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He had been bending over Archie, and was drawing away as softly as could be for fear the rustling of the leaf-bed might wake his companion again, to recommence talking in an excited way about Minnie Heath and her fate, when he heard the sound of voices, the door of the palm and bamboo building was unbarred and thrown open, and a fierce, swarthy-looking, scowling Malay, with the hilt of his kris uncovered, strode swaggeringly in, accompanied by six spear-armed natives of about his own stamp, their leader looking sharply at the two prisoners, and then about the place.
His heavy boot shot up, and with a crash the table split, and glasses, cards, chips flew everywhere. As they rattled down and the chairs of the dumfounded players began to slide Dick called out: "My name is Gale. I'm looking for Mr. Radford Chase." A tall, heavy-shouldered fellow rose, boldly enough, even swaggeringly, and glowered at Gale. "I'm Radford Chase," he said.
But it is seldom remembered that the Puritans were in their day emphatically intellectual bullies, that they relied swaggeringly on the logical necessity of Calvinism, that they bound omnipotence itself in the chains of syllogism. The Puritans fell, through the damning fact that they had a complete theory of life, through the eternal paradox that a satisfactory explanation can never satisfy.
And, so saying, he bowed with exaggerated politeness to George and the alcalde, and with a fierce twist of his moustache strode swaggeringly out of the room. "A good man, in many respects; a very excellent man, indeed," observed the alcalde, nodding toward the door by which Don Manuel had just quitted the apartment, "and admirable in the position which he occupies.
At last the pirates became so swaggeringly bold and their captains so enterprising in their illegal trading that the English government took vigorous measures, not only to break up piracy, but to punish all colonists who should encourage the freebooters by commercial dealings with them.
But now that he had seen Margaret, had come to appreciate her through studying her as a possible wife for his unattached friend Arkwright, now that he had discovered her secret, her love for him how could he fit her into his career? Was it possible? Was it wise? "The best is none too good for me," said he to himself swaggeringly. No doubt about it no, indeed, not the slightest.
There are plenty of other ladies. I should not take fifty ladies for this chance of seeing you. Honest." He took me into a little candy-store, dazzlingly lighted and mirrored and filled with marble-topped tables We seated ourselves and he gave the order. He did so rather swaggeringly, but his manner to me was one of affectionate and compassionate respectfulness
The matter was argued quickly and hotly, Gridley accusing, Fordham hotly denying. "Can't you Gridley fellows play with anything but your mouths?" snarled Captain Barnes. "We play a straight game," retorted Dick coldly. "We play like gentlemen." "Do you mean that we're not?" demanded Barnes swaggeringly. "So far you've played like a lot of sluggers." "See here!
At the jetty end, where the Indians lounged at their tobacco and the fishermen's canoas rocked, the sunburnt pirates put ashore. Among the noisy company which always gathers on a pier they met with their companions. A sort of Roman triumph followed, as the "happily returned" lounged swaggeringly towards the taverns. Eager hands helped them to carry in their plunder.
"Oh, I beg pardon!" he said, and swaggeringly counted out five sovereigns on to a chest of drawers. She rushed at them. "Do you think I'll take your odious money?" she snarled, gathering the coins in her gloved hand. Her first impulse was to throw them in his face; but she paused and then flung them into a corner of the room. "Pick them up!" she commanded him.
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