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He stared long and uncomprehendingly at it; then with a sigh of baffled interest he folded it carefully and placed it in his pocket. As he did so, there came a sudden sharp report from outside, the tinkle of a broken window pane, and a bullet, whistling past his ear, embedded itself in the wall behind him! Instinctively Morrow flung himself flat upon the floor, but no second shot was fired.
"I guess we all love you for that, Frank," said Betty simply. With a little nod of her head toward the slip of paper he still held, she added: "What about that now?" Frank looked down at the slip of paper for a moment uncomprehendingly, for his thoughts had been far away. "Oh, the note," he said. "Why, that was only to be given to his father in case anything happened, you know.
The four on the earth looked at each other inquiringly. There was a heavy silence. The doctor stood it as long as he could, and then said: "So far as I'm concerned, this ends our investigations." They stared at him uncomprehendingly; he went on: "I don't see anything to be gained by this type of study.
"If you'd just brace up, you know," she said encouragingly. "If you would get hold of yourself." She had prepared many a patient for the operating table, and had seen few so exercised as this one. "You must be courageous," she said. "The operation may not be serious. And it will be over soon." Roderick looked at her uncomprehendingly.
They looked straight before her. "I warned you, girl," spoke up Ashby, "that you should bank with us oftener." The Girl gave no sign of having heard him. Her slender figure seemed to have shrunken perceptibly as she stared stupidly, uncomprehendingly, into space. "We say that Johnson was " repeated Rance, impatiently. " what?" fell from the Girl's lips, her face pale and set.
"There have been Grahams at Boveyhayne for four hundred years, dear, and there's only you left now." He looked at her uncomprehendingly. "Well, mother!..." "My dear, we can't let it go away from us. It's us, and we're it, and if anything were to happen to you, and a stranger were to come here!"
We must wire either our acceptance or rejection of the lease." "Very well," said Bobby, quite elated that he was carrying the thing off with an air and a tone so crisp; "just leave it to me, will you?" He waded through the statement uncomprehendingly. Here was a problem which was covered and still not covered by his father's observations anent Johnson and Applerod.
It's it's the same as if I were married to him only worse." "Worse!" Insall repeated uncomprehendingly.... And then she was aware that he had left her side. He was standing by the window. A thrush began to sing in the maple. She stole silently toward the door, and paused to look back at him, once to meet his glance. He had turned.
"Say, Lucy," said Jim, "will you marry me by and by?" Lucy stared at him uncomprehendingly. "Will you?" "Will I what?" "Marry me by and by?" Lucy took refuge in her little harbor of ignorance. "I don't know," said she. "But you like me, don't you, Lucy?" "I don't know." "Don't you like me better than you like Johnny Trumbull?" "I don't know."
And as her husband stared at her uncomprehendingly, she added, in a tantalising tone, "as plain as the nose on your face, my man." "What d'you mean?" he said. "I daresay I'm a bit slow, Ellen, but I really don't know what you'd be at?" "Don't you remember telling me before Daisy came here that Joe Chandler had become sweet on her last summer?
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