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Indeed, there were hopes that slow recovery might find him a much changed person in character. He had become so uninterested in his former predilections that he heard with little emotion that Vera was to marry Petros White. "I thought she would take up with some cad," he said.
I was taken charge of by a charwoman, and only once visited by my infancy's mentor. My new guardian was authority for the statement that, though not appearing wealthy, this M. Petros, as she called him, was always able to obtain money as needed from M. Harjes. There is nothing more to add." "Clearly, M. Petros then knew something about the source of your income," said Marie.
Shedd to the people. "Agha Petros with a thousand of our men has gone to meet the British and he will come back with them and will throw back the Turks." The Turks and the Kurds came on from the north; many of the Armenian and Assyrian men were out across the plains to the east getting in the harvest; and no sign of succour came from the south.
Almost unique of their kind are the so-called "Pueblo grants" emanating from Governor Domingo Gironza Petros de Cruzate in 1688. The term "grant" is a misnomer, since it refers in fact to a limitation to the innate tendency of the Indians to arbitrarily expand their tribal range.
Then the other casks of wine were stowed away in the stone cellar beneath the hall. Leaving his servant a silent, stupid-looking, dark-eyed fellow named Petros to bait the horses, Georgios entered the hall and began to unpack his carpets and embroideries with all the skill of one who had been trained in the bazaars of Cairo, Damascus, or Nicosia.
Then the door opened. "It is he," whispered Josef. All heads uncovered and each man bowed low. Delmotte stood petrified with astonishment. "Messieurs," he said at last, recovering his speech, "messieurs, I am honored." Then as his eyes lighted on Josef, they sparkled with unexpected recognition. "You are Petros," he said, puzzled by the brilliant throng surrounding him.
"No; nor the year before. She has a good many pretty little talents, and is very obliging. Mrs. White seems to be very fond of her, and did not want to spare her when they went to Gastein for the summer. And this year, when there was so much infection about, I could not press it." "Is it true that there is anything between her and Petros White?"
You are all of a tremble." It was true, and to pacify her, Mrs. Norris sent a child up to bid Petros have the horses ready, and Anna was persuaded to swallow a little too, which happily had cooled enough for her haste, but she hurried off, leaving Mrs.
'Why didn't you give him the letter? demanded Mr. Stebbing. 'Catch us, responded Sydney Grove, rejoiced at the opportunity, 'when what we got was, "Get out, you young rascals!" Petros more discreetly added 'My sister wanted it to be given to Mr.
Petros White, brother to Mrs. Henderson, and nephew to Aunt Adeline's husband, was one of them, the other, a youth also employed at the marble works.
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