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I'm a fundering thool I mean a thundering fool! But I do hope Pierson is not working a jolly on you." "He may have tried to work a jolly on me, but he is not succeeding," smiled Frank, whose face had cleared. "And the quieter I keep the smaller will be the chance of success, if that is his little game."
But of course he did not think of this himself. He only knew that the valley seemed to grow quieter and quieter as he sat and stared at the bright delicate blueness. He did not know how long he sat there or what was happening to him, but at last he moved as if he were awakening and he got up slowly and stood on the moss carpet, drawing a long, deep, soft breath and wondering at himself.
It was ten to one on finding her there a kind of a grassy glade on the banks of a small brook. Why she preferred that place, I can't imagine! And such a job to get her away from there. Had to drag her away by main force. Then, as the time passed, she became quieter and more settled, like. Still, all my people feared her greatly. It was my Nina that tamed her.
It may be she knows why her ears were sealed and her tongue bound, now that they are unstopped and loosed. And I marvel if any voice in the choirs of the angels can be so sweet as hers." There was silence for a little while. Then Hester rose. "I thank you very much for your kindness," she said. "I think I might go home. The streets seem quieter now."
But don't yu' don't let's while she's I'm going to be glad about this, Doc, after awhile, but " At the sight of a new-comer in the door, he stopped in what his soul was stammering to say. "What do you want, Judge?" he inquired, coldly. "I understand," began Slaghammer to Barker "I am informed " "Speak quieter, Judge," said the cow-puncher.
I have frightened you. We will go back. Be calm. You are all right." He recovered his own poise with an effort because of her obvious terror, and led her back under the trees. To reassure her he drew his cigar case from his pocket and pretended to select a cigar. When he saw her calming, he put it back. "Are you quieter now, sweet?" he asked, tenderly. "Yes, but let us go back." "Listen.
As soon as he was able to leave the hospital Henri Deplis was put across the frontier as an undesirable alien. "In the quieter streets of Paris, especially in the neighbourhood of the Ministry of Fine Arts, you may sometimes meet a depressed, anxious-looking man, who, if you pass him the time of day, will answer you with a slight Luxemburgian accent.
"Thank goodness, you're quieter than my own kids!" So passed the afternoon, until came supper and the new uncle. Polly had been helping set the table, when the door opened, and a little, thin-featured man stepped softly in. "Polly May, I'll make you acquainted with your Uncle 'Rastus, 'Rastus Bean," called Aunt Jane from the cupboard that served for china closet and pantry.
There's been faults on both sides, maybe; but it seems to me as we'd better do our rejoicing in a quieter sort of way, and light the bonfires in our hearts, and then we shan't give offence to nobody." "Harry, I believe you're right," said Walter. "You're a regular old brick, and nothing but it; thank you for your sensible advice."
For the first time in his life, Hood had used for his own purposes money which did not belong to him; he did it under the pressure of circumstances, and had not time to reflect till the act was irrevocable. Then this horror came upon him. Forgetting his errand, he drew aside into a quieter street, and struggled with his anguish. Do you laugh at him for his imbecility? Try first to understand him.
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