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"Harry," said Colonel Musgrave then, "an enormous whale is coming down the river in precisely two minutes. Perhaps if you were to look through the palings of that fence you might see him. I don't suppose you would care to, though?" And Harry strolled resignedly toward the fence. Harry Pendomer did not like this funny lady who had hurt, frightened eyes.
It was too far to hear a word, but I had no doubt that this pantomime could only refer to the strange new captain. "Yes, sir," the pale-faced steward turned resignedly to me.
I have excused thee this bootless penance." "'Tis no penance to me. Ah! you do not forgive me, if you will not let me dry your poor feet." "So be it then," said Clement resignedly; and thought to himself, "Levius quid foemina." But these weak creatures, that gravitate towards the small, as heavenly bodies towards the great, have yet their own flashes of angelic intelligence.
"I have talked to Tristram for a long time to-night, and, although he was bravely trying to hide it, he was bitterly miserable; spoke recklessly of life one minute, and resignedly the next; and then asked me, with an air as if in an abstract discussion, whether Hector and Theodora were really happy because she had been a widow.
"I wanted to ask you a question some advice!" gasped the secretary. "Haven't I told you to pick out your business and 'tend to it?" demanded the Cap'n, vibrating his lead-pencil. "But this is about spending some money." "Well, mebbe that's diff'runt." The selectman modified his tone. "Go ahead and stick in your paw! What's this first grab for?" he asked, resignedly.
City owners of escaped slaves besieged Brinnaria for years and as it was reported that her intercessions were invariably effective, her fame increased and petitions for her assistance pestered her. She bore the annoyance resignedly, reflecting that, while she was in such repute, no one was likely to impugn her honor. Life in the Atrium, for the ensuing six years, altered little.
"What, ain't you going out agin?" demanded his astonished wife. Mr. Billing shook his head. "Somebody else might want to give me one," he said, resignedly, "and I've 'ad about all I want to-night." His face was still painful next morning, but as he sat at breakfast in the small kitchen he was able to refer to Mr. Ricketts in terms which were an eloquent testimony to Mr. Purnip's teaching. Mrs.
Of course you will see him?" "I suppose so," said Minnie, resignedly. "And how long do you think this sort of thing can go on? They'll meet, and blood will be shed." "Oh dear! I'm afraid so." "Then I'm not going to allow it. I've telegraphed to papa. He'll see whether you are going to have your own way or not." "I'm sure I don't see what dear papa can do." "He won't let you see those horrid men."
With the keenest self-scrutiny, his credulity regarding others was touching. The storm was still raging when he alighted that evening from the up coach at the trail nearest his house. Although incumbered with a heavy carpet-bag, he started resignedly on his two-mile tramp without begrudging the neighborly act of his wife which had deprived him of his horse.
This evening walk with the boy had been Ida's happiest time of late, perhaps the only portion of her day in which she had enjoyed the sense of freedom from ever present anxiety, in which she had put away troubled thought. She had gone back to her duty meekly and resignedly when this time of respite was over, but with a sense of unspeakable woe.
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