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"Besides, ten days is nothing. One has to make a beginning; and it might have been ever so much worse." "That's the plucky way to look at it," he said in evident approval, and Quita rather abruptly changed the subject. The evening that followed was a remarkably cheerful affair, imbued with that spirit of friendly informality which makes the little dinners of India live long in the memory.
No explanation of the nature of this informality was given; nor is it known that any has ever been given since. Had it been announced at the time, there can be no doubt it would have proved fatal to the election of Mr. Jefferson. Whether the interest of our country would or would not have been thereby promoted, is not a question for discussion here.
He had an admiration and respect for him that seemed to forbid the informality of "Matthew." It was shared by others of my father's friends and relations. "Sarah," Cousin Robert would say to my mother, "you're coddling that boy, you ought to lam him oftener. Hand him over to me for a couple of months I'll put him through his paces.... So you're going to send him to college, are you?
His Simplicity and Informality. Keen Sense of Humor. His Unconventional Methods of Work. Power as a Leader. His Tremendous Faith. What of the personality of the man back of all this ceaseless work, these stupendous undertakings? Much of it can be read in the work itself. But not all. One must know Dr.
Toomey not only resented Teeters' presence but the informality of his manner toward Prentiss, which Toomey regarded as his special prerogative. He already had had an argument with Sudds as to the advisability of including Teeters among the guests, and now during a lull his judgment was fully verified. Mr.
That settled it I couldn't let a visiting girl be danced to death. Of course I had planned to make a dignified début under my own roof, backed up by the presence of ancestral and marital rosewood, silver and mahogany, as a widow should, but duty called me to de-weed myself amidst the informality of an impromptu dance at the little town hotel.
But I wish not to live; and I trust, in a few short months, to repose by his side." "I hope you will have your wish, Mary, very soon, but not in death." "Merciful heavens! what do you mean, Jacob?" "I said you were not the destroyer of poor Tom you have not been; he has not yet suffered; there was an informality, which has induced them to revise the sentence."
"Good-night, Miss Quest," he said, with that nice informality that women always found so engaging. "If you have nothing better on hand in the morning, let's go for a climb. I've discovered a wild-boar's nest under the Golden Dome, and if you'd like to get a glimpse of the little, furry, striped piglings, I think we can manage it."
Makely, mindful of the informality of her dinner in everything, had two men.
It was an old world he was in, but to him a very new one. The happy stir of Christmas preparations, the coming and going of friends and neighbors, the informality and absence of pretense, the gay chatter and genuine interest, was warm and sweet; and as one who watches a play he wondered at it, and something long thought dead thrilled and throbbed and stirred within him.
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