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A guide-post said, "Six miles to Springton." Hetty stood some time looking reflectingly at this sign: then she walked on for half a mile, till she came to another road running north; here a guide-post said, "Fairfield, five miles." This was what Hetty was in search of. As she read the sign, she said in a low tone: "Five miles; that is easily walked."

Having done this, he seated himself in his favorite arm-chair, filled and lighted a pipe and smoked it out, staring reflectingly at the fire as long as his tobacco lasted. "What can that man Marks want with me," thought the barrister. "He is afraid to die until he has made confession, perhaps. He wishes to tell me that which I know already the story of my lady's crime.

"It is time, as you say," answered Margaret reflectingly, and sadly surveying the bright boy, rosy cheeked, round faced, and blue eyed, with the childish gladsomeness of countenance, that made it strange that his lot in life should be already in the balance.

But you women go headlong at it, never see the rights of a thing. So, you won't? Well, it is your doing now!" "I can't see any end to it," said Marian, reflectingly. "If I thought you would make a resolution but you will be without money at all, and how are you to get through this half? O, Gerald! better write to Mr. Lyddell at once, and he will set you straight, and you can begin fresh."

He was lying quietly upon his side, staring reflectingly at Robert Audley. "You was oncommon fond of that gent as disappeared at the Court, warn't you, sir?" he said at last. Robert started at the mention of his dead friend. "You was oncommon fond of that Mr. Talboys, I've heard say, sir," repeated Luke. "Yes, yes," answered Robert, rather impatiently, "he was my very dear friend."

"Noo," said Malcolm, "we come to the question what the twa limmers could want wi' that door." "Dear kens! It bude to be something wrang that's a' 'at mortal can say; but ye may be sure o' that I hae hard tell," she went on reflectingly "o' some room or ither i' the hoose 'at there's a fearsome story aboot, an' 'at 's never opent on no accoont.

Let Uncle John give us some money if they want style when they come to Stoneleigh." "That's so!" and Daisy nodded approvingly; then she went on: "Mother has made some lemon jelly for the dinner, because Dorothy says she makes it so nice, and I am going over this evening to wash the dishes and help Dorothy a little." "You? I wouldn't!" Archie said, looking reflectingly at her.

'I did a' for him that I kent hoo to do, said Mrs. Falconer, reflectingly. 'Nicht an' mornin' an' aften midday prayin' for an' wi' him. 'Maybe ye scunnert him at it, grannie. She gave a stifled cry of despair. 'Dinna say that, laddie, or ye'll drive me oot o' my min'. God forgie me, gin that be true. I deserve hell mair nor my Anerew.

As I remember now," she said reflectingly, as if searching back into her memory, "Robert was different in those days not an impassioned lover, compared to the tenor who sang in the opera to-night, but compared to what he is now, he was so. There was once that he seemed to care a little "

I sweated fearfully, and thought over these enigmatical figures with all my might, and I blinked my eyes reflectingly, as if I was studying this matter sharply, but I had to give it up. These five ounces of cheese finished me completely; it was as if something snapped within my forehead.