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At that moment Edda saw him change colour, and then she heard the sound of a voice which she knew full well "To the rescue! to the rescue!" while Bob and Job shouted, "Down with the Mounseers; down with them!" Edda saw Ronald coming.
Yet neither they nor the boldest of Charles' captains could have shown him where to find resources for prolonging war; and least of all could any human skill have predicted the quarter whence rescue was to come to Orleans and to France.
"In every troop or bandon of two or four hundred men, eight or ten stout fellows were deputed to ride immediately behind the fighting-line to pick up and rescue the wounded, for which purpose their saddles had two stirrups on the left side, while they themselves were provided with water-flasks, and perhaps applied temporary bandages.
It was Faith who came to the rescue by declaring: "Oh, I'd rather go with Kashaqua than anybody. Mother dear, you said Aunt Prissy would see about my shoes and dresses.
It would be much more perilous now, under these conditions; but Frank had made up his mind to attempt the rescue of those in the water, and was not to be easily daunted.
It was a consolation, strong even against such heavy sorrows and disappointments as housed in her heart to know that virtue was going out of her for rescue and redemption. She had to ring the bell a good many times before the door opened, for the broker and his small household had retired for the night: it was now eleven o'clock.
"A company of dragoons was immediately sent to our rescue, under the guidance of Dick Wooton, who was and has ever been a warm personal friend of mine. They came upon us about forty miles from Taos, and never were we more surprised; we had become so starved and emaciated that we had abandoned all hope of escaping what seemed to be our inevitable fate.
Whether or no he would have administered the thrashing that the man deserved must remain an unsettled question, for hotel servants and functionaries came rushing to the rescue, guests flocked to the scene in hopes of further excitement, and all was bustle and confusion. Mrs.
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, had come to the rescue of his threatened fellow-believers, and before the army of Wallenstein had been dissolved the work of the peace-makers was set aside, and the horrors of war returned.
Maud thanked him with such a look as would have repaid Dick for a far longer expedition than from Belgravia to Bond Street. "What should I do without you, Mr. Stanmore?" she said. "You always come to the rescue just when I want you most." He coloured with delight. "I like doing things for you," said he simply; "but I don't know that taking a parcel a mile and a half is such a favour after all.
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