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You must go, I suppose, since that horrid man talks and scolds so about it; only be sure to be back early; but how I am ever to pass the night here all alone and standing up, I'm sure I don't know." "Alone? Oh no," said Girasole. "Charming mees, you sall not be alone; I haf guard for dat. I haf sent for a maid." "But I don't want any of your horrid old maids. I want my own maid, or none at all."
"And look, the flames are reflected on the clouds. I do believe it's going to rain, if such a thing can happen here! I hope it won't spoil the poor darlings' celebration. Why, they seem to have something big and black hanging over the fire. What can it be? Oh, it looks awful!" "It is not awful, mees," Yusef, standing near, good naturedly reassured her. "It very naice.
Then she sat down on the floor and proceeded to put on her stockings, that is, she meant to put them on, but she became so absorbed in trying to spell her name backwards that she forgot about the stockings. Louise caught her by the shoulder. "You will dress instant, Mees Anne," she threatened, "or I report you to Mademoiselle." Anne had heard that threat too often to be disturbed by it.
She made an excuse and disappeared into her own room. Later I, feigning sleep, heard the following: "Mees Adams, I was almost to perish-die-of monotony w'en your fair and beautiful face appear in thees mee-ser-rhable house." I opened my starboard eye. The beard was being curled furiously around a finger, the Svengali eye was rolling, the chair was being hunched closer to the school-teacher's.
We walked rapidly for a space and then paused before a handsome building. Entering the courtyard, we rang the silver bell. A servant answered our summons and invited us in. Seated in the drawing-room, I heard the buzz of many voices. "Is it an academy?" I whispered to Monsieur Pilot, my conductor. He smiled encouragingly. "This is a young ladies' seminary, Mees."
My wife must die some day! Mees Cordova will wait too; she will ménager here for me, and I will threat her proper oh! you shall see how I will threat that one!" Poussette seductively nodded his head. "I will threat her proper, sir, like a lady. Mme. Poussette she may stay with Henry Clairville all the rest of her life!
Gilman, and he departed, and his back, though a nervous back, seemed to be defying Madame Piriac and Audrey to question in the slightest degree his absolute right to choose his own guests on his own yacht. "Strange man!" muttered Madame Piriac. It was a confidence to Audrey, who eagerly accepted it as such. "Imagine him inviting Mees Thompkins without a word to us, without a word!
O'Kami San looked much embarrassed and hung her head. "Make honorable journey to husband's home," she said in a low voice. "Have you been getting married?" demanded Billie, astonished. "Yesterdays passing four," answered O'Kami San. "You mean four days ago?" "Yes, honorable Mees Cam-el."
"We have them here," murmured the Frau Pastorin sweetly. "Do you?" said Mees, quite as sweetly. And Hedwig Vogel burst out laughing. The Frau Pastorin bit her lip, the Von Ente girls looked blank, and Annette scuttled away, smelling danger from afar, for she knew full well that she often received a vicarious reproof.
He did not like it; and later, when they were alone, Warburton was distinctly impressed with Pierre's displeasure. "You can not please her, and you can not please me. Bah! Zat ees vat comes uf teaching a groom table manners instead uf stable manners. And you vill smell uf horse! I do not understand Mees Annesley; no!" And there were other humiliations, petty ones.
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