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Dominey admitted defeat and poured himself out some more coffee. Neither of the two noticed that his fingers were trembling. "Her ladyship is very considerate," he said. "Kindly say that I shall follow you in a few minutes."
After a life of acting, was this the truth this terror, which spoke in every movement, and in some strange way had seized upon and infected himself? He urgently asked her to be frank with him. And with a sob she poured herself out. It was the tragic, familiar story that every household knows. Grave symptoms, suddenly observed the hurried visit to a specialist his verdict and his warnings.
Such is Cape Split, the terminus of Cape Blomidon, on the side of the Bay of Fundy. Over its shaggy summits now fluttered hundreds of sea-gulls; round its black base the waves foamed and thundered, while the swift tide poured between the interstices of the rugged rocks. "Behind that thar rock," said Captain Corbet, pointing to Cape Split, "is a place they call Scott's Bay.
Several days afterwards, the servant presented an injection whose color and odor differed from the other. "But it is not the same at all!" Des Esseintes cried, gazing with deep feeling at the liquid poured into the apparatus.
Whatever there was in his sentimental bosom he poured into this one achievement of his life. It brought tears to the eyes of Narcisse Dauphin. It opened a gate of the garden wall, and drew inside a girl's face, shining with feeling. Maximilian Cour spoke for more than himself that night.
It was a force of the mind, or soul, that Holy Joe employed; it was a moral force that poured out of the clean spirit of the man and subdued the brute force pitted against him. "Put down that weapon!" Holy Joe repeated. Slowly, the mate lowered his arm. The parson turned to the squareheads; aye, he turned his back full upon the bucko, and the latter made no move against him.
I no longer have any doubts, but none the less it will be a satisfaction to us both to see it. It must, I'm sure, harmonies with ours; it must!" He opened a cupboard drawer and produced a thin sheet of glass, upon which he next poured some finely powdered sand out of a paper bag. It rattled, dry and faint, upon the smooth, hard surface.
From the bonfire and the consuming weeds great volumes of smoke poured up and floated away, the air was full of pungent odors, and the robins called vociferously back and forth through the garden, their alarmed and excited cries vying with the children's shouts.
Skilfully posted, they poured in a hot cross-fire, both from the pa and from an ambush in the neighbouring thickets. Broken into two bodies, McDonnell's men were driven to make a long and painful retreat, during which two died of exhaustion. They lost twenty-four killed and twenty-six wounded. McDonnell resigned in disgust.
Unfortunately the artillerymen, in their sudden surprise, instead of rushing to their cannon, joined the rest of the troops as they ran back to their arms, and the guns at once fell into the hands of the enemy. These had now climbed the eastern bank, and a fire from all sides was poured upon the troops, huddled together in a mass.
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