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But when he broke the flap of it Big Louie, who lingered uneasily in the open doorway even Big Louie, whose wits were not particularly keen knew from the expression which passed over his superior's face that this heavy envelope which he had brought had not contained good news. The quick contraction of muscles which tightened his jaw was too much like a spasm of pain.
This was enough to set her off into a spasm of fury against the luckless tutor, who could not understand why he should be so berated over a simple question and its correct answer. The Marquise not understanding Latin, and guided only by the sound of the answer, which was similar to the name of her hated rival, jumped at the conclusion that he was answering some question about Ninon de l'Enclos.
Where's my hat? I've got an income for life! Where's that confounded hat? Lend me a fiver, Bertie. I want to take a taxi down to Park Row!" Jeeves smiled paternally. Or, rather, he had a kind of paternal muscular spasm about the mouth, which is the nearest he ever gets to smiling. "If I might make the suggestion, Mr.
But he must not give in yet; his task was but half accomplished. David must be told of what he had done, and at that thought a spasm of fear contracted his heart. Shivering, he drew a chair near the stove and waited with closed eyes and pain-drawn face for the sound of David's foot upon the stairs. Twilight passed and darkness filled the little room, still David did not come.
In one moment she came swiftly to a sitting posture. "Oh!" she cried in a spasm of fright. Belshazzar reached an investigating nose and wagged an eager tail. "Why you are a nice friendly dog!" said the trembling voice. He immediately verified the assertion by offering his nose for a kiss. The girl timidly laid a hand on his head.
I don't know anything about it. But I do know when that child came to me she'd been dosed nearly to death with laudanum, or some sleepin' drug, and didn't really come to her senses till after her spasm." The woman cast a piteous expression at her judge. "She's so nervous, poor pet! Perhaps I'm in the 'abit of giving her too much.
They were the eyes of a child, and a faint, sweet smile flickered across the ghastly features and died away in a spasm of pain. A picture of their childhood days flashed through the mind of the Prince and softened the haughty lines of his young face.
They're rustling all right," panted Pan. "Wonder what kind of a story they'll tell. Looks to me like they'd better keep clear of Marco." Then a reaction set in upon Pan. He crawled into the shade of some brush and stretched out, letting his tight muscles relax. The terrible something released its hold on mind and heart. He was sick. He fought with himself until the spasm passed.
On this topic, it seems, every one is qualified to speak; all sorts of opinions have been ventilated in the religious, the non-religious, and the irreligious press, for the benefit of those who are interested in this pitiful spasm of Gallic madness against the Almighty and His Church.
With him, the nervous apparatus is perfect in all its functions, incomparable for receiving, recording, registering, combining, and reflecting, but other organs suffer a reaction and are very sensitive." Hence his need of frequent prolonged and very hot baths. "The spasm was generally shared by the stomach and the bladder.
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