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He married, and had a large family, much larger than the six olive-branches allotted to your friend of Briar Farm," and he smiled. "He, Jeffrey, is my ancestor, and I can trace myself back to him in direct lineage, so you see I have quite the right to my curious name!" She clasped and unclasped her little hands nervously she was shy of raising her eyes to his face.
Dimitri had invited me in the morning to go with him to his mother's, and had called for me after luncheon; the idea being that I should spend the evening, and perhaps also pass the night, at the country-house where his family lived. Dimitri was in his kind and sociable mood. That is to say, he was neither frowning nor blinking nervously nor straightening his neck in his collar.
Major Gregory Doyle paced nervously up and down the floor of the cosy sitting room. "Something's surely happened to our Patsy!" he exclaimed. A little man with a calm face and a bald head, who was seated near the fire, continued to read his newspaper and paid no attention to the outburst. "Something has happened to Patsy!" repeated the Major, "Patsy" meaning his own and only daughter Patricia.
Terrible, almost ghastly, he stood there before them, the picture of bitter rage, of impotent, distorted senility. "Have you got the last spark of manhood left in you, and ask that question of me?" In the pockets of his trousers Wagner's hands worked nervously. His face went red again, but he gave no answer.
Cook, so presently they ventured forth from the woods and started across the clearing. The cellar door was open and toward this they made their way. A gentle breeze rattled one of the shutters, causing the boys to start nervously. Bob kept his hand on his hip pocket and they walked closely together. Presently they came to the cellar steps and peered in cautiously.
"I don't think you're a bit too good for it, but your father is a different kind." Carolina Langdon stood at the back of the room, nervously awaiting the moment when, she knew, she would be forced into the unpleasant discussion. "I reckon you can't refuse to believe Miss Langdon," drawled Norton, with aggravated deliberation.
But, as it happened, she did feel rather tired, and was glad when the door was suddenly kicked open and a large tea-tray was brought in and set down violently on a side table. "Cream and sugar?" said Mrs. Hill nervously. "Yes, thank you," said Joanna. She felt a little disconcerted by this new household of which she found herself a member.
"It seemed like a desperate thing to do," said Alice, nervously. "But you see, I was upset and unhappy. I didn't seem to like the party any more I wanted to be home. Do you understand?" "Yes," said Montague, "I understand. And I'm glad you are here." They reached home, and Montague called up Harvey's and told his brother what had happened. He could hear Oliver gasp with astonishment.
Monsieur de Saint-Juéry sat upright, with a bewildered look, while he moved his hands nervously; in his grief he was incapable of manifesting any will of his own, or of opposing this unexpected attack. "Oh! anything that Charlotte wishes, doctor; anything, and I will myself go and tell her so, on my knees!"
When he hesitated, she added: "There are plenty to watch that I do not escape. I could not, if I would. I have not the strength." "Time is passing," he said gruffly, "and we get nowhere." "As soon as I can travel, I will come." "If madame wishes, I can take a letter." She pondered over that, interlacing her fingers nervously as she reflected.
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