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If they have, I'm awfully glad, for I hate that man!" "Did you overhear them?" asked Fetherston anxiously, apprehensive lest an open quarrel had actually taken place. He knew well that Josef Blot, alias Weirmarsh, was not a man to be trifled with. If Sir Hugh had served his purpose, as he no doubt had, then he would be betrayed to the police without compunction, just as others had been.
The old ones seem generally to die from accidents, as from falling down precipices: at least, several of the inhabitants told me that they never found one dead without some evident cause. The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking close behind them.
I have become what I am, because to me the broad canvas alone is interesting, and picayunish prejudices are contemptible. You bring into my house a visage of disapproval, and when you overhear private talk permit yourself to sneer. It is intolerable." There was such a ring of sincerity in the voicing of this distorted reasoning that Edwardes almost smiled.
We were alone, with none to overhear, so I told him plainly that I intended to expose him. At first he became defiant, but presently he grew apprehensive, and on taking his leave he made a foul accusation against you. Then, laughing at my refusal to accept his bribe, the scoundrel took my hand in farewell. He must have had a pin stuck in his glove, for I felt a slight scratch across the palm.
And it is certain that before they went King had a talk with the Rangar in a room alone, of which conversation, however, the sentry reported afterward that he did not overhear one word; and he had to go to the doctor with a cold in his ear at that. He said he was nearly sure be heard weeping. But on the other hand, those who saw both of them come out were certain that both were smiling.
"Thorne is" I thought I caught the added words, "unreasonable fellow," but I would not give myself the appearance of having done so. "But we can't afford to quarrel with him altogether," suggested Chirugeon, still in a tone not meant for me to overhear.
I could overhear the men debate the character of Captain Trent, and set forth competing theories of where the opium was stowed; and, as they seemed to have been eavesdropping on ourselves, I thought little shame to prick up my ears when I had the return chance of spying upon them. In this way I could diagnose their temper and judge how far they were informed upon the mystery of the Flying Scud.
Over the windows, the shades were drawn, so that he would remain invisible to any one within the office, while yet easily able to overhear every word spoken in the room. When he had completed his instructions to the stenographer, Burke turned to Gilder and Demarest. "Now, this time," he said energetically, "I'll be the one to do the talking.
"Will you really cast me off like an old worn-out shoe?" "I'll see," laughed Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch. "Come, let me go." "Wouldn't you like me to stand on the steps... for fear I might by chance overhear something... for the rooms are small?" "That's as well. Stand on the steps. Take my umbrella." "Your umbrella.... Am I worth it?" said the captain over-sweetly.
The building chosen for the transaction was, as was natural, dark and unfrequented, and a slave named Vindicius had, as it chanced, concealed himself there, not out of design or any intelligence of the affair, but, accidentally being within, seeing with how much haste and concern they came in, he was afraid to be discovered, and placed himself behind a chest, where he was able to observe their actions and overhear their debates.
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