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For all his goodwill, had he gained any more for her than a short respite, the temporal reconstruction of a fading illusion? and at what a price! The irony of things was just then so present to him that he could readily believe he had done no more than that enough merely to embitter her knowledge when it should finally come.
But I know for good reasons that it is impossible; and, therefore, do not think of it. It is enough for me, that I have lived forty-six years beyond the term I had a right to expect; and that, during this so long a respite, all my senses have continued perfect; and even my teeth, my voice, my memory, and my strength.
This advice was not pleasing to the king, who saw no wisdom in delay, but the cardinal in the end persuaded him to consent to a day's respite. The conference ended, the king's pavilion of red silk was raised, and word sent through the army that the men might take their ease, except the advanced forces of the constable and marshal.
There would be ponderous debates and irritating disagreements; Barbara and he both needed a respite for recuperation. . . . "I telephoned three times this morning," said Eric, as he was shewn into the drawing-room. "I did so want to talk to you! I was so happy I couldn't sleep." "I couldn't sleep, either," said Barbara huskily, holding out one hand and covering her eyes with the other.
Was he anxious to get the estate for himself? Was he put forward by somebody else? Quest, perhaps; or was it something to do with Ida? The first alternative seemed the most probable to him. But whatever the lender's object, the result to him was the same, it gave him a respite.
And in the grim and dreadful sight Sam Bolton seemed at last to glimpse the face of his terrible antagonist. They beat back the dogs, and took the puppies. These they killed and dressed. Thus Claire's life was bought for her by the sacrifice of her progeny. But even that was a temporary respite. She fell in her turn, and was devoured, to the last scrap of her hide.
Pargeter's relations had arrived from England one of her many brothers, and a woman cousin who was fond of her. They, of course, were spending the evening with Pargeter, and so the American had a respite till to-morrow. Having eaten his solitary dinner with a zest of which he felt ashamed, he was now in his study leaning back in an easy-chair, with a pile of unread papers at his side.
But that might more readily have been accomplished by telegraphing or telephoning the Pack's confreres, Wertheimer's associates in England! Lanyard gave it up, admitting his inability to trump up any sane excuse for such conduct; but the riddle continued to fret his mind without respite.
A visit to my grandmother in Dresden, and many pleasures which I was permitted to share with my brothers and sisters, seemed to me like the respite before execution.
It might only give us a temporary respite; for we feared that our ferocious assailants would attack the mummies with their teeth, and soon demolish the barrier that lay between us. And this they certainly would have done, but for a contrivance which occurred to us; and that was to leave two small apertures through which we could still "job" them, and keep them off.
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