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Stimson indicated that it would be worth two or three thousand dollars and expenses if the mayor were successfully compromised. Thus Claudia Carlstadt was gently navigated into Mr. Sluss's glowing life. The matter was not so difficult of accomplishment. Through the Hon. Joel Avery, Marchbanks secured a letter from a political friend of Mr.
Next morning he found that Pedro had to delay a day in order to have some further intercourse with Colonel Marchbanks. Having nothing particular to do, and being still very unhappy though his temper had quite recovered he resolved to take a stroll alone. Just as he left the inn, a tall, powerfully-built, soldierly man entered, and bestowed on him a quick, stern glance in passing.
She could hardly believe even yet in this inevitable irruption of the Great Uninvited. Mrs. Lewis Marchbanks and Maud met her and came in with her. Mr. Marchbanks and Arthur had hastened round to the rear, where the other gentlemen were still hard at work. "Now," said Mrs.
A man like that can do a good deal." "I may be able to arrange for that," replied Cowperwood. "Perhaps Mr. Sluss can be reached. It may be that he isn't as opposed to me as he thinks he is. You never can tell." The New Administration Oliver Marchbanks, the youthful fox to whom Stimson had assigned the task of trapping Mr.
The first was in the hotel in the private apartment of Colonel Marchbanks. Having got rid of the ladies, the fiery man of war led his victim if we may so style him into the apartment referred to, and shut the door. Without asking Lawrence to be seated, he stalked into the middle of the room.
Everything need not begin at Westover all at once. But Dakie Thayne broke in. "Did you think of that?" said he. "It's a capital idea." "Ideas are rather apt to be that," said Adelaide Marchbanks. "It is the carrying out, you see." "Isn't it pretty nearly carried out already? It is only to organize what we are doing as it is." "But the minute you do organize!
"Holabirdy?" put in Barbara. "No. Not a bit. Things that you do never do." Rosamond felt herself flush up. Alice Marchbanks had said once, of something that we wore, which was praised as pretty, that it "might be, but it was Holabirdy." Rosamond found it hard to forget that. "I beg your pardon, Rose. It's just as pretty as it can be; and I don't mean to tease you," said Barbara, quickly.
I acknowledge you as father in this respect. But I am not here to bandy words. Colonel Marchbanks will speak." "Yes, Cruz," said the old colonel, stepping a pace to the front, "I will speak, and that to the purpose. You see those men?" If a single musket is fired by your blackguards, you know what the result will be."
Something that would just fit in and make everything so nice. It was put into my head last night, and I think it was sent on purpose; it came right up behind me so. Mrs. Lewis Marchbanks and Jeannie Hadden praised my playing; more than I could tell you, really; and Mrs. Marchbanks wants a " Ruth stopped, and laughed at the word that was coming "lady-teacher for Lily, and so does Mrs.
Leslie Goldthwaite came up to the Haddens', or they went down to the Goldthwaites'. The Haddens would stay over night at the Marchbanks', and on through the next day, and over night again. There were, indeed, three recognized degrees of intimacy: that which took tea, that which came in of a morning and stayed to lunch, and that which was kept over night without plan or ceremony.
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