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I know him well in fact, he is the illegitimate son of a deceased relative of mine, by a mulatto slave." "It cannot be possible," exclaimed Miss Ellstowe, with a wild stare of astonishment. "Are you sure of it?" "Sure of it! of course I am. I should indeed be a rash man to make such a terrible charge unless perfectly able to substantiate it.
The bleeding form and reproachful stare of Wold haunted my vision when the darkness set in. Oh, the errors, in act and deed, of an impetuous youth thrown upon the world with no considerate friend to advise him! The pity I felt for Laura was soon forgotten in the horrible thought that I was a MURDERER! Oh, the anguish of that night! Why did I not leave Wold to the judgment of an offended God?
But not even then, child though he was, did he utter a cry. The endurance which had made Jennie Blair stare death impassively in the face was part and parcel of his nature. For the space of perhaps a minute Ben lay motionless. Louder than before came to his ears the roar of the fire. Occasionally a hot tongue of flame intruded mockingly into the mouth of his retreat.
It gave Reyburn a queer sensation, as if a picture one had been looking at in a story book should suddenly become alive and move and stare at one. As he rose and came forward he still seemed to see like a dissolving view between them the little huddled bride on the floor of the church. Then he suddenly realized that she was trembling. "Please don't be afraid of me, Miss Stanhope," he said gently.
'Where can I have stop! yes, to be sure he belongs to a register-office up at the west end of the town. I knew I recollected the face. It was, indeed, Tom, the ugly clerk. 'That's odd enough! said Nicholas, ruminating upon the strange manner in which the register-office seemed to start up and stare him in the face every now and then, and when he least expected it.
"I don't know. I don't know what it's like to be rich, Dolly." "Oh, you could do all sorts of things! You could make them take you back to Hedgeville in an automobile, just for one thing." "There are lots and lots of places I'd rather go to, Dolly." "Oh, yes, of course! But think of how everyone would stare at you, and how envious they would be!
Arrived at Pisa, I scarcely allowed myself a moment to revisit the Campo Santo, but, after taking my usual portion of ice and pomegranate-seeds, hurried on to Lucca as fast as horses could carry me, threw the whole idle town into a stare by my speedy return, and gave myself up to Q. Fabio. I could not help feeling some melancholy sensation when I turned round the last time to bid them adieu.
More than once in the middle of saying something to Helen or to Connie, Joan found herself at a loss for words, and impelled by some unknown force to turn her head and look straight into those eyes that blazed in the little white face. Why did the girl stare at her so? Why, Joan wondered?
A certain sum of money, right then, would tide over the critical situation. "There was no chance but that all would come out right. He had private information that a few days would change the current. He would come out to the good if only " "And you?" Joyce held him with her wide, terrified stare. "Oh, yes!
I wear white veils, too, and such sweet hats I don't mind saying it here where no one will see, but I really do look most awfully nice. I should just simply love to be lolling back in the victoria, all frills and feathers, and the crocodiles to march by. Wouldn't they stare! It was always so interesting to see how the girls looked grown up.
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