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And there are things that go deeper, that you could not understand. So I refuse quite definitely, and our ways part here, for in a few days I go. I shall not see you again, but I wish to say good-bye." The bitterest chagrin was working in my soul. I felt as if all were deserting me-a sickening feeling of loneliness. I did not know the man who was in me, and was a stranger to myself.
Then came the touch of Felice's long brown hand upon his face. He sat up, opening his eyes. "You aisk me-a," she said, "eef I do onderstaind, eh? Yais, I onderstaind. You " her voice was a whisper "you shoot Chino, eh? I know. You do those thing' for me-a. I am note angri, no-a. You ver' sharp man, eh? All for love oaf Felice, eh? Now we be happi, maybe; now we git married soam day byne-by, eh?
"I shall not, my dear Humphrey, as I think you have decided properly; but I beg you will not think of laying by money for me-a very little will suffice for my wants." "Not so, good brother; you must and shall, if I can help you, ruffle it with the best. You will be better received if you do; for, though poverty is no sin, as the saying is, it is scouted as sin should be, while sins are winked at.
A. "Why, do they not call a thing objectively true, when it is true absolutely in itself; but subjectively true, when it is true in the belief of a particular person?" S. "-Though not necessarily true objectively, that is, absolutely and in itself?" A. "No." S. "But possibly true so?" A. "Of course." S. "Now, tell me-a thing is objectively true, is it not, when it is a fact as it is?" A. "Yes."
"How is it that you have chosen me-a stranger, and so young-as your escort? I am only a green country boy." "Partly because I like your looks; you look honest and trustworthy." "Thank you, but I am only a boy." "That's all the better for me. It would not do for me to accept the escort of a man, and it would be awkward for me to propose it even if it would do."
The interview was short and satisfactory. "Ah! sir," cried one of them, "I cannot tell how it is, but when I see you, I feel as if I beheld the very soul of my country, or its guardian angel, standing before me-a something I cannot describe, but it fills me with courage and comfort!"
I admire, I reverence so lofty a spirit! "Where would I be now-where would my daughter be, if Mario had not been near to save us, if he, careless of his own life, had not been our preserver? I wondered before. Twice he had come before me-a genius-a preserver of myself and my child. Now he comes again and saves me. It is wonderful! I am overcome.
Graham smiled recognition, crossed the room, asked me how I was, told me I looked pale. I also had my own smile at my own thought: it was now about three months since Dr. John had spoken to me-a lapse of which he was not even conscious. He sat down, and became silent. His wish was rather to look than converse.
Believe me, in such days as these, I honour even the man who is honest enough to blow his nose because he finds that he ought to do so. But tell me-a horse, when he shies at a beggar, does not he also do so by the spirit of truth? For he believes sincerely the beggar to be something formidable, and honestly acts upon his conviction."
"Ah, love of God! what misfortune has befallen Chino!" Then in English, and with a swift leap of surprise and dismay: "Ah, Meester Lockwude, air you hurt? Eh, tell me-a! Ah, it is too draidful!" "No, no," gasped Lockwood, as he dragged Chino's unconscious body to the bed Felice had just left. "No; I I've shot him. We met there on the trail."
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