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Then he flushed and became confused, for his father was eyeing him severely. "What! do you still prowl round the mill?" said Mathieu. "I had forbidden you to do so. As you know that there are white roses in the enclosure you must have gone in, eh?" "No; I looked over the wall." "You climbed up the wall, that's the finishing touch!
At nightfall people from fear of one another flock to their dwellings, and only birds and beasts fearless of man prowl in those deserted spaces. Talking merrily, the women who have been tying up the vines hurry away from the gardens before sunset. The vineyards, like all the surrounding district, are deserted, but the villages become very animated at that time of the evening.
And the tongue o' the case to me seemed to say, * 'Indeed This parting two lovers fond was cruel and foul! So taste thou the sorrow thou madest them taste and live * In grief: wend thy ways and now in thy sorrow prowl!" Then he descended from the castle-roof, weeping, and bade the servants fare forth and search the mount for their mistress; so they sought for her, but found her not.
"Then we've gone about as far as the place of the explosion. Suppose we keep very quiet and listen." "Ugh!" grunted Greg. "I hope the earth doesn't blow up under our feet." "Go back to camp, if you're nervous," smiled Dick, but Greg remained where he was. "I'm going out a little way and prowl," whispered Dick, pointing in the direction he had chosen.
At night there is no telling what mischief the enemy may be up to; you must depend upon the ear rather than the eye for watching. Then the human soldier-fox comes out of his burrow and sneaks forth on the lookout for prey; both sides are on the prowl. "Trained owls would be the most valuable scouts we could have," said the young officer.
At times they are deep under water, and they form part of the teeming life of the ocean floor. Then the tide falls and uncovers them. They are in the full light of day again, the sun shines on them. Most of them cannot escape to the sea, and so must face the enemies which prowl along the shore looking for prey.
She obeyed and departed, not without giving Maurice a look in which he read a farewell that she believed would be eternal. As soon as she had gone, perhaps twenty paces, M. Lacheneur, with folded arms, confronted Maurice. "As for you, Monsieur d'Escorval," said he, rudely, "I hope that you will no longer undertake to prowl around my daughter " "I swear to you, Monsieur "
He alluded to pension agents as men who prowl about and make fortunes by peddling in the pretended patriotism and sufferings of their fathers. I want to be paid in hard dollars for the honor, and chivalry, and patriotism of my ancestor. I tell you, Mr. President, it is not good money; it is bad money; it is dishonorable to the memory of those who fought your battles."
He was on the prowl for castaways on the morn of the storm. Nigh dead I was, or would have fought." He spoke low and quickly, and the trader seemed not to understand his Danish. But I saw that he spoke the truth. Now I think that if this shipmate of mine had been fairly taken captive as he raided, I should have let him take the reward of his work. But this chance was a different matter.
Do you remember what you said to me on the Ecrehos? "If ever I deceive you, may I die a black, dishonourable death, abandoned and alone. I should deserve that if ever I deceived you, Guida." Will you ever think of that, in your vain glory hereafter? On a map the Isle of Jersey has the shape and form of a tiger on the prowl.
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