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Ried gravely and reprovingly; "I never knew a young man for whom I have a greater respect than I have for Dr. Van Anden." "Yes, ma'am," answered Sadie, with equal gravity; "I have an immense respect for him I assure you, and so I have for the President, and I feel about as intimate with the one as the other. I hope Dr. Douglass will be delightfully wild and wicked. How will Dr.
"Dear aunt," says I, in a slow agitated voice, "I have often heard you say there were seventy-three of us in all, and believe me I do think your high opinion of me very complimentary indeed: I'm unworthy of it indeed I am." Your employers in London give the best accounts of your regularity and good conduct. "Oh, ma'am!" said I. It was all that I could utter.
Barnes," he added, graciously. "However, I am sure even an unfortunate single person like myself may find a real home under your roof. You see, your reputation had preceded you, ma'am. Ha, ha! yes. As I say, the location is the only point which has caused me to hesitate. My er offices are on the Main Road near the postoffice and that is nearly a mile from here. But, we'll waive that point, ma'am.
In all the world, there was no other creature to whom she could appeal. "Jane," she said at last, stopping before the girl and looking at her with earnest questioning eyes, "I think I can trust you." "Indeed you can, ma'am," answered Jane, throwing down her feather dusting-brush to clasp her hands impetuously. "There's nothing in this world I would not do to prove myself true to you."
There, ma'am, I tell you that of my own husband; and I tell you that Cashel never was beaten, although times out of mind it would have paid him better to lose than to win, along of those wicked betting men.
"No, ma'am, I can't do that. They will be prisoners, you know, and must be treated as such." "Then bring them here, and I will hang them for you," exclaimed the lady, excitedly. "I think our government is entirely too lenient with the rascals."
"Why I think, indeed, if I may be so free," said Mr Simkins, "it was rather petickeler of the gentleman; for, to be sure, if he was so over curious to hear about your private concerns, the genteel thing, if I may take the liberty for to differ, would have been for him to say, ma'am, says he, I'm come to ask the favour of you just to let me a little into your son's goings on; and any thing, ma'am, you should take a fancy for to ask me upon the return, why I shall be very compliable, ma'am, says he, to giving of you satisfaction."
"If only my husband were here," she said aloud, "but at the last minute there was blasting, you know, and " The prince he was quite a young one twenty-one perhaps murmured something polite and with eyes that smoldered watched Tom take a letter from his tunic pocket. He handed it to Tess with quite a flourish. "Some one must have dropped this, ma'am."
He'd treat her harshly, I know, and I don't believe it would be easy to get him punished for it around here, at least." "You're right there, ma'am," said Paw Hoover. "Silas Weeks has got too many mortgages around here not to be able to have his own way when he's really sot on getting it." "Now, listen," said Eleanor quickly to Bessie.
Clarke, not seeing her way to any further family confidences, said: 'What shall I send for, ma'am half a pint? The grocer round the corner keeps some very nice brandy. 'Yes, that will do, said Kate, seeing an unending perspective of drinks in half a pint. 'Shall I put that down in the bill, or will you give me the money now, ma'am?
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