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Updated: June 29, 2025
She blushed, perhaps, but the curtain of the window hid it. "Alas, signorina," answered Nino, still standing before her, "such a confession would have deprived me of the pleasure of the honour of giving you lessons."
Suddenly a shower of pebbles came falling down from a cliff above her. Some of them hit her and she looked up quickly. There she could see me being led along by my captors. She hid in the brush and watched. During all the operations of the descent of the rock stairway and the resetting of the alarm, she continued to watch, straining her eyes to see what they were doing.
We ran away when we saw you coming, and hid behind the trees, but as you are Strangers and seem to be friendly we decided to meet you, for we are in great trouble and need assistance." "If you belong on the island, why are you here?" demanded Glinda.
Wogan was aware that the Governor of Prague was her kinsman; and that afternoon he left the castle alone, and taking the road to Vienna, turned as soon as he was out of sight and hurried round the town until he came out upon the road to Prague. He hid himself behind a hedge a mile from Ohlau, and had not waited half an hour before a man came riding by in hot haste.
Then she retired, fluttering and very much flushed, and hid herself behind the hard woman who, by the way, had an excrescence on her upper lip which might have stood for a rivet. Presently the Pretty Girl came from behind the big woman and stood watching things with glistening eyes.
At sight of the women in their plain white caps and dark calico gowns, Jessie was seized with a nervous desire to laugh, and hid behind Polly, whispering, "You do the talking, Polly; I can't." "But what shall I say?" returned Polly, in the same tone. "Isn't there a matron or something?" said Jessie doubtfully. "Ask for her."
I heard a piercing scream that rose above that babel one shrill scream! and the mob closed round and hid the thing.
Oakshott's is a huge place and the six keepers kept there couldn't be everywhere; but an unknown seventh man might steal a march on the rogues and lie hid when 'twas given out the others were somewhere else. And that was done by Joseph, with a very startling result.
The image of her father seemed to take another shape, and gradually to assume the form and features of the one man of the world whom she hated, converting itself little by little into Benoni. She hid her face in her hands and terror staunched the tears that had flown afresh at the thought of orphanhood. A knock at the door. She hastily concealed the crumpled letter.
The General sank down upon a chair near the table and hid his face in his hands. He was breathing heavily, and every now and then a moan escaped him in the silence of the room. "Oh, Heaven," he said, "what have I done that this should come upon me all at once? What have I done?" Hubert, exhausted by the excitement that he had gone through, staggered to the sofa and threw himself down upon it.
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