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"What about you, colonel?" asked Pinto meaningly. "If I may suggest it, we should pool our money and divide." The colonel smiled. "Don't be silly," he said tersely. "I doubt whether my balance at the bank is more than a couple of thousand pounds." "But what about your private safe?" persisted Pinto. "A-ha! You didn't know I knew that, did you? As a matter of fact, Ferguson told me "
She held in both hands a marvelous Persian rose-bowl half filled with clabber, saying she had prepared it for her lord herself, and offered it to him on bended knees. I could not see her face, for her back was toward me and she had her shawl over her head; but I thought of that little vial of croton oil Narayan Singh had given her instead of poison, and the Sikh caught my eye meaningly.
Trapes nodded meaningly and went on chewing. "But say," she demanded, suddenly sharp of eye, "where does Arthur come in?" "Arthur comes in right here, Mrs. Trapes! In fact, Arthur broke into my er life just when things were at their darkest generally. Arthur found me very depressed and gloomy. Arthur taught me that life might yet have its uses. Arthur lifted me out of the Slough of Despond.
"Aren't you mistaken about the man?" George asked, looking at the first speaker meaningly. "Why, no," replied the other. "He's certainly pinned down among the wreck. They'll find him before long. Isn't that a jacket sleeve?" He broke off with an exclamation, as Edgar drove an elbow hard into his ribs; but it was too late. The girl looked around at George, white in face.
"I wish you would not talk like this, papa. You are only tormenting me, and tormenting yourself." "Yes, I am tormented enough," he admitted meaningly. But it was not talking about it that tormented him. It was thinking of it. And to sit and look at it was worse for him than it possibly could have been for her to go and give herself up, bad as that must have been. "For of course you suffered.
Kettle deserves affluence, and please the pigs she shall have it." "But it isn't every sovereign that might be put in her way," said the sailor meaningly, "that Mrs. Kettle would care to use." "I guess I find every sovereign that comes to my fingers contains twenty useful shillings." "I will take your word for it, sir. Mrs. Kettle prefers to know that the few she handles are cleanly come by." Mr.
"No, I don't!" "Do you know who did?" "Blest if I do!" "Does Mr. Wrent?" asked Denzil meaningly. The girl wet her finger and went through a childish game. "That's wet," she said; then wiping the finger on her dingy skirt, "that's dry. Cut my throat if I tell a lie. Ask me something easier, Mr. Denzil." "I don't understand you," said Lucian, quite puzzled. "Rhoda! Rhoda!
Almayer lifted his head slowly from the table, and looked at him stupidly. "Mem Putih!" exclaimed Babalatchi to Nina, "look at him. He does not hear. You must take care," he added meaningly.
"Yes, I did, sir, and I remember thinking how cat-like they were in their actions, pouncing upon the food and eating it there and then. I watched them till they had done, so as to see them steal off again with their boat, and I meant to write a note about it in my paper regarding this trip." "Well, they are not waiting this morning, uncle," said the boy meaningly.
'Tell me now, upon your salvation, is any one kept prisoner here? Leo, an elderly man, his eyes red with tears and his hands tremulous, gazed meaningly at the questioner. 'No one; no one, he answered under his breath. 'I swear it to you, O lord Basil. 'Come with me through the house. 'But Leo, moving nearer, begged that he might be heard and believed.
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