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"Of course you know how intimate I have been with the Standishes," said Violet; "that Laura is to me a sister, and that Oswald used to be almost a brother." "Why do not you speak to Lord Brentford; you who are his favourite?" "There are reasons, Mr. Finn. Besides, how can any girl come forward and say that she knows the disposition of any man?
Ajax, what they would call in the South white trash, an' the Standishes was real quality. My sister knew that, an' refused to marry the young man, tho' he asked her on his bended knees. Then he died, an' an' my sister died, an' nothin' was left but the sorrow an' the shame, an' Miriam." The name fell softly on a silence that we respected. Presently she continued
His incipient rush after his enemy had carried him thus far, when the tables had so suddenly been turned against him and the Standishes. Now, without pausing in his onward dash, he leaped past Hade and straight among the in-pouring sailors. Hade had not been aware of Brice's presence in the hall. The sailors' eyes were momentarily dazzled by the brightness of the lights.
I'll go get a couple of Standishes, and another suit of armor we'd better dig in," and soon the small room became a veritable fortress, housing as it did, those two formidable engines of destruction. Then the first officer made another and longer trip, returning with a complete suit of triplanetary space armor, exactly like those worn by the two men, but considerably smaller.
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