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Then he cut several thin slices from a plug of black twist tobacco, rolled them slowly between the palm of one hand and the thumb of the other; spat thoughtfully over the side of the quay into his boat, charged his pipe and put it into his mouth. There he held it for some minutes while he stared glassily at the top of his boat's mast. He spat again and then drew a match from his waistcoat pocket.
"One minute. There's something more." Turning to Wallstein, he said, "If Krool consents to leave England at once for South Africa, let him go. Is it agreed? He must either be dealt with adequately, or get out. Is it agreed?" "I do what I like," said Krool, with a snarl, in which his teeth showed glassily against his drawn lips. "No one make me do what I not want."
Bailey eyed him glassily, then found speech. "Go to hell!" he shouted. He strode to the door and shot into the street, a seething volcano. George, for his part, was startled, but polite. "Yes, sir," he said. "Very good, sir," and withdrew.
He made his brief examination. The eyes of the dead man were open and glassily staring upward he gently closed the lids over them and pressed them down. "Nothing to be done," he went on, gently "His end was painless." Innocent had risen she had laid the cold hand of the corpse back on its breast and she stood gazing vacantly before her in utter misery.
'Hullo, said the lawyer, 'what's wrong? 'The cart is nearly ready, said Pitman sternly. 'I will not allow you to sleep. 'All right no offence, old man, replied Michael, yawning. 'A little sleep never did anybody any harm; I feel comparatively sober now. But what's all the hurry? he added, looking round him glassily. 'I don't see the cart, and I've forgotten where we left the piano.
Grandpere Colomes prayed a devout prayer to the Virgin that "La Juanita" should be capsized. Monday came, clear and blue and stifling. The waves of hot air danced on the sands and adown the one street merrily. Glassily calm lay the Pontchartrain, heavily still hung the atmosphere. Madame Alvarez cast an inquiring glance toward the sky. Grandpere Colomes chuckled.
She was seated on a very high old-fashioned chair; she had palpably been asleep; her round eyes were blinking and staring glassily at us; and her white legs and navvy boots were dangling in the air. 'Have you anything to remark about Noah? enquired her father, with a polite inclination and an ironical interest. 'No a, she repeated in the same blunt accents; 'I didn't snore; did I? No a.
They were comparatively few, not more than twenty or thirty; and when we entered a dark inner-room to see the woman who was ill they all trooped in after us all but one. They stood round eagerly telling us of the occurrence. 'Don't make such a noise, por Dios! I can't hear myself speak, said the doctor. The woman was lying on her back with flushed cheeks, her eyes staring glassily.
Or rather, I longed for a leader who should master me and make my soul his own, as this man mastered his followers. I have already said that I might have made a good subaltern soldier, and the proof is that I longed for such a general. As the voice ceased there was a deep silence. The hearers were in a sort of trance, their eyes fixed glassily on Laputa's face.
Those nearest the piano and nobody more quickly than Jane Hubbard now observed that the white face of the man on the stool had grown whiter still. His eyes gazed out glassily from under his damp brow. He looked like a man who was seeing some ghastly sight. The audience sympathised with him. They felt like that, too.
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