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Francis I. The suggestion and its results. Bravery of the duke. His prominence. Days of war. The bloody rout. Scene from the castle. Claude the Butcher. The Cardinal of Lorraine. The reprimand. Duke of Mayence. The family of Guise. Henry the Eighth. Death of Claude. Francis, Duke of Guise. The dreadful wound. Le Balafré. Interview with the king. Jealousy of the king. Arrogance of the Guises.
There could have been no doubt that a formal complaint made to the captain would have brought down a severe reprimand on the head of the marine officer, but the idea of making a complaint never crossed the imagination of the midshipman. Paddy, however, told his story to his companions, and even Murray agreed that Mr Spry had merited punishment.
In vain had he risked a reprimand by hotly protesting the point with the Captain; in vain had he declared to the nurse that he would rather live on his feet than die on his back. Judgment was passed, and he lay with an ice-bag on his head and a thermometer in his mouth and hot rage in his heart.
When he drew himself up to his full height, he threatened the gas globes. Never had No. 5 Baker's Terrace boasted of such a tenant. Altogether, Lancelot loomed large to Mary Ann; she dazzled him with his own boots in humble response, and went about sad after a reprimand for putting his papers in order.
The priest hesitated. "If your Excellency will only allow the church to be opened " he ventured. The group stood wistful, fearful that their boldness had displeased, expectant of reprimand. "My good Father," said Colonel Clark, "an American commander has but one relation to any church. For all religions are equal before the Republic." The priest gazed at him intently.
I will therefore dismiss the charge, if only to avoid the public scandal of a Member being accused of lese majeste." Schrotter was boiling with rage, and had the greatest difficulty in restraining his naturally passionate temper. "Many thanks for your kindness," he said in a choking voice, "and for this scoundrel you have no reprimand?"
If I am not there, there will be no justice done. I wish you severely to reprimand, whatever the facts of the case may be, and even to punish, if you can, that tall, lame, violent, ferocious man, for dragging the poor fellow about like that, and cutting him with ropes, when completely needless, and when he was quite at his mercy.
Thereupon reprimand, with all the anathemas of the Church hurled out on us; which we had to take with a contrite penitent air, a thing not easy to bring your face to at the moment. "Such excess of bigotry awakened still more gothic thoughts in the King. He resolved to abdicate the crown in favor of my Brother.
"All his inveteracy to me had, however, no effect on my father, at least at that time; for, though the good man took sufficient occasions to reprimand me for my past offence, he could not be brought to abandon me.
Baba Abdoollah, intimidated by this reprimand, cast himself a second time at the foot of the caliph's throne, with his face to the ground, and when he rose up, said, "Commander of the faithful, I most humbly ask your majesty's pardon for my presumption, in daring to have required, and almost forced you to do a thing which indeed appears so contrary to reason.
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