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There was a good deal of lively talk until the race became too exciting. Then many fell silent, until, as the boats neared the line, and still more as they crossed it, the shouts burst forth which showed how a cramp of attention finds its natural relief in a fit of convulsive exclamation.
Even as this consciousness seized upon him, he heard a moan, a sliding sound, a thud, and the light went suddenly out. In the first impulse of horror at his position Max uttered a sharp exclamation, but remained immovable. Indeed, in the darkness, in this unknown place, to take a step in any direction was impossible. He stood listening, waiting for some sound, some ray of light, to guide him.
She went on, and as she reached the door of the stair leading to her mother's rooms, she heard a light tap from without. Greatly astonished, she opened the door, and suddenly drew back, uttering an exclamation. A woman, thickly veiled, stood before her. At the sight of Micheline the stranger seemed inclined to turn and fly.
And so she sat, with her head bent forward in eager expectation towards the door, her lips slightly parted, as if and Heaven forgive her for the mental exclamation! they were awaiting the kiss which the king's lips had in the morning so sweetly indicated, when he pronounced the word love!
And yet, to the utter amazement of them both, there lay on the floor of the room, near its center, a square white envelope, addressed in typewriting to Ruth Morton. Duvall sprang forward and seized it with an exclamation of astonishment. It bore the same seal, in the same black wax, and upon it was the same semi-circular row of indentations. He tore the letter open.
Only think when I had eaten my own bread I found yours between my teeth quite unexpectedly but now " Klea, thus addressed, glanced at the empty platter and interrupted her sister with a low-toned exclamation. "Oh! I was so hungry."
He kept on a slow walk, so as not to leave his friends, and now and then looked at them, as if to make sure they were not trying to shrink from an important duty. "Keep your torches going," called out Herbert, in a husky whisper, as he swung his own so vigorously that a large piece dropped off, and, falling on his foot, caused him to leap up with an exclamation of affright.
He reconciled his service to them separately by the exclamation that they were both good patriots. The plot for the rising in Milan city was two months old.
To this distressful emblem of a great distress that had long been growing worse, and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. She turned her head as the carriage came up to her, rose quickly, and presented herself at the carriage-door. "It is you, Monseigneur! Monseigneur, a petition." With an exclamation of impatience, but with his unchangeable face, Monseigneur looked out. "How, then!
That bold, firm hand thin and fine as woman's, but large and regular as man's was too peculiar to be forgotten. He uttered a brief exclamation of surprise and recognition, and hastily broke the seal. The contents ran thus:
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