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The son of Medon strode quickly through the mob, many of whom recognized his features and profession. 'That is young Lydon, a brave fellow: he fights to-morrow, said one. 'Ah! I have a bet on him, said another; 'see how firmly he walks! 'Good luck to thee, Lydon! said a third. 'A handsome man, by Venus! cried a fifth, who was a girl scarce in her teens.
It was Julia, the kind wife of the prefect, who sat in it; Arsinoe recognized her at once, followed her, and reached the door of her residence at the same moment as she herself. As the matron got out of her litter she observed the girl who placed herself modestly, but with hands uplifted in entreaty, at the side of her path.
The chief, who went by the name of Rain-in-the-Face, at once recognized Will, and asked him what he was doing in that place. Will displayed his bandages, and related the mishap that had made them necessary, and refreshed the chief's memory of a certain occasion when a blanket and provisions had drifted his way.
Neill! Mr. Neill!" The pitiful note in her voice, which he recognized instantly, stirred him to the core. Astonished that she should be in the mine and in trouble, he dashed forward, and his candle went out in the rush. Groping in the darkness her hands encountered his.
In making its choice the South could not and did not blame the Negro per se, for it was freely recognized that upon slave labor rested such economic stability as the section possessed.
Her parents, from her tenderest youth, had tacitly recognized her inalienable right to "go round," and Ralph though from motives which she divined to be different had shown the same respect for her freedom.
Instinctively he recognized the object as a human face, and passing his hand along he felt the body and limbs. Great heavens! who was this? Had another murder been done? Would there ever be an end to the horrors and mysteries of this dreadful night? The body was that of a man. Espérance arose to his knees and drawing a match-safe from his pocket struck a light.
Yet there she sat, very much at her ease in this aristocratic company, so quietly and unobtrusively dressed in some black stuff that at first he had scarcely recognized her. She was talking to the Bishop. . . The voice of Keggs at his elbow broke in on his reverie. "Sherry or 'ock, sir?"
I had been wounded, evidently, and had been borne back to Holland House, for I recognized the room in which I lay. My right arm was in stiff splints; with the other hand I felt of my head and discovered that my hair had been cut close, and that my skull and face were fairly thatched with crossing strips of bandage. My chest, too, was girdled by similar medicated bands.
I didn't even feel any curiosity or astonishment that a strong escort of regular cavalry lancers accompanied us, or when I recognized the officer in command as young Mirakoff, whom I had last seen on the morning when I was on my way to prison in Petersburg.
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