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He felt a kind of dim revolt against his own excitement which he felt to be unworthy of him, and, under other circumstances, he really would have been too proud to allow such tale-bearing to exert the slightest influence upon his thoughts or actions.
Till now she had nowhere failed to find an affectionate greeting and welcome; and to-day how coldly she had been repulsed and not by Paula alone, but also by Martina, who no doubt had noticed something, and whose dry reserve had been quite intolerable to the girl. It was all the old bishop's fault; he had not kept his promise that her tale-bearing should remain as secret as a confession.
But to give that tall man his due, he was not given with all his talk to tale-bearing or scandal or detraction. Had he been guilty of any of these things, Faithful would soon have found him out, and would have left him to go to the Celestial City by himself.
A carpenter, hearing her terrified exclamations, put on his sabots also, stooped whimpering to the stream running from the Rue d'Egypte, and began to wash his face. A dozen of his neighbours did the same. Some of the women, however, went on knitting hard, as they gabbled prayers and looked at the fast-blackening sun. Knitting was to Jersey women, like breathing or tale-bearing, life itself.
Others were evidently minded to increase the trouble between Raffer and Uncle Henry by malicious tale-bearing. Often Nan thought of what Uncle Henry had said to old Toby Vanderwiller.
Cannot you accept what has been done for you?" Mr Bott had gone away, much to Lady Glencora's delight, but had unfortunately come back again. On his return Alice heard more of the feud between the Duchess and Mrs Conway Sparkes. "I did not tell you," said Lady Glencora to her friend; "I did not tell you before he went that I was right about his tale-bearing." "And did he bear tales?"
"I give you two hours to decide which of us it is to be." I made toward the door. But Harry sprang for his rapier, picked it up and stood with his back against my exit, the point of his weapon to my breast. There was a wicked gleam in his narrow eyes. "Damn you! George Brammerton, for a sneaking, prying, tale-bearing lout; you dare not do it!" He took a step forward.
That will teach her to come tale-bearing another time. God, what a wench!" And puffing with self-righteousness, he resumed his walk, scarcely noticing that the wash from the surf was now reaching his big boots. "God, what a woman!" But, all of a sudden, the Rector stopped.
Upon the whole matter: If people would observe the obvious occasions of silence, if they would subdue the inclination to tale-bearing, and that eager desire to engage attention, which is an original disease in some minds, they would be in little danger of offending with their tongue; and would, in a moral and religious sense, have due government over it.
Why did't he win you away before, when nobody would have been grieved? when nobody would have been set tale-bearing. Now the people sneer at me the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till I blush shamefuly for my folly. I have lost my respect, my good name, my standing lost it, never to get it again. Go and marry your man go on!" "O sir Mr. Boldwood!" "You may as well.
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