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Chichester's pale face, while Barnabas leaned, twisted in his chair, and Mr. Smivvle busied himself with the oblong box. With shaking hands he took out the duelling-pistols, one by one, and laid them on the table. "We'll g-give him first choice, eh, Dig?" said Barrymaine. "Ah he's chosen, I s-see. Now we'll t-take opposite corners of the room and f-fire when you give the word, eh, Dig?"
We t-talked it over that afternoon, out in the b-barn, and we decided to k-k-k-k-quit. We'd t-take the b-boat ourselves, and " "We were all going to sail over to Big Duck in a cat-boat, you know. Father hires a boat every summer." "S-Say, S-S-Spike, g-go ahead, if you want to." "I don't. You go on, you're getting there all right. You'll come to the point in an hour or two."
Lovell grasped at the idea as a drowning man might grasp at a good substantial raft that should come floating down his way. "T-that's so," he stammered. "It is too bad, Harvey. It-t-t is, certainly, but anything for a j-joke, you know. Here, take it yourself, Harvey, t-take it; take it, quick!"
"Chichester drugged the brandy " "Chichester?" "He meant to murder me while you slept and fix the crime on you " "Liar!" cried Barrymaine, "you came here to meet my s-sister, but instead of a defenceless girl you meet me and I'm g-going to settle with you once and for all t-told you I would, last time we met. There's another pistol in the c-case yonder pick it up and t-take your ground."
Within were a newspaper reporter, a doctor, the Chief of Police, the Mayor of the city, while outside a curious throng was gathered. Seeing Miss Fabrizi, she ran toward her, sobbing nervously. "Where is he, Vittoria? Tell me that he's safe!" Some one answered, "He's safe and resting quietly." "T-take me to him."
I began to suspect that my question, put casually, was of more importance than I had thought, and repeated it once more. "I can't t-take it out," she sobbed, "I know it it would die." "But has it not been out at all, then?" She shook her head. "Not once since it was born? Six months ago?" She shook her head. "Poor baby!"
"T-take them, I say!" bellowed Chelkash, glaring horribly. "Forgive me! Then I'll take them," said Gavrilo, timidly, and he fell at Chelkash's feet on the damp sand, that was being liberally drenched by the rain. "You lie, you'll take them, sniveller!" Chelkash said with conviction, and with an effort, pulling Gavrilo's head up by the hair, he thrust the notes in his face. "Take them! take them!
"We can't row this boat, you chump!" "N-No, b-but one of us c-c-can t-take a line in the t-t-tender, and t-tow her." "They'll go three feet to our one." "That's all right," I said, "it's worth trying. We can keep away from them for a while. There's a breeze coming out of those clouds in a few minutes, and then we can sail around them in circles." I was anxious to get away.
"Yes.... Do you t-take me for your wife?" "Yes, dear " "Don't say that!... Is it over?" "All over," he said, forcing a gayety that rang hollow in the pathos of the mockery and farce.... But he smiled to be kind to her; and, to make the poor, clouded mind a little happier still, he took her hand again and said very gently: "Will it surprise you to know that you are now a princess?"
"T-take hold of this rope-end. Throw yourself flat on the ground there. Sit on him, you girls, so that he may not be drawn over!" cried a voice, pointed, vigorous. Pem knew that it was the fiery voice of the nickum, the broad-shouldered youth, who had sat in the chair before her, whose crowing had been responsible for her feat.
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