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Of course, he would not keep opposite the house, but might post himself a bit up or down the street, so that he could manage to keep an eye on the door." "That would be excellent," Cyril said. "Of course, at the supper-hour he could go off duty, as she could not possibly leave the house between that time and nine o'clock. You always come in about that hour, and I hear you go up to bed.
An hour later, when his pony struck the gravel from beneath his hoofs on the race back to the city, and Clay turned to wave his hand to Hope in the doorway, she seemed, as she stood with the moonlight falling about her white figure, like a spirit beckoning the way to a new paradise. Clay reached the President's Palace during the supper-hour, and found Mr.
The September evening was fading into night, and Emlyn, leaving Cicely resting on her bed, which now she often did for a while before the supper-hour, had gone into the garden to enjoy the pleasant air.
His disappointment at not seeing her upon his visit to Las Palmas had only served to enhance his memories of their first meeting, and time, now, had deepened his interest tenfold. Yes, she was "The Lone Star," the estrella brillante of his empty sky. When the supper-hour came he managed by carefully watching the dining-room to time his meal with Mrs. Austin's.
Joseph Mason." Joe kept on till his task was completed, put on his coat and went into the restaurant. It was the supper-hour. "I've finished the job," said Joe, in a businesslike tone. The German took a look at Joe's work. "You did it up good," he said. "How much you want?" "I don't know. What would be a fair price?" "I will give you some supper and five dollars."
He heard children's voices; a woman's voice; at intervals the voice of a man, gruff and surly; various household sounds also. It was evidently the supper-hour. Cautiously raising himself till his eyes were on a level with the lowest panes in the window, he looked in. A table was set in the middle of the floor, and there were sitting at it a man, woman, and two children.
Some sociable officers favorites with Captain Kingwalt congregated under the tarpaulin, after supper-hour, and when a long-necked bottle had been emptied and replenished, there were many quaint stories related and curious individualities revealed. I dropped asleep while the hilarity was at its height, and Fogg covered me with a thick blanket as I lay.
It's certainly high time she married somebody." She turned aside to put the teapot on the hob, humming inconsequently, and the subject dropped. Jack went to his room to wash, and in a few minutes more they gathered round the supper-table with careless talk of the doings of the day. It had always been Dot's favourite time, the supper-hour.
The three boon companions were seated over a bottle of champagne resting in its ice-bath and were being served with tiny pates while they waited for the supper-hour, which was now near. Rouletabille yielded to their invitation readily enough, and accompanied them when the head-waiter informed Thaddeus that the gentlemen were desired in a private room.
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