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There seemed some stir and confusion in the room, but why or wherefore I could not think, nor could I recall my scattered senses, till Sir George Dashwood's voice roused me once again to consciousness. "We are going to have some coffee, O'Malley. Miss Dashwood expects us in the drawing-room. You have not seen her yet?" I know not my reply; but he continued:
We depended upon Germany for many of our toys: France expects the Anglo-Saxon nursery henceforth to rattle with the mechanical devices which will provide meat and drink for her maimed soldiers. And so on down a long list of commodities.
He had been accustomed to such appeals for arms and money, and knew how valueless were the promises that accompanied them. "What force has General Romana with him?" "Some two hundred cavalry and three or four thousand peasants, about a quarter of whom only are armed." "He says that he expects to be joined by twenty thousand men in a few days.
He expects me at half-past ten this morning, sir," pursued Dick, beginning to feel a trifle alarmed lest after all something happen to disturb his rosy dreams of the future. Mr. Winslow opened his eyes and once more condescended to peer out of his little window at the boy who made this astonishing statement. "An engagement with Mr.
In spite of the man's unruffled manner there was nothing of mockery about his words. What, then, was their intention? Paredes said no more, but for several minutes he paced up and down the hall, glancing often with languid eyes toward the stairs. He had the appearance of one who expects and waits.
When the people get home to their houses they sit on cheap chairs before cheap tables and eat cheap food. They have given their lives for cheap things. The poorest peasant of one of the old countries is surrounded by more beauty. His very equipment for living has more solidity. The modern man is satisfied with what is cheap and unlovely because he expects to rise in the world.
"I am told that the schoolmaster later expects to come where we are going." "So I have heard. I hope he will leave his ferrule behind. Whew! My knuckles ache now with the mention! Still he seemed to get some pleasure out of it, but " Peleg stopped suddenly as a faint cry was heard far in their rear. It was a sound not unlike that made by a child in distress.
And he greeted his future stepmother with propriety. "I hope that my wife how do you do? will give you a decent lunch," was his opening. "I left instructions, but we live in a rough-and-ready way. She expects you back to tea, too, after you have had a look at Howards End. I wonder what you'll think of the place. I wouldn't touch it with tongs myself. Do sit down! It's a measly little place."
"What about next Wednesday?" "Wednesday? No, I couldn't well do that. Aunt Juley expects us to stop here another week at least." "But you can give that up now." "Er no," said Margaret, after a moment's thought. "Oh, that'll be all right. I'll speak to her." "This visit is a high solemnity. My aunt counts on it year after year.
Don't help nothin'. A man feels kind o' stuck up when he's been to college. But, ma, sez I, gi' me a self-made man a man what knows werry well that twice two's four. A self-made man ain't no time for grammar, sez I. If a man expects to get on in this world he mustn't be too fine. This is the second time Bennet's busted. Better have no grammar and more goods, sez I. You remember hey, ma?"
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