast, egad! If Una went out to a fancy ball, my faith, I would go too!" Lady Brooke uttered a little, excited laugh. The words caught her interest.
Years of success had possibly made him overconfident; and then you know, we are none of us infallible; we are liable to make mistakes, at one time or another. Your father interested himself daringly in many schemes which we more conservative ones would have hesitated to enter; indeed, we not only hesitated, but repeatedly declined when your father placed the propositions before us.
"I like them better in shop windows than I do at home. But to hang up your stocking and then find it all stuffed and knobby in the morning, with always something perfectly delightful in the toe for the very last! Oh, I love it!" "I wish I were a cousin of yours, so I could look after that toe present myself," said Richard daringly.
How kind!" said Juliet, turning to go. "But you won't mind if I consult Mrs. Fielding first? I must do that." He opened the door for her. "You are not to spoil her now," he said. "She's been spoilt all her life by everybody." "Except by you," said Juliet daringly. And with that parting shot she left him, swiftly traversing the hall to the stairs without looking back.
She had sent back his pendant without a word, and there was no telling how she was taking it. If the thing were ever renewed and his mind dwelt daringly on that possibility, explanations would be easy but he couldn't make explanation if she saw him first in a car with another woman. It was thus that Madge, arriving on the noon train, found Kemp waiting for her. Kemp was very fond of Miss MacVeigh.
"But first," he said impetuously, "do allay the curiosity which, I assure you, would otherwise continue to come between me and any business matters we might discuss." She looked at him with an inquiry which held a sort of prescient reserve. He could see that if not actually on guard, she held herself in readiness to be so. "What do you mean?" "You," he said daringly.
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