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He was much interested in our visit and asked if we had seen "la patronne" said he knew her well, had often seen her on a market day at Valognes, sitting in her little cart in the midst of her cheeses and butter; said she was a brave femme.
SENATOR: A master of English! I am glad, young woman, that you value this book. FUSSIE: Oh yes, I'm awfully fond of it. SENATOR: I am interested in you young people of Morton College. FUSSIE: That's so good of you. SENATOR: What is your favourite study? SENATOR: Morton College is coming on very fast, I understand. FUSSIE: Oh yes, it's getting more and more of the right people.
The houses on the way were mostly cottages, whose steep roofs were often twice the height of the walls. The stork, which the people cherish with a kind of superstitious reverence, was occasionally seen, but not so frequently as in the vicinity of The Hague, where he has a nest on the roof in a large proportion of the houses. The boys were much interested in the navigation of the trekschuit.
I thought this a very sensible plan, and was beginning to feel interested in him when one day the post brought me a registered packet containing a manuscript play he had written called "The Lawyer as Gardener," dedicated to me.
Billing. "I'd like to take a photograph of her. The Bolivian public will be interested in a photograph of General John Regan's grandniece." "Run and get your camera then," said Dr. O'Grady. "I'll have her ready for you by the time you're back." Mr. Billing, looking very well satisfied and quite without suspicion, went into the hotel. "Doyle," said Dr.
In these apprehensions, while other passions only operate occasionally, the interested find the object of their ordinary cares; their motive to the practice of mechanic and commercial arts; their temptation to trespass on the laws of justice; and, when extremely corrupted, the price of their prostitutions, and the standard of their opinions on the subject of good and of evil.
Just to think of two Yankee boys being allowed to swing over a tropical scene like that," said Frank. Both of them were deeply interested. In the valley they could see the little town, with the river stretching off toward the south.
Are you not permitting yourself to become interested in Miss Marsden to a degree that is not wise?" "Why not wise?" he answered with burning cheeks. "Have you not realized that she is one of the most fashionable young ladies in New York, and belongs to one of the wealthiest and most fashionable families? If you could but once see her mother you would understand me."
"Impossible: there's no time for us both to escape undetected. I shall keep madame interested only long enough for you to get away. But take this" and he pressed his automatic into her hand. "No take it; I've another," he lied, "and you may need it. Don't fear for me, but go O my heart! go!"
Never before had any of them been at a station, except for the purpose of catching trains or perhaps waiting for them and always with grown-ups in attendance, grown-ups who were not themselves interested in stations, except as places from which they wished to get away.
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