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"Very bad," replied the superintendent uncompromisingly, who had his own reasons for wanting to get rid of his superior officer and the detective. "It will be all right in daylight, and I'll risk it coming back," said the detective cheerfully. He spoke with the resolute air of one used to making prompt decisions, and Mr.
He in his turn placed them in the hands of Kilcup and Warren, who made a specialty of that branch of the law. The reward was immediate, in that frequent talks with Miriam became a matter of course. His trained mind was prompt to seize the fact that these interviews took place on a basis different from that of their meetings in the past.
With regard to myself, convinced as I was of the certainty of Napoleon's fall, I conceived that the first duty of every citizen was claimed by his country; and although I may incur censure, I candidly avow that Napoleon's treatment of me during the last four years of his power was not without some influence on my prompt submission to the Government which succeeded his.
The novice was always prompt when he said mass, and often when her pretty head should have been bowed in prayer she was peeping over the edge of her breviary, following the graceful motions of the brother as he shone in full canonicals in the candle-light, and thrilling at the sound of his rich, low voice.
This, to a certain extent, rendered prompt identification of the locality difficult; but a lake of very irregular triangular shape was immediately underneath the ship, and from S. round to about W.S.W., at a distance of about eight miles, extended a range of hills which, from their height, the professor easily identified as Macgillicuddy's Reeks, the lake below being Killarney.
Down he went, Benson piling a-top of him. "Down!" cried Skipper Jack, exultantly. He found, however, that Millard possessed strength enough to put up a stiff fight. "Come on, Hal if you can!" called Jack Benson, sharply. "Can't just yet," came, in muffled tones, from the usually prompt Hal Hastings. "Let go, you young hound!" ordered Millard, striking out savagely. Jack hung desperately.
Performances were free, and commenced precisely at 6 p.m., when, prompt to the minute, the King appeared and took his seat just behind the conductor, where he could see the score, and notice every mistake, either instrumental or vocal. A royal caning often repaid any unlucky artist who made a blunder, much to the gratification of the audience.
Her servile companions laughed and joked too, but they did not feel particularly mirthful; the household did not much like it, when their mistress was in a lively mood, for, to begin with, she expected from every one prompt and complete participation in her merriment, and was furious if any one showed a face that did not beam with delight; and secondly, these outbursts never lasted long with her, and were usually followed by a sour and gloomy mood.
"What a fellow of resource you are!" my friend would reply, with admiration. "Really your business powers are very remarkable." I thought so too. I established with myself, on these occasions, the reputation of a first-rate man of business, prompt, decisive, energetic, clear, cool-headed. When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill, and ticked it off.
Arnot of his visit to his native city and its happy results, and enlarged upon his changed feelings as the proof that he was a changed man. Her reply was prompt and was filled with the warmest congratulations and expressions of the sincerest sympathy.
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