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The latter being a democrat and "the interests" controlling a Republican majority in the House, it was a foregone conclusion that the inquiry would be against him, and that a demand would at once be made upon the Senate for his impeachment. Almost prostrated by the misfortune which had so suddenly and unexpectedly come upon him, Judge Rossmore was like a man demented.
Miss Craven who had surrendered her independence for two years would be returning to her own home, to her old life; it had seemed a foregone conclusion that Gillian would accompany her. But the double shock in the revelation of Miss Craven's precarious state and Gillian's delicacy had been staggering. He had not been prepared for a contingency that seemed to cut the ground from under his feet.
"What are the difficulties?" Mrs. Vanderpool interrupted. "Well, first and foremost, the difficulty of electing our man." "I thought that a foregone conclusion." "It was. But do you know that we're encountering opposition from the most unexpected source?" The lady was receptive, and the speaker concluded: "The Negroes." "The Negroes!" "Yes.
That the tragic occurrences of the day had put an effectual end to the mutiny was, of course, a foregone conclusion, and I was not at all surprised to learn that, within a quarter of an hour of our return, the men having doubtless consulted together in the forecastle had come aft in a body to express to Carter their contrition for their insubordinate behaviour, and to request that they might be allowed to turn-to again, at the same time giving the most elaborate assurances of good behaviour in the future.
"See me, my dear? You saw me this morning." "Yes; I wanted to see you alone." Emilia was having the first conflict with her simplicity; out of which it was not to issue clear, as in the foregone days. She was thinking of the character of the man she spoke to, studying him, that she might win him to succour the object she had in view.
And although her cheek had flushed deeply red, and her pulses throbbed hard at the sudden consciousness that Pierre Philibert admired, nay, more, she could not conceal it from herself, she knew that night that he loved her! She would not have foregone that moment of revelation for all that the world had to offer.
To cheat! an Englishman! a nobleman! impossible!" "Whether he do or not," returned Vaudemont, in a calmer tone, "I have foregone the vengeance, because he is " "Is what?" "No matter," said Vaudemont aloud, but he added to himself, "Because he is the grandfather of Fanny!" "You are very enigmatical to-day." "Patience, Liancourt; I may solve all the riddles that make up my life, yet.
Amusements, in some of which he excelled, the society of women, all the small amenities of life, were things which must be foregone, and he had forced himself to be content with food and, as a rule, very indifferent shelter. This, as his companion suggested, had proved a wholesome discipline, since it had not soured him.
"It seemed to be a foregone conclusion," she wrote; "and although I cannot think such a change will be for her permanent welfare, it is her present WISH, and who knows, indeed, if the change will be permanent?
As the nomination of Bryan for President was practically a foregone conclusion, the "middle-of-the-road" element concentrated its energies on preventing the nomination of Arthur Sewall of Maine, the choice of the Democracy, for Vice-President.
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