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His fingers bore several rings one, the ever-enduring heavy seal and from his vest dangled a neat gold watch chain, from which was suspended the secret insignia of the Order of Elks. The whole suit was rather tight-fitting, and was finished off with heavy-soled tan shoes, highly polished, and the grey fedora hat.
Whirling by in the arms of a be-medalled officer, was a girl whose frizzled yellow hair fell about a dun-brown face. "Did you see that, Fedora, tanned as a roof guard and with that hair!" "Well, you know," said the other, "it's becoming quite the fashion again." "Why don't you try it? Three baths would tan you adorably and you do have the proper hair."
Boyne to think it wonderful that a man so devoid of personality as that " she slanted a slim finger across the description of Clayte "Didn't you add up in your mind all that you told me about the men disagreeing as to which side he parted his hair on, whether he wore tan shoes or black, a fedora or derby, smoked or didn't, absolutely nothing left as to peculiarities of face, figure, movement, expression, manner or habit to catch the eye of one single observer among the sixteen or eighteen you questioned surely you added that up, Mr.
There is a scene in which the blood fades out of her cheeks until they seem to turn to dry earth furrowed with wrinkles. When it is all over, and we think of the Silvia of "La Gioconda," of the woman we divine under Magda and under Paula Tanqueray, it is with a certain sense of waste; for even Paula can be made to seem something which Fédora can never be made to seem.
He had on a pearl Fedora very much over one ear, a new suit of store clothes with a mighty watch chain, and new boots, which seemed like little souls put to torment they screeched horribly whenever he moved. "I couldn't start off and leave Nick Grylls," he said deprecatingly. "He has spoke for two seats." Garth was sensible that he was hearing a great man's name.
Father Dominic's rusty brown habit and his shovel hat constituted a novel sight in these worldly precincts, and the old Fedora hat worn by Brother Anthony was the subject of many a sly nudge and smile. Pablo and Carolina, being typical of the country, passed unnoticed. Father Dominic had approached the gateman and in his gentle old voice had inquired the price of admittance.
There on the hat tree hung a man's light overcoat, a gray fedora hat; a stick leaned below. When the master of the house went out of it this time, he hadn't needed these. Abruptly Worth turned and led the way into what I knew was the living room, with a big open fireplace in it. "Make yourself as comfortable as you can, Jerry. I'll get a blaze here in two shakes.
But why should His Majesty have been so incensed at my simple request for the restoration of the rights of the daughter of the Princess Fedora?" "Your request was unusual; pardon if I may say, impudent; it seems to imply a lack of appreciation on your part of the honours freely conferred upon you but I daresay His Majesty did not realize your ignorance of these things.
In the third act Fedora, certain of detection, confesses to Loris her previous machinations against him, which have resulted in the deaths of his mother and brother, and takes poison before his eyes. Giordano touched a far higher level in 'Siberia' , a gloomy tale of Russian crime and punishment. Stephana, a courtesan, among all her lovers cares only for the young sergeant Vassili.
I suppose," he added, "I shall have to do him the courtesy of asking his permission, but " "But what?" Hunterleys asked curiously. They were on a long stretch of straight, white road. Richard looked for a moment up to the sky, and Hunterleys, watching him, was amazed at the transformation. "There isn't a Grand Duke or a Prince or an Imperial Majesty alive," he said, "who could rob me of Fedora!"
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