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That way she moved stumblingly and near the edge of a small clear space cried once more, "Hilary!... Hilary!" Faintly the bearer of that name heard the call; heard it rise from a quarter fearfully nearer the foe's line than to his; caught it with his trained ear as, just beyond sight of Irby, Miranda, and others, he stood in amazed converse with Flora Valcour.
Rowlett still kept his arms down, but he lunged and sought to drive his knee to his adversary's groin, meaning to draw and fire during the moment of paralyzing pain that must ensue. As it happened, though, Parish had also anticipated some such manoeuvre of foul fighting, and he sprung aside in time to let the unbalanced Rowlett pitch stumblingly forward.
Then a clump of bushes, thrusting its wall of darkness into the silver sea of moonlight, hid her from his sight, and he turned back into the room. Stumblingly he made his way to the chimney-piece, and, resting his arms upon it, hid his face.
"Oh!... You are not then one of Mademoiselle Le Marchant's brothers?" "No, ma'm'zelle." "Oh!" "We have always been friends since we were children," I explained stumblingly, for her bright little eyes were fixed on me, through her gold-rimmed spectacles, like little gimlets, and made me feel as if I was doing something quite wrong in being there.
"It used to grow, a long bed of it, close to the kitchen wall where it was warm, and where it bloomed before anything else." The words came stumblingly. "Mother loved it best of all her flowers; she had all sorts in her garden."
He turned to the old man. "Excuse me, Ruffin, I must confer with General Alexander." Ruffin's reply came feebly. "With your permission I will stay at your headquarters for a little while." "Certainly." Taylor led the old man toward his baggage wagon. "Come with me, sir. I'll find you a cot." "Thank you. Thank you." His eyes were dim and he walked stumblingly. "Surrender, Taylor! Surrender?
You couldn't if you knew." "Knew what?" asked Enoch gently. He did not forget that circumstance had laid a blow at the roots of his being; but he could not turn away while she still suffered. Amelia began, stumblingly, "He talked about you, I couldn't stan' it." "Did you believe it?" he queried sternly. "There wa'n't anything to believe. That's neither here nor there.
Richie, and he thought with relief, that if she were really ill, he could not say it that day. But the sight of David had brought his duty home to him. He had thought about it for days, and tried to see some way of escape; but every way was blocked by tradition or religion. Once he had said stumblingly to Dr.
Seeing that he hasn't got it, he can't very well present it can he? Eventually, having er no use for fake diamonds, I shall return the necklace, together with the papers in his cash box here including your note." "Eventually?" Uncomprehendingly, stumblingly, Wilbur repeated the word. "In a month or two or three, as the case may be," explained Jimmie Dale brightly.
As he still held her she spoke again. "If I come to you willingly I shall be more worth having, and if you do not go now I will never come. I will drown myself in the Arno." "Very well. I will come to-morrow." When he was gone she went stumblingly across the room to the mattress on the floor in the farthest corner, and threw herself down upon it, dressed as she was.
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