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Shaw's chucked us already." "Yes, and every one says how splendidly Mrs. Stewart acts," pleaded Lady Wolvercote. Stewart had half forgotten the matter; but now he remembered that Mildred had been keen to have the part only a week ago, and a little pettish because he had advised her to leave it alone, on account of Mrs. Shaw.
She could not be certain what was the matter, but she saw that something was wrong. At times, Hester's manner was so unboundedly affectionate, that it was impossible to suppose that unkind feelings existed towards herself; though a few pettish words were at other times let drop. Hester's moods of magnanimity and jealousy were accounted for in other ways by her sister.
By a sort of oversight they were in my pocket all the time. I laughingly remarked that I knew I should find them first. Eliza seemed rather pettish, the joke being against herself. "The reason why I mentioned that book," I said, as I unlocked the bag, "is because it points out that there are two ways of making a fortune.
It came in the form of a question and only after an instant's display of displeasure or possibly of pure nervous irritability. "What has she done?" "Nothing. But slander is in the air, and any day it may ripen into public accusation." "Accusation of what?" Her tone was almost pettish. "Of of theft," he murmured. "On a great scale," he emphasized, as the music rose to a crash. "Jewels?"
Perhaps he himself was glad that he could wreak no further damage which he would later regret, and contented himself with furiously pounding his cane upon the puncheon floor, a sturdy structure and well calculated to bear the brunt of such expressions of pettish rage. "Dolt, ass, fool, that I am!" he cried.
That and his talking makes us anxious." "Has he said anything important?" "I shouldn't like to say that, Mr. Soames; but he's turned against his Will. He gets quite pettish and after having had it out every morning for years, it does seem funny. He said the other day: 'They want my money. It gave me such a turn, because, as I said to him, nobody wants his money, I'm sure.
"Now, confess the truth, Collins you've been having a tiff with Mrs. Beaudesart?" continued Montgomery. "Lovers' quarrel? That's nothing. I did n't think you were so pettish as to run away like this." "Indeed, Mr. Montgomery," said I earnestly; "I assure you I'm only going at the call of duty. I'll show" here it struck me that the production of my letter would delay things worse, and
When her small brothers interrupted her, she repelled them with a pettish word or gesture; the English governess addressed her, and got no answer beyond a haughty look; even her mother was scarcely better treated. Close by, at another table, was another young girl, rather younger than the first, and equally pretty.
Sir G. Carteret tells me to-night that he perceives the Parliament is likely to make a great bustle before they will give the King any money; will call all things into question; and, above all, the expences of the Navy; and do enquire into the King's expences everywhere, and into the truth of the report of people being forced to sell their bills at 15 per cent. loss in the Navy; and, lastly, that they are in a very angry pettish mood at present, and not likely to be better.
I always imagined editors in those days to be pettish, whimsical men who amused themselves by taking up a beginner, and then, wearying of the sport, dropped him back into the slime from which they had picked him. In the intervals of articles I wrote short stories, again for the same three papers.
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