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He turned the key in the lock and thrust it into his pocket. "Miss Kent," he said, "I'm afraid you must think us all crazy. If you will only let me have five minutes' uninterrupted talk with you, I can explain these absurd misadventures. Please, won't you let me?" "To tell you the truth," said Kathleen, "I'm hungry. I've had only a plate of soup, and that was counterfeit.
Miss Beers, having removed her hat, reclined upon Fred's shoulder. The next morning they left Jersey City by the latest fast train out. They had some misadventures, crossed several States before they found a justice obliging enough to marry two persons whose names automatically instigated inquiry.
And yet it must be won, the affection of this poor father, who, at the outset, meets nothing but misadventures; he must be captivated, captured, made to have a taste for the business, and not be left too long to play the part of a recruit. Nature has provided for it, and the father rises to the rank of corporal the day the baby lisps his first syllables.
"This cruise has been a chapter of misadventures from the start, and every one of them lies at your door." Randy drove his paddle into the water with furious strokes, and was soon a dozen yards ahead of his companions. "I'll give you fellows a chance to get out of the dumps," he called back angrily. "I hope you'll be in a better humor when we meet again."
Peter read on through those pages where Lessingham, having found these words in some old book, takes courage after his many misadventures and starts again life an old man, seventy years of age, but full of hope ... and then there is his wonderful death in the Plague City, closing it all like a Triumph. The night had come down upon the house.
And when they had laughed over their mutual adventures and misadventures, Herbert and Capitola took leave and returned to their hotel. Herbert Greyson was the most serious of the whole family. Upon reaching the hotel he went to his own room and fell into deep reflection.
But I pray you to make the same recommendation to all the colonels and gentlemen in your army; for I should be infinitely sad, if misadventures should arise from such a cause, for your interest and my honour are both at stake.
"You know the story of his misadventures, then?" he remarked. "I know all about his imprisonment, and the cause of it," Aynesworth said quietly. Barrington was silent for several moments. He felt that he was receiving but scanty encouragement. "Is it worth while, Mr. Aynesworth?" he asked at length. "There is better work for you in the world than this."
She told stories of her own adventures or misadventures, which Mr Vanburgh capped by remembrances of his own boyhood; they compared notes as to their mutual sensations at critical moments, and so sympathetic did they appear, that the girl was forced into an expression of astonishment. "You remember so well!
"Elfreda is going to write a book of her early adventures and misadventures," explained Grace to Patience. "Did we ever tell you about it?" "No; but in the event of its publication I speak now for an autographed copy," returned Patience, with twinkling eyes. "I'll have one done up for you in crushed Levant," was Elfreda's prompt offer. "This is our church," proclaimed Mabel.
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