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"My mother is ill," explained John, when Clarence had greeted him also in his most setting-at-ease manner. But Clarence established himself friendlily in a third chair, and told Joy with charming masterfulness that she was to put down her work immediately and listen to him. "We're going to get up a Gilbert and Sullivan opera," said he. "Now it stands to reason that we have to have you.

As a rule, with practical good sense, she kept her doubting eyes fixed friendlily on every little phase in turn, enjoying well enough fitting the Chinese puzzle of her scattered thoughts, setting out on each small adventure with a certain cautious zest, and taking Stephen with her as far as he allowed.

So I went down to him, and he and I to a taverne hard by, and there I begun to speak to Will friendlily, advising him how to carry himself now he is going from under my roof, without any reflections upon the occasion from whence his removal arose.

The narrow-set eyes were inflamed, the long bronze face had lost firmness and seemed inclined to sag in lines. "Smith," called Madden friendlily, "you may help pile coal if you feel like it." "I that demijohn that you took last night," began the Briton nervously. "Yes," Madden became serious. "I want it, if you please." Madden looked at the unstrung fellow.

Snooky, in her scarlet sweater and cap, sniffed them from afar and straightway deserted her sandpile to take her stand at the fence. She peered through the restraining bars, standing on tiptoe. Blanche Devine, glancing up from her board and rolling-pin, saw the eager golden head. And Snooky, with guile in her heart, raised one fat, dimpled hand above the fence and waved it friendlily.

"He's been here a full hour ... we didn't want to interrupt you " his wife explained. "Your work is too important for the world" I began sincerely and reverently. Baxter beamed. His being expanded under my worship. He caught both my hands, friendlily, in his.

It was at last friendlily ended, and so up and home to dinner with my wife. This afternoon I saw the Poll Bill, now printed; wherein I do fear I shall be very deeply concerned, being to be taxed for all my offices, and then for my money that I have, and my title, as well as my head. It is a very great tax; but yet I do think it is so perplexed, it will hardly ever be collected duly.

Our inn was a curiosity, and as we drew rein before it we noticed a crowd of men in the balcony of the first or top floor, for here the ground floor was devoted to stabling. Doctor S. hastily whispered that the Governor and General of Kolašin was one of the men upstairs. On going up the rickety stairs, we were at once introduced to him, and received most friendlily.

Leaving a small company of the Spaniards in the Island of Haiti, the inhabitants of which had proved themselves friendlily disposed, he sailed for Europe, taking with him such specimens of the New World as he thought would chiefly appeal to the Spanish Court.

He felt her first, warm and friendlily, and then he heard her laughing. He knew she was the Princess though she had no form or likeness. "But which are you?" he whispered to the laughter. "The right one." "The one who stayed or the one who ran away?" "Oh, if you don't know by this time! I have come to take you to the House." "Are you the one who was always there?"