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Meanwhile George Lorimer and Pierre Duprez were chatting together in the library. It was very quiet there, the goodly rows of books, the busts of poets and philosophers, the large, placid features of the Pallas Athene crowning an antique pedestal, the golden pipes of the organ gleaming through the shadows, all these gave a solemn, almost sacred aspect to the room.
And Duprez waved his hand with an air of entire satisfaction. Errington's brow grew sombre. "This is the story, is it?" he asked at last. "It is enough, is it not?" laughed Duprez. "But, after all, what matter? It will be novel to dine with a mur " "Stop!" said Philip fiercely, with so much authority that the sparkling Pierre was startled. "Call no man by such a name till you know he deserves it.
The sun was just appearing over the row of pines that topped the low mountain range to the east when he packed his kit and blankets under the gunwale in the bow and slipped his canoe into the water. He was about to step in when a voice he had not heard for many days arrested him. "Hello, Duprez! Did you see the preacher pass this way yesterday? He was By the livin' jumpin' Jemima! Barney!"
"Duprez bet," he answered, "that I should find they were not Arabs, but Touaregs. He will enjoy saying 'I told you so." That night, and for many nights to come, there was wailing in the Zaouïa. The marabout had gone out to meet his son, who had been away from school on a pilgrimage, and returning at dark, to avoid the great heat of the day, had been bitten by a viper.
Dan, however, will not consent, like Duprez, to be damned when he is done with; he insists on a share of the profits, and, moreover, to be treated with some respect too.
And you also, sir," turning gravely to Duprez, who received his forgiveness with a cheerful and delighted bow. "You can indeed injure and you have injured this poor body of mine but you cannot touch the soul!
Her only fault is that she is a little zealous, over-zealous for the purity of the faith; and she has suffered much; but she is an excellent woman, really excellent! Sir Philip, will you try this Lacrima Christi?" "Lacrima Christi!" exclaimed Duprez. "You do not surely get that in Norway?" "It seems strange, certainly," replied Mr.
I have invited them to dine with us; you will then be able to judge for yourselves whether the young lady is at all of the description Mr. Dyceworthy gives of her." Duprez and Macfarlane exchanged astonished looks. "Are ye quite sure," the latter ventured to remark cautiously, "that ye're prudent in what ye have done?
A loud peal of thunder like a salvo of artillery accompanied their departure from Soroe, and Thelma shivered a little as she heard it. "You are nervous, Mademoiselle Gueldmar?" asked Duprez, noticing her tremor. "Oh no," she answered brightly. "Nervous? That is to be afraid, I am not afraid of a storm, but I do not like it.
It is a beautiful lesson; it teaches us who are the ministers of the Lord to likewise suck the sweetness from the flowers of the living gospel, and impart it gladly to the unbelievers who shall find it sweeter than the sweetest honey!" And he shook his head piously several times, while the pores of his fat visage exuded holy oil. Duprez sniggered secretly. Macfarlane looked preternaturally solemn.
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