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And then he added in a lowered voice, grinning with the impish delight of an overgrown boy who is playing a trick: "Thought I'd better go through the motions of introducing you people, so it would look as if you'd just met for the first time." And with that he was gone. Maggie had risen galvanically. For the moment she could only stare. Then she got out his name. "Larry!" she whispered.
These subsisted upon such crumbs of comfort as Lu could get an occasional chance to throw them by rapid sorties of conversation became galvanically active the moment they were punched up and fell flat the moment the punching was remitted.
Snitchey and Craggs sat at opposite corners, with the blue bag between them for safety; the Doctor took his usual position, opposite to Grace. Clemency hovered galvanically about the table, as waitress; and the melancholy Britain, at another and a smaller board, acted as Grand Carver of a round of beef and a ham. 'Meat? said Britain, approaching Mr.
The State chairman was stirred as though galvanically by that statement. The bitter memory of how he had groomed the dark horse that was now kicking his master's political brains out rose in him. "By the everlasting gods," he shouted, "I'll go down fighting! If the house has got to come down, I'll go down with it." "Samson had two arms. I have only one," returned General Waymouth.
It was hardly necessary to keep my eyes open to see the lurking figure over beyond the easy-chairs, which started galvanically as we passed through the court, and a moment later came sidling after us. Little Pete had left my machine at the Market Street entrance Worth was to drive me and we wheeled away from a disappointed man racing for the taxi line around the corner.
Are you keeping something from us that we ought to know? Remember this is no child's play. It begins to look as though it might be a question of the man's life." Lydia Sessions started galvanically. She pushed off her sister's caressing hand with a fierce gesture. "There's nothing no such relation as you're hinting at, Elizabeth, between Gray Stoddard and me," she said sharply.
As soon as Hopalong caught sight of the captain, the rifle went up and he announced his presence without loss of time. "Throw up yore hands, you pole-cat! I'm running this ranch from now on!" The captain wheeled with a jerk and his mouth opened, and then clicked shut as he started forward, his rage acting galvanically.
Our observations have shown that the emergence of the electric state, whether it be caused by friction or galvanically, depends on matter entering into a condition in which its cohesion is loosened or, as we also put it, on its being turned into 'dust' and this in such a way that the escaping levity remains dust-bound.
All desired to expedite matters, nominate by acclamation, hear the inevitable speech, and go home. "One moment before that motion is seconded!" The voice was so loud, so clear, so dominant, so ringing, that the effect on the convention was as galvanically intense as if somebody had blown upon a bugle. Walker Farr had risen to his feet.
In Bailey's amazed eyes he seemed to bounce galvanically, landing on Joy's back with such vicious suddenness that the breath fled from him in a squawk of terror; then, seizing his cue, he kicked and belaboured the prostrate Celestial in feverish silence. He desisted and rolled across the porch to Bailey. Staring truculently up et the landlord, he spoke for the first time.
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