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Half-an-hour later William, dried, dressed, brushed, and chastened, descended the stairs as the gong sounded in a hall which was bare of hats and coats, and whose floor shone with cleanliness. "And jus' to think," said William, despondently, "that it's only jus' got to brekfust time." William's father was at the bottom of the stairs. William's father frankly disliked Christmas Day.
I shall be at the office in half-an-hour. Adela presently went to the drawing-room. She was surprised to find Alice sitting there. Mrs.
It seemed as if he'd been "Jack" to me for years and years already. "She knows us!" Elsie cried, clasping her hands. "She's much better much better. Quick, Jack, more brandy! And make haste there a stretcher!" There was a noise close by. Unseen hands lifted me up, and Jack laid me on the stretcher. Half-an-hour at least must have elapsed, I felt since the first shock of the accident.
"You had a drop too much, that's all, and what o' that? It's a poor heart that never rejoiceth. Rouse a bit, wash your face with old Thames water, and in half-an-hour you'll be as fresh as a daisy." "My head acheth!" exclaimed the Dominie, "even as if there were a ball of lead rolling from one temple to the other; but my punishment is just."
"Don't appear as if she had a choice." "Only mention the alleviations. No, you are not to get up yet. There's no place for you to sit in, and the east wind is not greatly mitigated by the sea air. Shall I send Anna to read to you?" "In half-an-hour, if she is ready then; meantime, those two books, if you please."
Mrs Mostyn and her bailiff stood watching John Grange for quite half-an-hour, in what seemed to the latter almost a miraculous performance, and in those hasty minutes they both plainly saw the man's devotion to his work, his love for the plants he cultivated, and how thoroughly he was at home in the house and interested in what had taken place in his enforced absence.
"You won't have half-an-hour altogether to spare." But, Bob was obstinate, and away he went across the common, with Rover at his heels. "I know he will be late," sighed Mrs Strong, looking after him. "I know he will be late." "Well, if he is, he will be left behind, that's all I can say," said his father, with decision.
At eleven came up with, and sent a boat on board of the Danish brig Una, from Copenhagen to Santa Cruz, sixty-nine days out. Permitted her to proceed on her course after a detention of about half-an-hour. We showed her the United States colours.
"I seed our mis'ess go into a sort of a park place, where there's seats, and shrubs and flowers, arm-in-crook with a sojer," continued Cainy, firmly, and with a dim sense that his words were very effective as regarded Gabriel's emotions. "And I think the sojer was Sergeant Troy. And they sat there together for more than half-an-hour, talking moving things, and she once was crying a'most to death.
The little fellow ate a hearty meal, and then expressed a wish for an airing. Marco borrowed one of the wagons used by some performing goats, and Andy rode Midge around the grounds for half-an-hour. At about eight o'clock Andy went to the principal street of the town. He bought himself a new shirt and a cap.
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