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He drew his pistol, then laughed at himself, although not without annoyance. "A rival; and he has got ahead of me. He is going to serenade her." The caballero seated himself uncomfortably on the tiles that roofed the wall, removed his sombrero, and Russell recognized Fernando Altimira.
Whether it was the unwonted exertion he had undergone, or the heat, or the brandy-and-water, or the strange bed whatever it was, his thoughts kept reverting very uncomfortably to the grim pictures downstairs, and the old stories to which they had given rise in the course of the evening.
The interview was arranged without difficulty, and Peter, with his heart beating uncomfortably, was shown by the old retainer who kept guard in the outside office through the blue velvet hangings into the Chief's private office. At a long oaken table, on which were scattered a few trade journals and newspapers, he found the great man.
"I wonder why," she whispered almost below her breath. "You've been most poisonously rude to me, and yet . . . and yet here am I talking to you as I've never talked to any other man in my life." Vane stared at the pool for a few moments before he answered. He was becoming uncomfortably aware that grey eyes with a certain type of chin were attractive very attractive.
He grew uncomfortably conscious of this speechless watchfulness of nature, he strained his ears to listen, as it were to the deepening dumbness of all existing things, and to conquer the strange sensations that were overcoming him, he proceeded at a more rapid pace, but in two or three minutes came again to an abrupt halt.
Parker Hitchcock, Carson, and young Porter were talking horses; they made no effort to include the young doctor in their corner. He was beginning to feel uncomfortably stranded in the middle of the long room, when Dr. Lindsay crossed to his side. The talk at dinner had not put the distinguished specialist in a sympathetic light, but the younger man felt grateful for this act of cordiality.
"Georgie, I'd like to, but but I've an idea tandems are dangerous to drive, and your mother might be anxious. She " "No, sir; I think not. She felt it would be rather a good thing help to keep me out in the open air. But if perhaps your finances " "Oh, it isn't that so much," the old gentleman said hurriedly. "I wasn't thinking of that altogether." He laughed uncomfortably.
Gregory had been uncomfortably aware of Karen's contemplation while he defended his prejudices, and he was prepared for an open espousal of her guardian's point of view; it was, he knew, her own. But he received once more, as he had received already on several occasions, an unexpected and gratifying proof of Karen's recognition of marital responsibility.
It reminds me of women's caprices and fancies always on the jump! Yes! don't frown, Manella! that is so! Now let me see what Mr. Sam Gwent has to say that he didn't say before " and seating himself, he opened the letter and began to read. Manella watched him from under the shadow of her long-fringed eyelids her heart beat quickly and uncomfortably.
"Tim," said Bob, after ten minutes had elapsed, "what a difficult thing it is to wait patiently when one's anxious!" "Isn't it!" assented Tim, "so hard to keep from fretting and stamping." "Tim," said Bob, after twenty minutes had passed, "I wonder if the two or three dozen people on this platform are all as uncomfortably impatient as I am."
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