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But Flossie never drank. It was one of the peculiarities for which she was well known. "I don't want either," she answered, and turning to the waiter, she added, "You can bring me some Apollinaris water, Toby." Flossie betrayed herself as soon as she spoke, the effect of her appearance was spoiled. Her voice was hoarse, a low-pitched rasp, husky, throaty, and full of brutal, vulgar modulations.

"I guess His Majesty is out," said Jim. But his voice, in spite of the attempted levity of the words, was low-pitched and somber. "Most impolite to keep us waiting " He stopped as Denny sharply threw up his hand. And he too gazed at the maneuver that had caught Denny's wary attention.

Mark's Place." Here and there in the whir of the great city a restful breathing-spot is found, its stretch of grass dotted with moss-covered tombs grouped around a low-pitched church. At certain hours the sound of bells is heard and the low rhythm of the organ throbbing through the aisles.

You know she's an heiress! Think you have the whip-handle bleed me or force her to marry you! Alone with her after the other man ! You you scoundrel! you blackguard! I'll " "Shut up!" commanded Blake, his voice low-pitched and hoarse, his face white to the lips. For the second time during the interview Mr. Leslie cringed before his look. His pale eyes were like balls of white-hot steel.

Was he thinking of Delhi down there or of her ? The shadow had turned and was moving towards her. There was a white splash of shirt-front, the glow of a cigarette. Suddenly his pace quickened. He had seen her. Next moment he was standing under her balcony. His low-pitched voice came distinctly to her ears. "Good evening Juliet! Quit your dreaming. Come and be sociable down here."

Andrews, London which ale-house bore for sign the portraiture of a "Jolly Tar." The room, although ill-contrived, smoke-blackened, low-pitched, and in every other respect agreeing with the general character of such places at the period was, nevertheless, in the opinion of the grotesque groups scattered here and there within it, sufficiently well adapted to its purpose.

The importance of special attention to those words containing the low-pitched and dark vowels, especially when low in the scale, and when sung piano. Overtones, and their bearing on the quality of the voice. The carrying power of the voice, determined by the method of its production, is more important than its volume.

Close behind him spoke a voice so hoarse and low-pitched with horror that it sounded like a man's "Drop that bar! drop it!" With the swiftness of a wolf, he bounded sideways along the rim-rock. In the same lightning movement, he whirled face about and whipped his Colt's from its holster. His finger was crooking against the trigger before he saw who it was that confronted him.

Nearer and nearer the monotonous swirling of the water, beaten by the paddles, came; the darkness ahead of the island shifted and took shape; they could distinctly hear the sound of men's voices, engaged in low-pitched and angry conversation. A large canoe, carrying six men, which flew the red flag of the Hudson Bay Company, shot out from the shadows.

His well-cut clothes began in time to wear more the air of garments belonging to him, but his hat made itself remarked by its trick of getting pushed back on his head or tilted on side, and his New York voice and accent rang out sharp and finely nasal in the midst of low-pitched, throaty, or mellow English enunciations.

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