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"Not comin' up?" he asked, with a nod of his head towards his home. "Well! I have to catch that train ..." I prevaricated, looking at my watch. I did not wish to see that child again; my distaste was even stronger than my curiosity. Stott grinned. "We don't 'ave many visitors," he said. "Well, I'll come a bit farther with you."
The only engagement which that wily tyrant accounted binding upon him was an oath by the Holy Cross of Saint Lo d'Angers, which contained a portion of the True Cross. If he prevaricated after taking this oath Louis believed he should die within the year.
Members shouted, Ministers prevaricated and grew angry, the Speaker intervened. On the whole, it was rather a degrading spectacle. I stood, or seemed to stand, and watched it all.
Chip queried Over his shoulder, just as he was about to walk away. "Well," Andy prevaricated still clinging to the letter, if not to the spirit of truth. "He ain't a hoss I'd like to see Happy Jack go up against. I ain't saying, though, that he can't be rode. I don't say that about any hoss." "Is he any worse than Glory, when Glory is feeling peevish?"
However, I restrained myself till Goudar came in, and then I gave him a piece of my mind. It had been agreed that his wife should come with him. The rascally fellow prevaricated, and tried hard to induce me to believe that Medini had not plotted the breaking of the bank, but his eloquence was in vain.
But, after having bought it, I, as I say, deceived you, falsified, prevaricated excuse me lied to you, over and over.... Oh, dear me!" he added, in a sudden burst, "I assure you it is unbelievable how many falsehoods seemed to be necessary. I lied continually, I did, indeed. "Well, that is all," he said.
She pitied herself said she did not think papa would be angry prevaricated and tried to coax away his inquiries, but all in vain; and at length, by slow degrees, the confession was drawn from her that she had been used to asking Esther for morsels of sweet things when she was sent to the storeroom; that afterwards she had seen her packing up some tea and sugar to take to her mother, and that Esther on that occasion, and several others, purchased her silence by giving her a share of pilfered sweetmeats.
At Maitland's ear, incredulous, "How did you guess?" she breathed. He took thought and breath, both briefly, and prevaricated shamelessly: "Bribed the head-clerk of the safe-manufacturer who built this." Rising, he passed over to the center-table, the girl following.
It was enough for him that it was given up. He would have been even more proud and pleased, however, if he had known how frankly she confessed her real intentions. To do that seemed to Angela the only way. To have fibbed a little, or even to have prevaricated whitely, would have spoiled everything. "I find, dear Mrs. Harland," she said in her letter, "that I can't tear myself from San Francisco.
"You deliberately prevaricated to her and to us," said Laura calmly. "Call me a story-teller, do you?" cried the butcher's daughter. "How dare you! I'll get even with you, Laura Belding!" "It is the truth," Laura said, slowly and firmly. "I'll fix you for this, Laura Belding!" pursued Hester, trembling with rage. She turned to sweep them all with her angry glance. "I'll fix you all!
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