United States or Argentina ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
DeVere!" called Mr. Pertell. "Glad you're here; we were waiting for you." "I hope I'm not late!" replied the actor, huskily, with a proper regard for not delaying a rehearsal. "Oh, no. You're ahead of time if anything, and I'm glad of it. We'll have to set the smuggling play aside for a time. One of my men isn't here, and I can slip in your scenes now, and be that much ahead.
And so no more of Beatriz Enriquez de Arana, whom "God has in his keeping" and has had now these many centuries of Time. Thus passed the summer and autumn of 1487; precious months, precious years slipping by, and the great purpose as yet unfulfilled and seemingly no nearer to fulfilment. It is likely that Columbus kept up his applications to the Court, and received polite and delaying replies.
"I thought so. His usual game. He makes himself known. Now see here," said Tom, in a manner that made Cora think of Paul perhaps Tom loved machines as did Paul, and was more than an ordinary chauffeur "that man is a keen lawyer, Dr. Bennet, and he has some purpose in delaying you." "Delaying me!" echoed Duncan. "No," interrupted Cora.
It was in the morning, there was a slight fog. The authorities were informed of our approach, and were preparing to receive us, only delaying assembling for that purpose till they had been warned the ship was close by, either by her being caught sight of, or by the sound of her paddle-wheels striking the water.
There was no delaying longer. Rosamond, all eagerness, was leading the way downstairs, her little riding-boots tapping her departure. Stephen was waiting for Roberta; she had to precede him. The next she knew she was down and out upon the porch, and Richard Kendrick, hat and crop in hand, was meeting her halfway, his expectant eyes upon her face.
He shook hands with him. "Don't be surprised if it's remembered next Honors Day. Did you bring Khane and the two professors?" "They're down on the lower landing-stage, Your Majesty. We're delaying the students, to give Your Majesty time to talk to them." "We'll see them now. My study will do." The officer saluted and went away. He turned to Count Tammsan.
The lady was completely deceived, and entreated them to partake her hospitality for the night; but this they deemed it prudent to decline, and with many humble thanks for her kindness, and representations of the necessity of not delaying their homeward course, they proceeded on their way.
Still smarting under a keen sense of the severity of reproof of his commanding officer, and falling into the common error of involving the wife in the unamiability of the husband, Ronayne would have retired, even at the risk of losing his breakfast, and, what was of far more moment to him, of delaying his meeting with her to whom his every thought was devoted. But when Mrs.
Joseph has been severely blamed for his tardy action: but, in truth, he was in a hopeless impasse: on all sides he saw the walls of his royal prison house closing in. The rebels in the north cut off the French despatches, thus forestalling his movements and delaying by some weeks his execution of Napoleon's plans.
The truth was or so I tried to excuse him that beside his plaguey trick of falling in and out of love he had an overhanging quarrel with his father, a worthy man, tyrannous when crossed, who meant him for the law. Nat abhorred the law, and, foreseeing that the tussel must come, vexed his honest conscience with the thought that while delaying to declare war he was eating his father's bread.
Word Of The Day