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Poor Dr Marsh, feeling greatly exhausted by excitement as much as by exertion, was on the point of excusing himself and begging his host to fetch the widow up to the cave, when he was saved the trouble by the widow herself, whose voice was just then heard outside. "What's that yer sayin', Joe?" she exclaimed in a remonstrative tone, "ye seed 'im go into that rabbit-hole? Never! Don't tell me!

"Like? Why, she's like like herself, of course. You'll have to know Alice. She's the salt of the earth Alice is," smiled Arkwright, rising to his feet with a remonstrative gesture, as he saw Calderwell pick up his coat. "What's your hurry?" "Hm-m," commented Calderwell again, ignoring the question.

There is evidently the rankling of an old smart in this plea for rebels, which, while it is not intended to justify rebellion in itself, is devised as a vindication of rebels against rebels. There is manifest satisfaction and a high zest, and something of the morally awful and solemnly remonstrative, in the way in which the past is evoked to visit its ghostly retribution upon us.

"If it is to mention the person of whom your allusion reminds me, that you have honored us with a call this evening, Monsieur " Her eyes were flashing as he had seen them flash in front of the Place d'Armes. "I beg you not to suspect me of meanness," he answered, gently, and with a remonstrative smile. "I have been trying all day, in a way unnecessary to explain, to be generous."

"No, we had no matrimony-cake," said Bessie, who understood now that my lady was cross; and no one could be more taunting and unpleasant than my lady when she was cross. The footman had taken Miss Fairfax's remonstrative statement for a negative, and had returned to his own supper when the drawing-room bell rang again: "Why do you not announce Miss Fairfax's supper? Is it not ready yet?"

As he presented his request a silent shiver of consternation ran through the dark company; and when, in what the prince meant as a remonstrative tone, he repeated the petition splitting the table with his fist by way of punctuation there ensued a hustling up staircases and a cramming into dim corners that left him alone at the banquet.

"But, I say, it won't do to publish anything of this sort just yet, you know," said Secretary Jack in a remonstrative tone, "for there's nothing doing at all, I believe." "I beg your pardon," replied the managing director, "there is a good deal doing. I have written to St.

Nothing can possibly come of the prisoner's conglomeration but his being sent back to prison, which is soon done. The man from Shropshire ventures another remonstrative "My lord!" but the Chancellor, being aware of him, has dexterously vanished. Everybody else quickly vanishes too.

To our astonishment, the great creature does nothing but stand still, hold himself up, and roar yes, roar; a long, serious, remonstrative roar. How is this? Bob and I are up to them. He is muzzled!

"It's time I had a snooze now, so I'll bid 'ee good night, Bob." Just as he spoke, one of the sharp little telegraphic bells rang viciously. He waited to ascertain the result while Clazie rose quickly but not hurriedly and went to read the instrument with sleepy eyes. "Another stop for a chimbley," he muttered, with a remonstrative growl.

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