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Then he reddened, and said: "Are ye verily all such as this in this House? Who then is it who hath made so fair a lordship, and so goodly a governance for so many people? Know ye not at all of the world's ways!" "Fair sir," said the monk sternly, "they that work for us work for the Lord and all his servants."
Presty pointed sternly at the open door. "You were screaming just now, when quiet in the house is of the utmost importance to your mother. If I hear you again, bread and water and no doll for the rest of the week." Kitty retired in disgrace, and Mrs. Presty sharpened her tongue on Mr. Sarrazin next.
"I didn't mean that indeed!" gulped the unhappy official, this time almost strangled in earnest. "What did you mean then?" sternly demanded Grayson, relaxing a little once again. "I will write the certificate," moaned the unfortunate lieutenant, "if you will let one arm loose, and won't tell anybody until the ten days are out " "Why do you wish it kept secret!"
"Fiend!" cried Wagner, impatiently; "thou hast mocked thou hast deceived me!" "Thus do mortals ever speak, even when I give them a glimpse of their own eventual fate, through the medium of painful dreams and hideous nightmares," said the demon, sternly.
Then Paul understood; his worthy brother-in-law had not been present at the last transformation and was under a slight misapprehension: he evidently imagined that he had by this last stroke made himself and Dick masters of the situation it was time to undeceive him. "Have the goodness to leave my house at once, will you!" he said sternly.
She lay back, drinking in the fresh air. Then she moved, and with the movement came to her recollection and the sense of pain. Her arms and wrists were still bound behind her, and the cords hurt her like hot wires. Her mouth, however, and her feet were free. She started forward, and Adele Rossignol spoke sternly from the seat opposite. "Keep still. I am holding the flask in my hand.
'Once for all, said Philip, sternly, 'let me never hear you speak of him thus. We were both blind to a greatness of soul and purity of heart that we shall never meet again. Yours was only prejudice; mine I must call by a darker name. Remember, that he and his wife are only to be spoken of with reverence.
'If you lose heart now, why, go and swear fealty to him! sneered King Lot. 'Keep your sneers, said Uriens sternly. 'I'll pay the price of rebellion to my last breath, as I have vowed.
He led the way down a stone passage to the store-room door, which he unlocked. "I am out of sifted sugar, sir," the cook said nervously. "What, again?" Uncle James sternly demanded. "This is only Thursday, and I gave you some out on Saturday."
The boy, fortunately, was still pliable and susceptible, still unalarmed and frank. It seemed that he had lost money again this time to Jack Ruthven; and Selwyn's teeth remained sternly interlocked as, bit by bit, the story came out. But in the telling the boy was not quite as frank as he might have been; and Selwyn supposed he was able to stand his loss without seeking aid.
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