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You've got a marrying face!" she said shrewdly, whereupon Mary, blushing, acknowledged that she had a friend, and that he did speak of early next spring. "Told you so!" cried Cornelia, dimpling. "Well, Mury, see here, you nip round and wait upon me the best you know, and I'll give you an elegant present! I wear muslins most all the time in summer, and I can't endoor to have them mussed.
It was securely tied up, however, in such a way that there were only two means by which we could touch a penny of it. One was by marrying her to my son; the other was by the young lady's death. Do you follow me?" Burt nodded his shaggy head. "This being so, we did all that we could to arrange a marriage.
Scott which had provoked on the part of Miss Percival the most decided and most energetic refusal, and Susie had laughingly said to her sister: "But, Bettina, you will be obliged to end by marrying." "Yes, certainly, but I should be so sorry to marry without love. It seems to me that before I could resolve to do such a thing I must be in danger of dying an old maid, and I am not yet that."
It was her duty to stick to Liosha. As for those two old faggots marrying, they ought to be ashamed of themselves." Whether they were ashamed of themselves or not didn't matter. Liosha remained alone in the boarding-house. Not all Barbara's indignation could turn Mrs. Jupp into the admirable Mrs. Considine and bring her back to Queen's Gate. What was to be done?
If Foy were affianced to Elsa, it was his inheritance as well as hers, for those trusts of Hendrik Brant's will were to Lysbeth things unreal and visionary, and its curse would fall upon him as well as upon her. Moreover it might be said that he was marrying her to win the wealth. "This betrothal does not please you; you are sad, wife," said Dirk, looking at her quickly.
It's a new idea, this of the wolf making a confidant of the lamb." "Oh, my dear!" he broke out, "I am only a poor devil holding back from committing a great stupidity." "Is that how you describe marrying me?" she said lightly.
Your father was threatened, plead with, and sworn at; but while he remained firm to his intention of marrying me, he really loved his fiery uncle, and disliked to come out in open rebellion; but a final move of Mr. Congreve's was more than he could bear. He locked him up.
"He's marrying into crowned heads when he comes into our family," says he, going on, "because I'm alderman here, and if my freckles lasts I'm liable to keep on being alderman. Sometimes I wisht I'd put in the papers that I was clean broke and depended on the savings which a faithful old servitor that's you, Curly had brung me in my time of need.
"It serves poor Susan-Nanna right for marrying Ballinger." "Oh I suppose it serves me right, too " Though she clenched her hands tight, tight, she couldn't keep back that little spurt of anger. He was smiling his peculiar, voluptuous smile. "Serves you right? For spoiling everybody in the village? It does indeed." "You don't in the least see what I mean," said Fanny.
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