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He said in an imperfectly assured voice, "Seems as if there was a steadier draught coming now." At this we rose from the table impetuously, as though he had shouted an alarm of fire, and Mrs. Williams, with a little cry, ran round to Seraphina. Leaving the two women locked in a silent embrace, the captain, Sebright and myself hurried out on deck. Every man in the ship had done the same.
What could success offer me now besides a few more years of indulgence and an opportunity for drinking myself into my grave in comfort and with comparative decency?" Weston supposed that this was the effect of weariness; but his comrade straightened himself a little, and his uncertain gaze grew steadier. "There's one thing it can do," he went on.
Ashe was utterly overwhelmed by this verdict, and for the first bewildered moments did not know which way to turn. Katy, happily, kept a steadier head. She had the advantage of a little preparation of thought, and had decided beforehand what it would be necessary to do "in case."
Ay, we're the finest people and the finest country on earth; and since I've been to see yours, I'm the steadier in that opinion. 'But emigrants in the backwoods have so few of the comforts of civilisation, began the other person, with a weak, irresolute voice. 'Among which is foremost the tax-gatherer, I suppose? was the triumphant rejoinder.
"That would sound better if your eyes were clearer and your hand steadier." "You 'd expect a man to be battered up a little, would n't you, after a hard fight? I 've fought the hardest thing in the world there is to fight shadows, Barstow, shadows with the King Shadow itself at their head." Was the man raving?
But her voice was steadier than it had yet been as she returned, "Why should you be miserable for Lady Lossie?" "I would die rather than see her marry that wretch," he answered. Again her blood stung her in the left side. "You do not want her to marry, then?" she said. "I do," answered Malcolm, emphatically, "but not that fellow." "Whom, then, if I may ask?" ventured Clementina trembling.
Another factor was the introduction of longer guns, and what are termed "slow burning" powders. These last do not explode with such sudden violence as the ordinary powder, so that there is less sudden strain on the gun, while a steadier pressure on the shot is kept up.
It was Miss Falconer's voice. I rose reluctantly and obeyed the summons. The Firefly was sitting propped on the chest, white, but steadier, while Esme still knelt beside him, holding his hand in hers. "I have been telling Jean, Mr. Bayne, how you have helped us." The radiance of her face, the lilt of her voice, stabbed me with a jealous pang.
You can suppress the green-goods and gold-brick games, but folks will still go to shoveling sand if you mention pirates to 'em. What I want is to see 'em at it once." The harder you jolt Old Hickory, though, the steadier he gets. "Huh!" says he, smilin' sarcastic. "An ambition such as yours ought to be gratified. Take a good look at us, Megrue." "Wha-a-a-at!" gasps Barney, starin' at him.
Her hand trembled when she wrote the first few lines, but she seemed to become steadier afterward, and her pen dashed over the paper without a pause for a few minutes. The spot of color on her cheeks faded and burned by turns, sometimes it was gone, and again it was scarlet, and before the second page was finished tears were falling soft and fast.
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