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The girl was undressed, and for a few moments she watched Harriet scowlingly, with narrowed eyes. "Are you going away?" she said, presently. Harriet brought heavy eyes to meet hers, and stood considering a minute, as if bringing her thoughts back a long distance. "I going away? Yes," she said, slowly. "Yes, I may."
Levi raised himself upon his elbow and looked scowlingly around at the amazed, wonderstruck faces surrounding him. "Why, it's Levi West!" croaked the Squire, at last finding his voice. Then, suddenly, Lieutenant Maynard pushed forward, before the others crowded around the figure on the floor, and, clutching Levi by the hair, dragged his head backward so as to better see his face.
This was quite near the house, and I thought some one said, 'Come in. I opened the gate, and started for the house. At this juncture, a tall, dark man, wearing a very angry look, came from the interior of the house, and stopping at the gallery door, looked scowlingly down upon me as I approached the steps. 'Arrêtez! he said, waving his hand. This wave I understood, but not the word, and stopped.
In a few minutes the fighters had been turned out of the building; they had done no damage except to themselves, and neither party would bring a charge against the other, so they scowlingly went in opposite directions as soon as they were outside. "A family feud," said a bystander. "Yes, I expect it is a vendetta," responded another.
And the panting players, tense of face, dripping with perspiration, drew apart to view each other at first scowlingly and then with slowly spreading grins, taking toll of their own injuries and the enemy's. "Good work, second," said Mr. Robey. "That's all for to-day. Get your blankets and run all the way in." The second went off jubilantly. Steve was a hero for an hour.
Though struck by the alteration in his demeanour, the excitement under which I laboured was too strong to permit me to obey the unexpected command, and I was still limping towards the edge of the pi-pi with Kory-Kory clinging to one arm in his efforts to restrain me when the natives around me started to their feet, ranged themselves along the open front of the building, while Mehevi looked at me scowlingly, and reiterated his commands still more sternly.
Chief Arkwright turned and glared scowlingly upon the diamond expert. The beady black eyes were alight with some emotion which he failed to read. "Where are they, Czenki?" demanded the chief harshly. "I have nothing to say," replied Mr. Czenki softly.
"Gosh, we need you in this family, Susie!" said William Oliver, won from fatigue and depression to a sudden appreciation of her gaiety. "Do you, Willie darling?" "Don't you call me Willie!" he looked up to say scowlingly. "Well, don't you call me Susie, then!" retorted Susan. Mrs.
However, she gladly accepted his offered assistance in lifting James, who lay gasping, and wellnigh dead. As they turned towards the house, John rose, sullenly, and wrapping a handkerchief round his wounded arm, which was bleeding profusely, he glanced scowlingly at his brother. "He will get over this," he muttered, with an oath; "but, sooner or later, I swear I will kill him!"
At last the burgomaster laid the papers aside, and turned scowlingly toward Gotzkowsky. The latter stepped up to the table with a smile, making a vow to himself that he would remain quiet and patient. "Have you read them, gentlemen?" he asked. "We have read them," answered the burgomaster roughly, "but the Council cannot admit that it owes you any thing."
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