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And why not all? Why should you keep anything from me?" "But why should I tell you?" she asked, her loitering step coming to a stop. As the situation stood the question was a poser. He did not want to be her lover, had never intended it; his easy gallantry had meant nothing. But now, seeing her averted face, the eyes down-drooped, he could think of no reply that was not love-making.
"Where?" This was a poser, but Miss Talbot answered desperately: "At Lyon." "What is he like?" Another haphazard shot. "He is tall and dark, and, oh! so good-looking, with a beautifully white skin and a pink complexion." "That is he!" cried both girls together. "The scoundrel!
Take him then as a poser: give him, for the argument's sake, Boccace to his company, Cino; give him our Pulci, give him Ariosto, give him Lorenzo, Politian; give him Tasso for aught I care; you have no one left but the sugar-cured Guarino. The fellow is such a sturdy pagan we must e'en forgive him some of his quirks.
Strange! it was but yesterday that I was wandering through Kelvin Grove, and as the phantom breeze brought down the withered foliage from the spray, I thought how probable it was that they might ere long rustle over young and glowing hearts deposited prematurely in the tomb!" This, which struck me as a very passable imitation of Dickens's pathetic writings, was a poser.
"Who are you? What's your name?" he said. "Fred Batchelor," I replied, deferentially. "Batchelor, eh? Are you a backward or a troublesome, eh?" This was a poser. I had never put the question to myself, and was wholly at a loss how to answer. I told Flanagan so. "Oh, but you're bound to know!" he exclaimed. "What did they send you here for, eh?"
This was a home question, and a poser, for Ned had not the least idea of what sum he ought to ask for his work, and at the same time he had a strong antipathy to that species of haggling, which is usually prefaced by the seller, with the reply, "What'll ye give?" There was no other means, however, of ascertaining the market-value of his sketch, so he put the objectionable question.
And what has the schoolhouse done to you?" said Mr Parrett, leaning back in his chair and pushing his plate away. It wasn't an easy question, but Parson felt something ought to be said. "Some of them are rather cads, sir," he said. "And we don't like them," said Lawkins. "And you think they ought to like you?" asked Mr Parrett, severely. This was a poser.
There is no reason why he should not stay, and be sensible. Why should young men lose their heads, and be so absurdly earnest?" "Another poser, Lady Lawless." "In all your life you never misunderstood things so, I am sure." "Well, there is no virtue in keeping your head steady. I have spent most of my life wooing Madame Fortune; I find that makes a man canny." "She has been very kind to you."
This was a poser, and for a moment he stared at Jethro, blankly, until he decided how to take it. Then he crossed his legs and blew smoke toward the ceiling. "It is certainly fairer to everybody to take the broadest view of a situation," he remarked; "I am trying to regard this from the aspect of a citizen, and I am quite sure that it will appeal to you in the same light.
He stood in no want of "mounts," for three or four of his cavalry friends were ready to lend him a saddle-horse any day. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley, after making many pleasant acquaintances, had gone on to Denver, and Captain Buxton was congratulating himself that he, at least, had not run foul of the engineer's powerful fists. Buxton was not in arrest, for the case had proved a singular "poser."
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