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The First President said that he did not fear his threats, and that he had reason to complain of his Royal Highness for presuming to interrupt him in a place where he represented the King's person. Both parties were now in hot blood, and the Duke, who was very glad to see it, did not interpose till he could not avoid it, and then he told them both that they should endeavour to keep their temper.
"I am not very well; thou art not very well; she is not very well" and so on. Sir Patrick too! Only think of the sociable Sir Patrick being in a state of seclusion pacing up and down by himself in the loneliest part of the garden. And the servants again! it had even spread to the servants! They were presuming to whisper in corners, like their betters.
Are you presuming to question me? "He stammered in confusion: "'No sir but but it has not been opened since since the-death. If you will be kind enough to wait five minutes I will go and and see if "I interrupted him angrily: "'See here, what do you mean by your tricks? "'You know very well you cannot enter the room, since here is the key! "He no longer objected.
Or was she such a prude that she thought him presuming on so slight an acquaintance? Her father was speaking: "I don't quite understand," 'he said thoughtfully. "There is no bridge within ten miles, and nothing to flood the road but the Creek, which never was known to overflow its banks more than a few feet at most. The highway is far above the valley. You must have been a bit turned around."
Ellen, under the influence of that old fascination which Cynthia had exerted over her temporarily in her childhood, and which had now assumed a new lease of life, would have loved to see her every day, but along with the fascination came a great timidity and fear of presuming. She felt instinctively that the fascination was an involuntary thing on Cynthia's part.
In brief, my mistress, he looks as if he might be king of all the camel drivers in the world." The description was unexpectedly graphic; even the Emperor smiled, while many of the train, presuming license from his amusement, laughed aloud. In the midst of the merriment, the Princess, calmly, and with scarce a change from her ordinary tone, proceeded to an explanation.
If Mannering wanted a particular book, the Dominie could bring it; if he wished to have accounts summed up or checked, his assistance was equally ready; if he desired to recall a particular passage in the classics, he could have recourse to the Dominie as to a dictionary; and all the while this walking statue was neither presuming when noticed nor sulky when left to himself.
"You presume on my present situation," replied Rashleigh, "or you would have hardly dared to interfere where my honour is concerned." "Hout! tout! tout! Presume? And what for should it be presuming? Ye may be the richer man, Mr.
Tweksbury had said to Raymond, "the more I think of it the more I am puzzled." "Exactly," Raymond replied; "the more you think of it the more puzzles you introduce. Undoubtedly the young woman is a girl playing outside her legitimate preserves. She's taking an unfair advantage. They always do. Presuming on sex and social position.
It is so easy to condemn and so pleasant too, for eulogy charms no listeners as detraction does." Eleanor only half-followed him in his raillery, but she caught his meaning. "I know I ought to apologize for presuming to criticize you," she said, "but I was thinking with sorrow of the ill-will that has lately come among us at Barchester, and I spoke more freely than I should have done."
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