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The bishop sat before his writing-table, with one hand shading his eyes from the light of a red-covered lamp, and looked up and smiled pleasantly and nodded as the young man entered. He had a very strong face, with white hair hanging at the side, but was still a young man for one in such a high office.
The old, coloured marble of the durkaah the lower level of floor nearest the entrance had been repaired with new; the dilapidations of a fountain were almost hidden by pink azaleas in pots; the liwan, on the next level, had a good rug or two; and the diwaan, at the farthest and highest end, was furnished with red-covered mattresses and pillows.
"That is perfectly true," said Oliver. "I have felt that for a long time. I suppose it is the deepest instinct in man." "As to the ceremonies " went on the other, with a slightly important air. His eyes roved round a moment; then he dived into his breast-pocket, and drew out a thin red-covered book. "Here is the Order of Worship for the Feast of Paternity," he said.
"A 'Thumbograph, my lord," said he, "is a book, like this, in which foolish people collect the thumb-prints of their more foolish acquaintances." He passed the volume up to the judge, who turned over the leaves curiously and then nodded to the witness. "Yes. She said she had them all in a 'Thumbograph." "Then she fetched from a drawer a small red-covered book which she showed to me.
Then there were the domestics kneeling on red-covered forms, the women headed by Mrs. Bellamy, the natty little old housekeeper, in snowy cap and apron, and Mrs. Sharp, my lady's maid, of somewhat vinegar aspect and flaunting attire; the men by Mr. Bellamy the butler, and Mr. Warren, Sir Christopher's venerable valet. A few collects from the Evening Service was what Mr.
Half skipping, half hopping, and wholly undone with laughter and exertion, the three at last reached the place where, for six years, offerings had been made for the gift of the child who stood to these two for love. Arranged in the best room in the house, on five long red-covered shelves, were dolls.
The bishop sat before his writing-table, with one hand shading his eyes from the light of a red-covered lamp, and looked up and smiled pleasantly and nodded as the young man entered. He had a very strong face, with white hair hanging at the side, but was still a young man for one in such a high office.
The parish church of Crathie, a little, plain, white building, well situated on a green, wooded knoll, looks across the Dee to Balmoral. The church is notable for its wide, red-covered gallery seats, to which the few plain pews in the area below bear a small proportion. The Queen's arms are in front of the gallery, which contains her seat and that of the Prince of Wales.
In the loft of his father's hay barn Willie Case delved deep into the small red-covered volume, HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE; but though he turned many pages and flitted to and fro from preface to conclusion he met only with disappointment.
I got to thinking " He came back to the red-covered table. "Did you talk of the military situation coming along?" "Very little, sir." "He wasn't inquisitive? Didn't criticise, or draw you on to talk didn't ask about my troops and my movements?" "He did not, sir." The general sighed. "It's all right, of course. You see, he seemed an intelligent man, and we got to talking.
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