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What would you say to twenty-five shillings a week, sir?" She looked at him deprecatingly, and as he did not answer she went on falteringly, "You see, sir, it may seem a good deal, but you would have the best of attendance and careful cooking and my husband, sir he would be pleased to valet you." "I shouldn't want anything of that sort done for me," said Mr. Sleuth hastily.
Baubie's countenance fell lower still on hearing this, and she blinked both eyes deprecatingly. Nevertheless, when the big girl whom they called Kate returned, bringing with her a warm whiff of steam and soap, she trotted after her obediently and silently. After a while the door opened, and Kate's yellow head appeared. "Speak with ye, mem?" she said. "I hae her washen noo, but what for claes?"
He sat down suddenly, and a deep silence filled the room. "Uncle," said Rachel, "may I read your visions of the shops in heaven?" "Oh no, Rachel. You are not able to read to-night," said her uncle deprecatingly. "I think I am, uncle. I should like to try. It will let the gentlemen see what you WOULD think an ideal state of things. It is something, Mr.
"Oh, papa, she looks faint!" said one of the /girls/ deprecatingly "do let her have something to eat; I'm sure she's hungry." Mr. Hobbs looked angry; he had often been taken in, and no rich man likes beggars. Generally speaking, the rich man is in the right. But then Mr.
Jenkins looked up deprecatingly, as if he would apologize for the rudeness of Roland Yorke. "Mr. Galloway is out, sir. I dare say he will not be away more than half an hour." "I cannot wait now," said Mr. Huntley. "So you are one less in this office than you were when I left?" "The awfullest shame!" struck in Roland. "Have you heard that Galloway lost a bank-note out of a letter, sir?" "Yes.
"Mary Anne," she said faintly, "bring me a glass of water." Her tone was such that Octavia removed her handkerchief from her eyes, and sat up to examine her. "Are you frightened?" she asked, in some alarm. Miss Belinda took a sip of the water brought by her handmaiden, replaced the glass upon the salver, and shook her head deprecatingly.
What a heat I got myself into! Now go on, Mr. O'Day. What'll I pay him, and when's he comin?" Felix waved his hand deprecatingly. "And so you never think, Mistress Kitty, that it may be the woman's fault?" "Yes, sometimes it is. Faults on both sides, maybe. If it's the woman's fault, it always begins when she lets her man do all the work. Look up and down 'The Avenue' here!
One custom which we have been taught to regard as vulgar and profane is that of constantly using the names of the Deity by way of exclamation and emphasis in the most ordinary conversation. Being on sufficiently intimate terms with a German lady, we one day ventured to inquire deprecatingly about this habit. "Everybody does it," was her candid reply; and this was the only reason we ever heard.
"My dear, my dear," she said deprecatingly, "I am afraid I have been asleep, and left all the work to you. You should not have done this, Anastasia. You ought to have awakened me."
He made an effort to shake his head deprecatingly as if his vanity were not flattered by those honeyed words of his friend; but his glance displayed such sincere delight and so strong a desire to be effusive and in evidence, that he could not repress a smile upon hearing from the companion of his youth, such a confirmation of his triumph.
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