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I replied, therefore, misgivingly, in the affirmative, and Hipp, the interrogator, exclaimed at once "Let us make a lecturing tour in England, and divide the expenses and the work; you will describe the war, and I will act as your agent." With true Yankee persistence Hipp developed his idea, and I consented to try the experiment, though with grave scruples.
Luigi, at Barto's bidding, left word with Zotti that he would call for the signorina's answer to a certain letter about sunrise. "I promised my Rosellina, my poppyheaded sipper, a red-wine evening, or I would hold this fellow under my eye till the light comes," thought Barto misgivingly, and let him go. Luigi slouched about the English lady's hotel. At nightfall her brother came forth.
Through the dim light she could see the scrawny greyhounds pulling at their leashes as she fumbled at the wire-mesh door. Whines from several of the dogs made Fledra step inside, whence she glanced out misgivingly to see if she had been observed. "Snatchet!" she whispered. From a distant corner she heard the rattle of a chain. "Snatchet!" she called again.
Luigi, at Barto's bidding, left word with Zotti that he would call for the signorina's answer to a certain letter about sunrise. "I promised my Rosellina, my poppyheaded sipper, a red-wine evening, or I would hold this fellow under my eye till the light comes," thought Barto misgivingly, and let him go. Luigi slouched about the English lady's hotel. At nightfall her brother came forth.
She erred in ignorance and inexperience; but he against the bitter fruit of knowledge, in wilful tampering with truth reluctantly, misgivingly selfishly cozening his conscience, hardening himself in unbelief, applying salve to the old vital stab to his independence.
Misgivingly I went forwards, feeling forever that, through clouds of thick darkness, I was continually nearing a danger, or was myself perhaps wilfully provoking a trial, before which my constitutional despondency would cause me to lie down without a struggle. To teach is to learn: according to an old experience, it is the very best mode of learning the surest, and the shortest.
Then Henrik arranged his affairs so that he could remain away for some months. He said he was going to America to visit his uncles in Minnesota, and yes, very likely he would go farther west. His friends shook their heads misgivingly, but he only smiled at their fears.
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