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Having left his apprehension behind him, he, at first, applies what Marcia says to Sempronius; but finding at last, with much ado, that he himself is the happy man, he quits his eaves-dropping, and discovers himself just time enough to prevent his being cuckolded by a dead man, of whom the moment before he had appeared so jealous, and greedily intercepts the bliss which was fondly designed for one who could not be the better for it.
At any risk, until he could go to them with clean hands, he would not let the Police know he was still alive. He knew their relentlessness in the chase; and he must be free in order to redeem himself. That very night, straight from eaves-dropping at the bohunks' meeting, he had crept back to Torrance's stable and found it locked.
"And what led you to search, Sir Eustace? I you can clear up the matter, it will be the better for you; for this accusation of witchcraft will hang to you like a burr the more, perhaps, as you are somewhat of a scholar!" "It was I who warned him of it, Sir Knight," said Arthur, stepping forward. "Are you jesting? Ha! then you must have, page-like, been eaves-dropping!
It was now a triumph to her that her aunt had fallen into so terrible a quagmire, and she was by no means disposed to let the sinning old woman easily out of it. "It is as pretty a specimen," she said, "as I ever knew of malice and eaves-dropping combined." "Don't use such hard words, my dear." "Look at her words to us," said Priscilla.
I did not remain in that thicket, however, for the purpose of eaves-dropping; but having accidentally heard one of you mention a name, the sound of which touches a chord whose vibrations you can not understand, I remained, almost against my own will, to learn more.
The tell-tale trumpery and eaves-dropping with which the "Tour of a German Prince" is trickseyed out, reminds us of an observation by Lady Morgan: "Admit these fellows into your house, and the only return they will make you is to put you in their book." Yorkshire Fun.
It will be sufficient for me to hint to you, that I am now aware why I was invited to your house, and what are your plans for dismissing me when it suits you." "Eaves-dropping, then, is a portion of your character, mademoiselle," cried Lady M , colouring up to the temples.
Look at his shadow on the wall forninst us." "Hould yer tongues, boys," said Traynor; "jist keep never mindin', and, be me sowks, I'll make him sup sorrow for that thrick." Traynor, however, had gone out while he was speaking, and in a few minutes dragged in Brady, whom he caught in the very act of eaves-dropping.
"Then I was not mistaken at what I saw in the cottage at Terneuse," cried Father Mathias, with his arms folded over his breast, and with looks of indignation; "accursed sorceress! you are detected." Amine returned his gaze with scorn, and coolly replied, "I am not of your creed you know it. Eaves-dropping appears to be a portion of your religion.
And here there is no further necessity for eaves-dropping. All persons except Mike and Esther will please leave the porch. On the morning after the dinner with which he bade farewell to Messrs. Lingard and Fields, Henry awoke at his usual hour to a very unusual feeling. For the first time in his life he could stay in bed as long as he pleased.
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