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Updated: June 11, 2025
"Good," he exclaimed triumphantly, then, looking about at the electric fixtures, added to the man, "Let us see where to install the thing." He walked over to the door and put his hand on the knob, then pointed back at the fixtures. "That's the idea," he cried. "You can run the line from the brackets to this door-knob and the mat. How's that?"
Dear knows I have my hand on Mr. Morrison's door-knob half the day." Mr. James got up to go. "You're a fierce hussy, and mean to be a partner in the firm before you've done with us." "If I were a man I would be that." "Better than that for you, lassie, better than that. Wait till a good man comes by." She snorted at the closing door, but felt that he had come near to defining what she wanted.
That was a very unusual proceeding on his part, as it was well understood that his "latchstring was always out" of an evening, and the young men, who were in the habit of reading in his room, were accustomed to open and enter at will, without the formality of knocking. A moment later, some one confidently turned the door-knob. Instantly Duncan realized the situation and came to his senses.
It was as if he had his hand on a door-knob and were closing his clenched fist upon it: he had thumped, he had called, he had pressed the door with his powerful knee and shaken it with all his strength, and dead, damning silence had answered him. And yet something held him there something hardened the grasp of his fingers.
"Get me out of here as quick as you can, Doc," he said in a thick voice. At the same moment Rosie Gimpke appeared from the kitchen. "Slip him out queek now. I hold the dining room door tight," she urged, rushing back to the kitchen. Carey moved quickly and had Darley Champers safely out and into his own office before Rosie had need to relax her grip on the dining room door-knob.
"Oh, Doe, have you have you a SECRET SOCIETY?" "No." "Here, hang me, Doe," I said, "you're not only a shocking bad conversationalist, but also a little mad. That's your doctor's opinion. That'll be a guinea, please." And I got up to take the lines to Fillet. "I say, Rupert," said Doe, blushing and looking away. "Well?" I asked, with my hand on the door-knob.
Somewhere in the back of her head appeared to be some brain-cells quite detached from the important matter in hand, and to these was conveyed the fact that a door-knob had been turned, and at once they began to busy themselves upon the suggestion.
I grabbed the door-knob, but it was locked. 'Help! Help! I heard from inside. 'Unlock the door! I shouted. 'I have no key, said the voice, so I put my shoulder to the door and tried to force it. "I was choking and coughing and gasping, what with the smoke and all, and it was hard work standing there. I shoved with all my might though, and all of a sudden the door gave way.
There have been large fortunes gathered where there was not one drop of unrequited toil in the wine; not one spark of bad temper flashing from the bronze bracket; not one drop of needle-woman's heart-blood in the crimson plush; while there are other great establishments in which there is not one door-knob, not one brick, not one trinket, not one thread of lace, but has upon it the mark of dishonor.
I'm going to leave for the Far West on the morning train. Think of me kindly, Betty." With a last glance at them he turned and his head rested on his chest as his hand touched the door-knob. "Good-by," he repeated. He turned the door-knob. But at this sound the snakes and silk and tawny hair precipitated themselves violently toward him. "Oh, Perry, don't leave me! Perry, Perry, take me with you!"
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