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Stone. "As soon as I can." Mr. Stone's eyes, wistfully bright, seemed trying to see through heavy fog. "She came to me, I think," he said; "I seem to recollect her crying. You are good to her?" "I have tried to be," said Hilary. Mr. Stone's face was discoloured by a flush. "You have no children," he said painfully; "do you live together?" Hilary shook his head. "You are estranged?" said Mr. Stone.
The water runs deep all the way to it from the sea, and the largest vessels may ride with safety within a stone's throw of the windows. In the latter half of the sixteenth century there must have met, in the hall of this mansion, a party as remarkable as could have been found anywhere in England.
That death took place within a stone's throw of the cottage where the prisoner was then living, under an assumed name, and more than three miles away from any other dwelling place or refuge of any sort. He reminded them of the speedy search that had been made, and its extraordinary non-success.
It was Mrs Herring's craft to throw Jonah on the wrong scent, and sip comfortably in the back parlour of the Angel, safe from detection, a stone's throw from the Silver Shoe. Jonah turned and walked in at the side door, leaving Joe with the uneasy feeling of the man who killed the goose to get the golden eggs.
"I certainly should have done so, reverend sir, but I should have lost my money," continued Mr. Dapper; "for Mr. Stone was plucky, used his fists beautifully, and gave it to my lord the bishop right between the eyes. The bishop was quite gamey, though, and aimed a blow at Stone's nose, but finally got shoved out of the room, greatly to his mortification.
"There's a herder lost somewhere." "Can we do anything such a night?" the old woman asked doubtfully. "Can anyone be alive in it?" "Light the lantern quick! Maybe I can track the dog back before the snow fills them. He might be down within a stone's throw of the wagon."
Yes, there was the little shallow lake amid the tall bordering reeds of which they had ambushed themselves for the purpose of shooting the game that came down there to drink at night; there was the streamlet from which they had replenished their supply of fresh water; they were now in the same open, grassy, bush-enveloped space that the ship had previously occupied; and over there, to the left, within a stone's throw, was the precise spot upon which she had rested; and they doubted not that within five minutes they could find the actual holes in the soil made by her grip-anchors some six years or more ago.
As to the rest, he had a gentleman's manners, a scholar's head, and a lion's heart. His age was about thirty. We all soon came to like Brayle as much as we admired him, and it was with sincere concern that in the engagement at Stone's River our first action after he joined us we observed that he had one most objectionable and unsoldierly quality: he was vain of his courage.
Had he been dangerously wounded, he could not possibly have been moved to England. And consider what a comfort it will be to the poor girl to have him here, within a stone's throw. Why, she will be able to be with him all the time. Yes, yes, it might be worse a great deal worse!" He added feelingly, "It is a very sad time that we are all living through."
Every day, every hour, I long for you, my pet. So I shall speak to your father at once. For some time he has been rather cool with me ever since last summer, when I argued with him about Barton Stone's views. But he's too just and reasonable to refuse me your hand, upon no other objection than that I did not side with him in a church quarrel. I will see him to-morrow, and " "No, no!"
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