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Her eyes fell on the battalion of bottles, and she stood thunderstruck by this extravagance. But Ada, anxious to display her ring, was smoothing and patting her hair every few minutes. Already the movement had become a habit. Unconsciously she lifted her hand and flashed the ring in the eyes of Mrs Swadling. "Well, I never!" she cried.
This latter, falling out with Madame, had related all these things to Madame de Maintenon, who now brought them forward triumphantly. At this new blow, Madame was thunderstruck, and stood like a statue. There was nothing for it but to behave as before that is to say, shed tears, cry, ask pardon, humble herself, and beg for mercy.
Hocker was thunderstruck on hearing this, and hastily produced a double handful of crackers from the capacious pocket of his coat. "That will take the edge off your hunger," he said. "I bought them at a country store as we drove by this morning. When Zinn's hired man comes down to see where his master is as he surely will before long I'll send him back for food.
Mme. la Comtesse Popinot, like every one else, feels indignant at your behavior to the Marvilles." And Count Popinot passed on, leaving Pons thunderstruck. Passion, justice, policy, and great social forces never take into account the condition of the human creature whom they strike down.
And being brought by the guards before the general, they put the letter into his hands and gave him information on the matters about which he enquired, being thunderstruck at what they beheld and awed at the suddenness of the change; however, they suffered nothing unpleasant at the hand of Belisarius. At this same time another event also occurred as follows.
From these parties the utmost terror was raised, in consequence of their priests, who, by carrying before them lighted torches and the figures of serpents, and advancing with the gait of furies, disconcerted the Roman soldiers by their extraordinary appearance; and then indeed they ran back to their entrenchments, in all the hurry of trepidation, as if frenzied or thunderstruck; and then when the consul, and lieutenant-generals, and tribunes began to ridicule and chide them for being frightened like children at mere sights, shame suddenly changed their minds; and they rushed, as if blindfold, on those very objects from which they had fled.
She looked around, and he told her to come and take his seat. As she squeezed through, and he rose to seat her, a large man with black whiskers gently dropped into the vacant seat with a sigh of relief, and began to read a two-year-old paper with much earnestness, just as if he hadn't noticed the whole performance. The stout man was thunderstruck. He said: "Excuse me, sir; I didn't leave my seat."
I don't say that he murdered John Bellingham though that is what appearances suggest but I do say that he will have to account for his secret disposal of the body." Inspector Badger was thunderstruck. Also he was visibly annoyed. The salt which Mr.
Nay, then, since you insist upon it, fair creature, I will unmask, trusting to your honor as a lady to keep my secret. He uncovered his face, and Josephine was thunderstruck when she recognized in the amorous stranger, no less a personage than Dr. Sinclair, the pious and eloquent rector of St. Paul's.
I've come to return your visit, since you called upon me yesterday. Only, bad words never did good work, and the best course, since this misfortune has happened, is to repair it as speedily as possible. When would you have us marry off those bad children?" Thunderstruck by the quiet good nature of this frontal attack, Lepailleur did not immediately reply.
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