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Updated: May 11, 2025
If you will look at it closely, you will see that there is good work on it, for Judith and I knew how to use our needles a good deal better than most ladies do nowadays." Miriam now spoke with much promptness.
Harrowby had been rejected by the military authorities on account of defective sight and weak chest but had with a promptness unexpected by his friends merged himself into unprominent, useful hard work which frequently consisted of doing disagreeable small jobs men of his type generally shied away from. "Something has happened to her," answered Vesey.
That loyal veteran wrote to him pressing letters for succor; representing the weakness of his garrison, and the increasing forces of the rebels. Don Bartholomew hastened to his assistance with his accustomed promptness, and threw himself with a reinforcement into the fortress.
The heavy jar of a passing freight train made her look at the post-office clock, and with her usual promptness, although it was fully seven minutes before the train was due, even if it were on time, and she was only about one minute's walk from the station, she reflected that she must start at once if she were to meet her father.
The Major groans, but can do nothing. Presently there is a fresh block. "What is it this time?" inquires the afflicted Kemp. "More wounded, or are we being photographed?" The answer races joyously down the line "Gairman prisoners, sirr seeventy of them!" This time the Major acts with promptness and decision. "Prisoners? No, they don't!
He reflected for some minutes before the astonished faces of his subordinates and then continued: "It is necessary to act, not to hesitate. Minutes now are worth hours at other times. Everything depends upon promptness of decision. You, Picard, go and find the curate and get him to ring the bell to bring the people together, while I get ahead of them.
General Rosecrans, in answer to my dispatch, sent me this message: MURFREESBOROUGH, February 16, 1863. Brigadier-General Dodge, Corinth, Miss.: Hurlbut's request and my own coincide. Hope you will be able to cut off some of Van Dorn's command. Will give you all our news in your direction. Accept my thanks for your promptness and energy. Major-General.
Be that as it may, no one had reason to complain of lack of energy and promptness on his part when patriotism revealed a path to Winthrop. He knew that the time for him had come; but he had also known that the world is not yet so large that all men, at all times, can lay their hands upon the work that is suitable for them to do. Let us, however, return to the novels.
With bowed head the princess turned her horse into the road that led toward Blentz. Half the troopers preceded her, the balance following behind. Maenck wondered at the promptness of her surrender. "To be a queen ah! that was the great temptation," he thought but he did not know what was passing in the girl's mind.
The promptness and rapidity with which you have forwarded reinforcements has contributed largely to the feeling of confidence inspired in our men, and to break down that of the enemy. We are destroying all the rails we can on the Central and Fredericksburg roads. I want to leave a gap on the roads north of Richmond so big that to get a single track they will have to import rail from elsewhere.
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