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If only to-night's coup de main should come off successfully, he might cross the Atlantic with his prey, and remain in safe seclusion till the outrage had been so far forgotten by the public that those at home whom it most affected would be unwilling to rekindle the embers of a scandal half-smothered and dying out. Tom Ryfe was not without ready money.
Just as the pale dawn was drawing the things about them into sight, the fitful barking of dogs came near again, and stopped. They listened. After a pause they heard the quick pattering of feet seeking round the house, and short, half-smothered barks. Then again everything was still. "Ssh!" whispered Elizabeth, and pointed to the door of their room.
Next he rented a suite of rooms, crowded in a lot of borrowed tapestries, brass, Venetian chests, lamps and hangings; gave a tea servants this time in livery exhibited his Sappho; refused a big price for it from the husband; got orders instead for two half-lengths, $1,500 each, finished them in two weeks, declined more commissions on account of extreme fatigue; disappeared with the first frost and the best cottage people; booked three more full-lengths in New York two to be painted in Paris and the other on his return in the spring; was followed to the steamer by a bevy of beauties, half-smothered in flowers, and disappeared in a halo of artistic glory just $4,000 in."
The crowd pressed round, and yelled and laughed and hooted. The woman, savage enough as she was, seemed to derive fresh vehemence from the cries around her, and redoubled her cruel blows. One half-smothered moan escaped the little boy's lips as she swung him off his feet, and flung him down on the pavement. Then Jack and I could stand it no longer.
I was so astounded that I could not speak, only listen, as Dumlow shouted "I say, what cheer you, my lad?" And Mr Brymer "Walters! Why, my lad, what are you doing there?" "Help!" groaned my old messmate with a piteous look up at us; "half-smothered water help!" "Well, mutineer or middy," said Mr Brymer, "there's nothing to fear from you.
Diogenes was listening, and occasionally breaking out into a gruff half-smothered fragment of a bark, of which he afterwards seemed half-ashamed, as if he doubted having any reason for it. 'Steady, steady! said the Captain to Diogenes, 'what's amiss with you? You don't seem easy in your mind to-night, my boy!
Adam was wise enough to choose a compact Provence rose that peeped out half-smothered by its flaunting scentless neighbours, and held it in his hand he thought he should be more at ease holding something in his hand as he walked on to the far end of the garden, where he remembered there was the largest row of currant-trees, not far off from the great yew-tree arbour.
Nurse Sarah told me that long ago. Didn't you ever hear that that a child of unlikes was a cross-current and a contradiction?" "Well, no I hadn't," answered Father, in a queer, half-smothered voice. He half started from his seat. I think he was going to walk up and down, same as he usually does. But in a minute he saw he couldn't, of course, with all those people around there.
He was held down by two dressers, the chloroform was pushed, and by the time the candles were relit, his incoherent, half-smothered shoutings had changed to a stertorous snore. His head was turned on the pillow and the towel was still kept over his face while the operation was carried through.
I mean, you know, Tess" here he turned squarely upon her "I mean that, for one so young, you have purity of faith and uplifted confidence in God's goodness." His voice was silenced by a half-smothered cry dragging itself from the squatter's throat. Then he noted that something was wrong. Teola, pale and wretched, had gradually placed a greater distance between herself and the wooden box.
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