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The little man was in deeper gloom than a day sobering on crimson dusk when the train stopped and his quick ear caught the sound of the station, as pronounced by his friend at Rouen. He handed his card to the station-master. A glance, and the latter signalled to a porter, saying: 'Paradis'; and the porter laid hold of Skepsey's bag. Skepsey's grasp was firm; he pulled, the porter pulled.
'Is he a buyer, or just a jawer? he asked at last. 'Oh, a buyer, replied Jack. 'I'll sell, said Sponge, with a strong emphasis on the sell. 'How much? asked Jack, sobering with the excitement. 'Which? asked Sponge. 'The brown, rejoined Jack. 'Three hundred, said Sponge; adding, 'I gave two for him. 'Indeed! said Jack. A long pause then ensued.
You can't wish me to go to York, and meet those rattling girls again?" "No, certainly not, though Sister Margaret told Rosamond they had never had such a sobering lesson in their lives as their share in the mischief to you." "It was not their fault," said Herbert. "It was deeper down than that. And they were good girls after all, if one only had had sense." "Oh!
For an instant the pilot's heart stood still. Then he saw that he had only to deal with a half-awakened drinker, and as his mouth was framing a question, Grim's dagger flashed, and with a cry the man fell heavily on the floor. Instantly there arose such a chorus of barking as might have wakened the dead. "The dogs are sobering," said Helgi. "Hasten!" cried Estein. "The men will be on us."
He thought you might want to look at the scenes taken yesterday and he rushed the laboratory and the printing room. We'll be able to fix you up very quickly." "Good!" Kennedy nodded to Mackay and the district attorney hurried off with Kauf. "Now, Walter!" he exclaimed, sobering. I picked up the traveling bag and together we strolled toward the ballroom set.
Am I a bad man, I wonder? and have I only found it out now? Mrs. Eyrecourt was alone in the drawing-room when I went in. Judging by the easy manner in which she got up to receive me, the misfortune that has befallen her daughter seemed to have produced no sobering change in this frivolous woman. "My dear Winterfield," she began, "I have behaved infamously.
He accepted his solitary doom with a resignation which extended its sobering influence to his customary flow of spirits. As for the ladies, the elder among them existed in a state of chronic protest against Lady Lundie, and the younger were absorbed in the essentially serious occupation of considering and comparing their wedding-dresses.
Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and the loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety. To this rule, Dr.
I thank you for all the kindness you have shown to me, and I bid you, with true affection and respect, farewell!" So, without wailing even to go up-stairs for anything belonging to him, and with no further word on either side, Ralph Peden stepped into the clear, sobering midnight, the chill air meeting him like a wall. The stars had come out and were shining frosty-clear, though it was June.
Our interference had been necessary and therefore justified, but we were not particularly proud of it, and our triumph had a temporarily sobering effect. It was about this time, if I remember correctly, that Mr. Dickinson gave the beautiful stained-glass window to the church.... Months passed.
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