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Half an hour after he had apologized for speaking so roughly to her, she decided that it was her duty to hunt him up and minister to him. The ship was rolling terribly, the din of the elements was deafening, but Olga Obosky was not a faint-hearted person. She went forth boldly, confidently.
The printing and stamping was done on board the Doraine and the script was shortly to be put into circulation. Landover was slated to become treasurer of Trigger Island at the general election. As an illustration, this sort of dialogue was soon to become more or less common: "What's the price of this hat, Madame Obosky?" "Twenty-seven hours, Mrs. Block."
I give you my solemn oath on zat, Miss Clinton. Our little world here is too small. If we were out in the great big world, well, it might be different then. But, how, I ask you, is it possible for me to run away with your husband when there is no place to run away to?" She spoke so quaintly that Ruth smiled in spite of herself. "You are a most extraordinary person, Madame Obosky.
They knew that water was coming into the hold; they knew that there were but four lifeboats and seven hundred men and women; they knew that the Doraine was going down in a very few hours; they knew that the Captain had given up all hope of rescue. Nothing could "turn up" now but death. Madame Obosky had taken a great fancy to Algernon Adonis Percival, and for a most peculiar reason.
Nicklestick. "I have," growled the sailor. "He says he never uses it in that form. I guess he's tellin' the truth." "Never uses what?" "Tobacco, sir." "Oh!" said Mr. Nicklestick, and, catching a glimpse of Madame Obosky emerging upon the deck, unceremoniously deserted his companions and hurried off to join her, his speed being suddenly accelerated by the spectacle of Mr.
Now, it had been some time since any man had had the hardihood or temerity to upbraid Madame Obosky. No male had cursed her since she left Petrograd, and that was four years ago. She had been cursed often enough by her own sex, professionally, of course, but the men she had encountered since leaving Russia were either too chivalrous or too cowardly to abuse her, and she missed it terribly.
"I am not so sure of that," said Ruth. "There are some very determined women among us, Madame Obosky." A faint line appeared between her eyes, however, a line acknowledging doubt and uncertainty. "And you will not join us in the protest?" "No," said Olga, shaking her head. "I am content to let the men have their way in small things, Miss Clinton.
You are still one of my patients. Hold out your hand!" "They are ever so much better," he protested, but he obeyed her. "Of course they are," she agreed, in a matter-of-fact tone. "You did not give me a chance last night to tell you how splendid you were in tackling that crazy mob. I witnessed it all, you know. Madame Obosky and I." "Then, you didn't beat it when I told you to, eh?"
She was conscious of a hot, swiftly passing sense of suffocation as the thought of Olga rushed unbidden into her brain, for an instant only, and then came the reaction: a queer chill that raced over her body from head to foot. What part would Olga Obosky play in the game? The women congregated on the forward deck of the Doraine after supper that night.
"In that one little sentence, Mr. Percivail, spoke from the heart, you have reveal the secret history of the world. You have account for everything." "You are a million years old, Madame Obosky," he said, looking into her deep, unfathomable eyes. She smiled. "So? And which of my sons, Mr. Percivail, do you think I love the most? Cain or Abel?" "It would take a woman to answer that question.
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