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Dora had not rushed forward to meet her with nearly so much empressement as Effie, and this gave him a chance to ask the former who she was. The girl replied that she was her mother's most intimate friend: to which he rejoined that that was not a description; what he wanted to know was her title to this exalted position. 'Why, can't you see it? She is beautiful and she is good.
I gave a loud rat, tat, tat! that thrilled through my very boots, causing a passing butcher's boy, awed by its important sound, to inquire, with the cynical empressement of his race, whether I thought myself the "Emperoar of Rooshia." I turned my back on him with contempt; but, his ribald remark made me feel all the more nervous. "Mrs Clyde at home?"
He was dressed in a curious mixture of clothing a black frock-coat, vest, and trousers; but the effect of this somewhat clerical costume was not a little marred by a pair of Indian mocassins, which nowhere look more out of place than on a carpeted floor. M. Riel advanced to me, and we shook hands with all that empressement so characteristic of hand-shaking on the American Continent.
"Of course," said Grace; and she had the humanity never to allude to the subject with her brother. SCENE. A chamber at the Seymour House. Little discovered weeping. John rushing in with empressement. "Lillie, you shall tell me what ails you." "Nothing ails me, John." "Yes, there does; you were crying when I came in." "Oh, well, that's nothing!" "Oh, but it is a great deal! What is the matter?
Scarce had the carriage rolled from the door, when the senhora, throwing herself upon her chair, clapped her hands in childish ecstasy, while she fell into a fit of laughing that I thought would never have an end. "Such a scene!" cried she; "I would not have lost it for the world; what cordiality! what empressement to form acquaintance!
Voisin greeted me with empressement, and Lossing carelessly acknowledged 'having met me before. Miss Jenrys, her aunt informed me, as she had before informed the others, was engaged upon a letter of some importance, which must be sent in the early mail.
A particularly frisky and clover-loving white cow, whose heart yearned after the apples of Sodom, turned about in the road without any warning whatever and showed fight. Keturah adopted a sudden resolution to return home "across lots," and climbed the nearest stone-wall with considerable empressement.
Phinuit, who seemed much at home in the blue serge and white flannels of the average amateur yachtsman. From this last Lanyard received a good-natured nod, while Monk, with a great deal of empressement, proceeded directly to Liane Delorme and bowed low over the hand which she languidly lifted to be saluted. "My dear friend!" he said in his sonorous voice.
Green received her with great empressement; evidently considering her the "bright particular star" of the evening. She accepted her distinguished position with the quietude of one accustomed to homage. With a slight bow she gave Mr. Green the desired promise to open the ball with him, and then turned to answer another gentleman, who wished to obtain her for the second dance.
You surely must come on to Hampton and visit us, and preach it over again in our little stone church there, by the sea. Good-by and don't forget! I'll write you, setting the date, only we'd be glad to have you any time." "One of the finest I ever heard if not the finest," Mr. Plimpton declared, with a kind of serious 'empressement', squeezing his hand.
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