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These clicks were the uniform, stenographic symbols of his emotions, and he could give them an infinite variety of meaning. He listened to the rest in a deep silence hardly affected by the low, "Yes, master," whenever Renouard paused. "You understand?" the latter insisted. "No preparations are to be made till we land in the morning. And you are to say that Mr.
This philological circumstance shows the extreme earliness of the period at which the Waldenses must have betaken themselves to the Cottian Alps, inasmuch as it proves that they left the Italian plains before the establishment of the new grammatical system referred to by M. Renouard. This is the opinion of Mr.
Luiz had taken off his soft felt hat before coming within earshot. Renouard bent his head to his rapid talk of domestic arrangements he meant to make for the visitors; another bed in the master's room for the ladies and a cot for the gentleman to be hung in the room opposite where where Mr. Walter here he gave a scared look all round Mr. Walter had died.
He was already married to his cousin, Mademoiselle Renouard, and had two little daughters, Hélène and Marcelle. When the Minister of War gave Boulanger his appointment on the mission to Yorktown, he cautioned him that he must not shock the quiet tastes of American republicans by wearing too brilliant uniforms.
You are a fellow that doesn't count the cost. Of course you are safe with me, but will you never learn. . . ." "What struck me most," interrupted the other, "is that she should pick me out for such a long conversation." "That's perhaps because you were the most remarkable of the men there." Renouard shook his head. "This shot doesn't seem to me to hit the mark," he said calmly. "Try again."
"Striking girl eh?" he said. The incongruity of the word was enough to make one jump out of the chair. Striking! That girl striking! Stri . . .! But Renouard restrained his feelings. His friend was not a person to give oneself away to. And, after all, this sort of speech was what he had come there to hear.
It was with a sort of apprehension that Renouard looked forward to seeing Miss Moorsom. And strangely enough it resembled the state of mind of a man who fears disenchantment more than sortilege. But he need not have been afraid. Directly he saw her in a distance at the other end of the terrace he shuddered to the roots of his hair. With her approach the power of speech left him for a time. Mrs.
The careful disposition of the thin hairs across Willie's bald spot was deplorably disarranged, and the spot itself was red and, as it were, steaming. "What's the matter, Geoffrey?" "You have him on the island haven't you?" "Oh, yes: I have him there," said Renouard, without looking up. "Well, then!" But the only response that came was very unexpected.
Next to him Miss Moorsom assented by a long silence. Then in a voice as of one coming out of a dream "And so this is Malata," she said. "I have often wondered . . ." A shiver passed through Renouard. She had wondered! What about? Malata was himself. He and Malata were one. And she had wondered! She had . . . The professor's sister leaned over towards Renouard.
"Wait," muttered Renouard irresolutely. "Ah, you! You are a fine fellow too. With your solitary ways of life you will end by having no more discrimination than a savage. Fancy living with a gentleman for months and never guessing. She turned her back on him. Renouard seized a chair violently, sat down, and propping his elbow on his knee leaned his head on his hand.
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