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She interpreted uncertainly the intent gaze of his beautiful, somber eyes. "I came here," she faltered, "to to find a home. I had no wish " "I understand," he said, his voice deep and sympathetic; "people have been talking to you about me. Am I right?" She was silent, a pink flush slowly staining her cheeks.
Even his speech no longer retained its international quality but now was tinctured with London mannerisms. "Oh, I say," he replied, "that was a ripping joke on the bally Dutchmen." Jane eyed him uncertainly. He seemed almost like a stranger to her in this unfamiliar guise, though for hours she had been eagerly looking forward to his coming.
At this moment Markham desired anything but commotion, so he chirped to the animal and stroke on, his head bent, his gaze on the portal of the ancien, which, as he noted, was forbiddingly closed. He paused a moment, eyeing the cur which stopped when he stopped, still regarding him uncertainly. And then summoning his courage he went to the door and knocked.
"Countess Tatham who is she?" "Why it's she that lives at Duddon Castle." Then the girl looked uncertainly at her companion "Mr. Tyson did tell me she was a relation of Mr. Melrose." "A relation? I don't know anything about her," said Netta decidedly. "Did she come to call upon me?" The girl nodded "She come over it was last Tuesday from Duddon, wi' two lovely horses my, they were beauties!
The Dean understood it to mean a disbelief in the ability of the person promising to keep such an engagement. His face flushed he looked uncertainly at Ashe. "For my part," he said, quickly, "I am not going to advise you for a moment to trust to any such promise." Rising from his seat, Ashe began to pace the room. The Dean followed him with his eyes, which kindled more and more.
A shaky, rag-and-dirt-covered framework of a big man rose uncertainly from a corner of the room, and, staggering forward, brushed the staring thatch back from his forehead with one hand, reached blindly for the edge of the bar with the other, and drooped heavily. "Well, Awful Example," demanded the shanty-keeper. "What's up with you now?"
The animal looked at her, uncertainly, but suddenly he passed a big moist tongue over her face. Could he have realized that her saving grace might avert condign punishment? The girl petted him as Stefan turned the toboggan and its load right side up. "You ain't feared of dem togs," he called to her. "And you vasn't afraid vhen dey dump you out. You's a blucky gal all right, leddy!"
But the Princess sighed and came down from her golden throne and wandered out into the garden. She walked uncertainly, for now that she was no longer blind she did not know where she was going. And there, under the trees where she had been sleeping a few hours back, stood a man with his face buried in his hands. "Little lady," he stammered, "I tried to keep away, but "
See," he filled their glasses with wine "let's drink to our compact of friendship." He raised his glass, clinking it gently against hers, and they drank. But as Diana replaced her glass on the table, she looked once more in a troubled way at the little heap of salt that lay on the white cloth. "I wish I hadn't spilled it," she said uncertainly. "It's an ill omen. Some day we shall quarrel."
"Association of what?" he said, perplexed. "The Association of Thieves," the gentleman in the sandy suit coolly repeated. "As for myself, my comrades did me the signal honour of electing me as the spokesman of the deputation." "Very ... pleased," the chairman said uncertainly. "Thank you. All seven of us are ordinary thieves naturally of different departments.
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