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His words were non-committing and open to no argument. Lablache went on. "Supposing now a rich man, a very rich man, proposed marriage for her. Presuming he was a man against whom there was no doubtful record who, from a worldly point of view, there could be no objection to should you object to him as a husband for Jacky?" The rancher was still unsuspecting.
He gave his hand, after an instant's hesitation, with a non-committing, "Myself yes." Max drew him aside out of the crowd. "It's all right. I'm Chris's brother, and I shan't give you away. But how long do you expect to remain incog., I wonder? I knew your face the moment I saw you on the stairs." "You know me?" said Bertrand, drawing back a little. "Of course I know you. Who could help it?
It was an odd little smile, which fell over his features like a mask and completely hid his thoughts. It was apparent that Claude de Chauxville's tricks of speech and manner fell here on barren ground. The Frenchman's epigrams, his method of conveying his meaning in a non-committing and impersonal generality, failed to impress this hearer.
She had not reached the point of wishing definitely that he should suffer, but the sight of Etta beautiful, self-confident, carelessly possessive in respect to Paul had brought her within measurable distance of it. "The arrogance of those who have all that they desire is insupportable," the Frenchman went on in his favorite, non-committing, epigrammatic way.
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