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One morning little Georgette had been more feverish and consequently more peevish; she was crying, and would not be pacified. I thought a particular draught ordered, disagreed with her, and I doubted whether it ought to be continued; I waited impatiently for the doctor's coming in order to consult him.
While she waited for the maid to announce her, her quick ears caught the nervous undertone of the house the whining voices of children above stairs, the quick clatter of dishes in the far off pantry and a politely peevish voice that was raised as its owner struggled with an imperfect telephone connection.
Had his capacity been at all commensurate with his ambition, he might have deeply influenced the fate of the world; but fortunately no wizard's charm came to the aid of Paul Caraffa, and the triple-crowned monk sat upon the pontifical throne, a fierce, peevish, querulous, and quarrelsome dotard; the prey and the tool of his vigorous enemies and his intriguing relations.
The time came when my hands were warmly pressed and my patient said: "Thank you, thank you, dear Doctor," every day. At last Monsieur Levy ceased to suffer, and confined himself to the peevish murmurs of a spoilt beauty or a child that has been scolded. But now no one takes him seriously.
Of the bevy of ladies in attendance, only half a dozen entered; for a few paces within the doorway the Queen-Mother stood still to receive my patron, who had advanced to meet her. It seemed to me that she was not best pleased to see him at that moment; her voice rang somewhat loud and peevish as she said, "What, my lord! Is it you?
But my disease grew upon me for what disease is like Alcohol! and at length even Pluto, who was now becoming old, and consequently somewhat peevish even Pluto began to experience the effects of my ill-temper. One night, returning home much intoxicated from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence.
At this Rischenheim became all on fire to get his errand done before Sapt appeared. "The coats of your dogs," pursued the king, "grow so beautifully " "A thousand pardons, sire, but " "Long and silky, that I despair of " "I have a most urgent and important matter," persisted Rischenheim in agony. Rudolf threw himself back in his chair with a peevish air. "Well, if you must, you must.
The king nodded kindly to them, but during the entire meal, he only let some indifferent questions fall from his lips, which were devotedly and tediously answered by some one of the old generals. As their dry, peevish voices resounded through the high, vaulted room, it seemed to reawaken in Frederick's heart the souvenirs of memory and become the echo of vanished days.
'What'll they do? asked Flossy in an awe-struck voice. 'I don't know, answered Peter. 'I daren't think. Something bad I 'spect. Then the two children crept back to their beds, and Flossy cried herself to sleep. 'You must answer me this question very decidedly, ma'am: am I to go, or the baby? Is my night's sleep to be again disturbed by the peevish wails of a troublesome infant?
'Come in, replied my uncle's voice, clear, thin, and peevish. I entered and confronted him. 'Your son, sir, has insulted me. He looked at me with a cold curiosity steadly for a few seconds, as I stood panting before him with flaming cheeks. 'Insulted you? repeated he. 'Egad, you surprise me!
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