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Then she put certain articles of property under her pillow, her watch and chain, and the rings from her fingers, and a packet which she had drawn from her travelling-desk, and was soon in bed, thinking that, as she fell away to sleep, she would revolve in her mind that question of the Corsair; would it be good to trust herself and all her belongings to one who might perhaps take her belongings away, but leave herself behind?
I merely called at my lodgings, and with a travelling-desk and carpet-bag, set off in a hackney carriage for an inn about two miles out of town, called "The Horns," a very quiet and comfortable house, with good thick walls. And there I resolved, without the possibility of intrusion or distraction, to devote some hours of the night, in my comfortable sitting-room, to Mr.
When he had finished his writing, and had dried it on the blotting paper in his travelling-desk; he looked up, and tossed the pen towards him. 'What, not a day's grace, not a day's trust, eh? said Jonas bitterly. 'Not after the pains I have taken with to-night's work? 'To night's work was a part of our bargain, replied Montague; 'and so was this.
By the first light of an autumn morning, Henrietta sat at her travelling-desk, to shoot a spark into the breast of her lover with the story of the great event of the night. For there had been one, one of our biggest, beyond all tongues and trumpets and possible anticipations. Wonder at it hammered on incredulity as she wrote it for fact, and in writing had vision of her lover's eyes over the page.
A sudden flash of light sparkled in his eyes as he spoke. "Yes, it was devilish provoking. You'll find the luggage packed, and directed to Portland Place; be so good as to see that it is sent off immediately by the speediest route. There is a portmanteau in my cabin, and my travelling-desk. I require those with me. All the rest can go on." "I will see to it, sir." "Thank you; you are very good.
"'You've got those letters to write before ten o'clock, eh, Mr. Austin? said the detective, as the waiter re-entered the room with a decanter on a silver salver. "I understood the hint, and accordingly took my travelling-desk to a side-table near the fireplace. Mr.
Her trunks were on the roof of the brougham, her dressing-bag, and travelling-desk, and wraps were stowed away inside; Argus was by her side, his collar provided with a leather strap, by which she could hold him when necessary. Captain Winstanley was smoking a cigar on the porch. Mrs. Winstanley came weeping out of the drawing-room, and hugged her daughter silently.
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