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Again and again Sam evaded a direct reply as in one form or another he explained that all he did know was that the Black Growler would win if she could run more swiftly than the Varmint II. As to the possibility of developing the required speed he was non-committal. Conversation did not lag on the voyage down the river. The presence of Mr.
Jones in print and Governor Stone on the stump, appealed to the people on the very thing the old rulers of the party had hedged on, and the battle was on. Mr. Francis evaded the fight. He wanted harmony. He was suave and clammy but non-committal. He did not wish to come out for silver. He did not wish to oppose the silver people. Once or twice he threatened to fight and then he threw up his hands.
That Willis Marsh still retained some curiosity regarding Emerson's presence at the Annex on that night four weeks before, and that the young man's non-committal reply to his inquiry about the new enterprise mentioned by Mildred had not entirely satisfied him, was proved by the remark which he addressed to the girl the moment her father's departure afforded him an opportunity. "You said Mr.
"Well, you can't ha' seen her before," said Betts positively; "cause she's Miss, not Missis." "Ah!" said Dempsey again in a non-committal voice, looking hard this time into the fire. "Where have you seen her in these parts?" asked Mrs. Halsey. "At the Harvest Festival, t'other day. But I must have been mistaken that's all. I think I'm going to call upon her some day." "Whatever for?"
His keen gray eyes narrowed on her, but she read no encouragement in his glance. He had regained control of himself and assumed a non-committal attitude, as of one ready to listen, but indifferent as to whether she proceeded or withdrew. "You haven't revealed the purpose of your visit as yet," he said, crossing his legs.
Robin took out his note-case and produced a card. "That's my name," he said. "You'll see that I'm a barrister ..." "Well?" said the doctor in a non-committal voice after he had read the card. "I'm not surprised to hear you say that Miss Trevert has been doped," Robin remarked.
Indeed, even in transports of joy, his conversation was confined to monosyllables; he wore the same non-committal countenance. "This was the neighbor Chance found for me in the house in the Rue de Gres, where I used to live when as yet I was only a second clerk finishing my third year's studies. The house is damp and dark, and boasts no courtyard.
These hints, given in a non-committal way, kept the crowd alive with expectation, and when the rumors thus started spread abroad, the levee was soon filled with an excited and angry multitude. If it had been a question of delivering a criminal to justice, August would not have hesitated to tell the sheriff where to look.
'T would run right by yer gate, an' ye could h'ist the winder an' talk to the folks passin'. Ye wouldn't be lonely never." For the first time Selwyn looked like a man of business. His eyes grew steady. His face was firm and serious and non-committal. He said nothing. Hanway cleared his throat and crossed his legs anew.
All this was said in a tone of astonished comment, so non-committal of feeling that Bobby's tail began to twitch in the stress of his anxiety. When the caretaker spoke again, after a long, puzzled frowning, it was to express a very human bewilderment and irritation. "Noo, what am I gangin' to do wi' ye?" Ah, that was encouraging! A moment before, he had ordered Bobby out in no uncertain tone.
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