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"They are here," he said. "The damsel and the elderly female?" cried Sir Giles. And receiving a response in the affirmative from the promoter, he bade him usher them in at once. The next moment Aveline, attended by a decent-looking woman, somewhat stricken in years, entered the room. They were followed by Clement Lanyere.
So ran her fancies in a very fever all through the troubled night; but when the first streak of the autumn dawn glimmered coldly in the east, dismal presage of the discordant dressing-bell, then she turned upon her pillow with a weary sigh, and muttered to herself: 'After all I daresay Mr. Wendover is only fooling me. Perhaps it is his habit to make love to every decent-looking girl he meets.
By the help of one inmate and another, we made our way to Biddy's door, and then we found it locked. "The missis 'll be out," said a deformed girl who was pulling herself along by the balustrades. She was decent-looking and spoke civilly, so I ventured to ask, "Do you mean that old Biddy is out?" "Nay, not Biddy. The woman that sees to her.
Certain conditions, however, had formulated themselves around this prerogative: first, the stranger must of necessity be a decent-looking man; second, he must be within the precincts of the homestead at the ringing of the bell; third, the officer must walk down to the hut with him, as a testimony; fourth, no particular sub must make a trade of it.
Seeing a decent-looking man engaged in sawing a piece of wood by the roadside, I asked him in Welsh whether the house with the wheel was a flour mill. "Nage," said he, "it is a pandy, fulling mill." "Can you tell me the name of a river," said I, "which I have left about a mile behind me. Is it the Sawdde? "Nage," said he, "it is the Lleidach."
A servant brought me a light dressing-gown, and another came in with linen and a large tub full of water, which he placed before me; my shoes and stockings were taken off, and my feet washed. A very decent-looking woman, followed by a servant girl, came in a few minutes after, and curtsying very low, she proceeded to make my bed.
"Yes, back to my case." Mrs. Ducharme opened the door of the cottage in response to Sommers's knock. Attired in a black house dress, with her dark hair smoothly brushed back from round, fat features, she was a peaceful figure. Sommers thought there was some truth in her contention that "Ducharme ought to get a decent-looking woman, anyway." "How is Mr. Preston?" he asked. Mrs.
I had left my own horse at Karansebes, because he was in need of rest; so F and I had to select horses from amongst the promiscuous lot brought up by the "hunt." We chose out a couple of decent-looking animals indeed I rather prided myself on my selection, drew attention to his good points, and rallied F on his less successful choice. At length everything was ready.
The dwellers in the decent-looking houses did not seem to mind the sights and scents of their street, but these revolted us, and we made haste out of it into the avenue where the greater world of Ronda was strolling or standing about, but preferably standing about.
Another time a pair went by on the way to the railway station: a young man carrying an umbrella under his arm, and a very decent-looking old woman lugging a heavy carpet bag, who left them to the lasting question whether she was the young man's servant in her best clothes, or merely his mother.
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