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Did you look behind the curtains?" "I did not." The stern old man seemed to shrink bodily under the frightful humiliation to which he was subjected. "Very well, then you cannot swear that she was not in the room. But you did not see her there. Then I am sorry to say that there can have been no extenuating circumstances.
'There is too much plunder in the future for Amalek to quarrel with me. When he scents the possibility of the Bedouin cavalry being poured into Syria and Asia Minor, we shall find him more manageable. The only thing now is to heal the present disappointment by extenuating circumstances.
By fastening an odious crime upon her cousin's lover? I shrank from such an alternative. Heaven grant that so far I had not reasoned falsely. It may seem a poor business thus to mix sentiment with one's humdrum daily affairs; but well, and so it is. After mature reflection, I can think of but one extenuating plea: I was only twenty-six at the time.
Villebecque, the manager of the troop, had married the actress Stella, once celebrated for her genius and her beauty; a woman who had none of the vices of her craft, for, though she was a fallen angel, there were what her countrymen style extenuating circumstances in her declension. With the whole world at her feet, she had remained unsullied.
Here, as before a jury, the magnitude of a crime was an extenuating circumstance. "And is your lady pretty at any rate?" asked Josepha, trying as a preliminary act of charity, to divert Hulot's thoughts, for his depression grieved her. "On my word, almost as pretty as you are," said the Baron artfully. "And monstrously droll? So I have been told. What does she do, I say?
The crimes of theft, adultery, and murder were all capital; though it was wisely provided that some extenuating circumstances might be allowed to mitigate the punishment.8 Blasphemy against the Sun, and malediction of the Inca, offences, indeed, of the same complexion were also punished with death.
Technically I'm guilty of breach of contract and larceny of corporation property, but there are extenuating circumstances." Alexander chuckled mirthlessly. "There are a few other charges. And quite probably I can think of more if you beat these. I'm going to make an example of you, Kennon. I'm going to drag you down and stamp on you.
And if any hatred has been excited against, or any offence been given by us, we then apply ourselves to remove or diminish that, by denying or extenuating the cause, or by atoning for it, or by deprecating hostility. But in order that we may be listened to in an intelligent and attentive manner, we must begin with the circumstances of the case themselves.
"Count," interposed the Prince, seating himself at the table, "let me have a short talk with them before you act. There may be extenuating circumstances. Anything of this sort amuses and interests me. Let us use a little diplomacy in the matter." "Yes," said Hillars; "let us lie a little." "And who can do it better than a journalist?" the Prince laughed. "Diplomatists," Hillars sent back.
I hope the recording angel will take into account the extenuating circumstances of that lie. We had a "spring gun" or "catapult" that came very near preventing this book ever being written.
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