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"Sir," said the man, seeming to recover himself a little, "I put my brother in a secret place; and then caused him to overhear a conversation between myself and another." "Very pretty! very pretty!" cried the page. "And who was this other?" "Sir; it was a Mr. Goodenough under-sheriff once of " I could not restrain a start; for I had not thought Mr.
But he had drawn yet closer to Pierre, even passed one arm around him; and it was thus embracing him that he, in his turn, made his confession, lowering his voice as if he feared that someone might overhear his secret. "Why should you not know it?" he said. "My own sons are ignorant of it.
On religious questions the arguments are presented to them, it is true, while they are young, in catechisms and in other forms of religious instruction, and in politics by the conversations which they overhear; but it is a mistake to suppose that arguments thus offered have any material effect as processes of ratiocination in producing any logical conviction upon their minds.
This pleased me little enough; and what pleased me less, I thought the clerk was in a good posture to overhear what should pass between us. I asked if he was Mr. Charles Stewart the Writer. "The same," says he; "and if the question is equally fair, who may you be yourself?" "You never heard tell of my name nor of me either," said I, "but I bring you a token from a friend that you know well.
The fault was with the Duke of Anjou, who, as we all know, was an incorrigible chatter-box all his life, and never was trusted with any State secrets at all; but his mother must have supposed him not old enough to understand what she was talking about, when she let him overhear such a conversation.
Iskender shook her hand from off his arm, and brushed her words away as stinging insects, in terror lest the priest should overhear. The priest rebuked her for the interruption. But she continued unabashed, and sat on smiling to herself, and nodding at Iskender when she caught his eye.
Would it ring straight on, or would it pause between that window and the orange and myrtle shades of Jackson Square? Constance had said that day to Miranda for this star-gazer to overhear that she did not believe Kincaid loved Flora, and the hearer had longed to ask her why, but knew she could not tell. Why is a man's word.
Moreover, she having alighted to interchange greetings with the household had chanced to overhear her young ladyship say where she was going and when she would be back. She was talking with an old person, a stranger, in black, with silver-white hair. "That would be Dave's old Mrs. Picture, Ruth," said Granny Marrable, with apparent interest.
I say, you'd better shut the front door." "She won't overhear anything. And if Shatov comes I'll hide you in another room." "Shatov won't come; and you must write that you quarrelled with him because he turned traitor and informed the police... this evening.. . and caused his death." "He is dead!" cried Kirillov, jumping up from the sofa.
"I wish to save him," he added, "I can do it." "Oh! if what you said were true? But you undoubtedly deceive yourself." "I know what I am saying." Fearing that some spy outside would overhear him, he came close to Marie-Anne and said, rapidly, and in a low voice: "I never believed in the success of this conspiracy.
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