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And then a door, or what had been a door, to the dugout swung open with a creak of its rusty hinges. "What's that?" cried Secor, in French, starting to his feet. "Only the wind," replied the German, in the tongue of his fellow-conspirator. "Only the wind." "Ah! I thought maybe it was " "You thought perhaps it was the boys who own these films, but who will never see them again.
Kiki Aru didn't know much about Oz and didn't know much about the beasts who lived there, but the old Nome's plan seemed to him to be quite reasonable. He had a faint suspicion that Ruggedo meant to get the best of him in some way, and he resolved to keep a close watch on his fellow-conspirator.
You will give the same directions to your confidant, our fellow-conspirator, Captain de Guesniard, and if our enterprise is endangered, you will warn us through him, as we will communicate to you, by the same person, what other aid we expect from you. Are you ready to fulfill these demands?" "Yes, baron, I am ready. I hate Napoleon and I love the legitimate king of France. So I have no choice.
In the absence of Frescobaldi's fellow-conspirator he restored himself in the caterer's esteem by adding whatever he suggested; and Fulkerson, after trembling for the old man's niggardliness, was now afraid of a fantastic profusion in the feast.
Though Tony remained a stranger to the beauties of this imagery, he gathered from it the conviction that it was sufficiently anti-Corrigan in its tendency. So, with the confidence of a fellow-conspirator, he sat by Burney upon the stone and unfolded his plot. It was very simple in design. Every day after dinner it was Corrigan's habit to sleep for an hour in his bunk.
Nothing occurred to Julian at that moment but to impersonate the Maccabee until it was possible to get possession of the two hundred talents from those friends in Jerusalem who were interested in his cousin's welfare. No one in Jerusalem knew Philadelphus Maccabaeus. Aquila, as fellow-conspirator, would not dare to expose him if Julian appeared as his cousin.
The puny lawyer was not a little amused to find his fellow-conspirator keeping his word with him; not a word did Petit-Claud utter; he respected the musings of his companion, and they walked the whole way from the paper-mill to the Rue du Minage in silence. "Monsieur and madame are at breakfast" this announcement met the ill-timed visitors on the steps.
Roland felt that, as he had sinned against all the decencies in allowing the butler to discuss his affairs with him, he might just as well go the whole hog and allow the discussion to run its course. And it was an undeniable relief to talk about the infernal thing to some one. He nodded gloomily, and committed himself. Teal resumed his remarks with the gusto of a fellow-conspirator.
What we need is friends, one or two loyal souls who, though knowing the hideous truth of this thing, will stand by us in our pitiful falsehood. I have told no one, nor shall I, but you and—Peter, you must not laugh at your fellow-conspirator—Leander."
The meal finished, he proposed a stroll, and, as the unsuspecting Mrs. Pepper tied on her bonnet, slapped his leg, and winked confidently at his fellow-conspirator. "I'm not much of a walker," said the innocent Mrs. Pepper, "so you must go slowly." The captain nodded, and at Pepper's suggestion left by the back way, to avoid the gaze of the curious.
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