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But I've been given work and a chance at one of the biggest things in hydraulics the Zariba Dam, out in Arizona." "You're not going away?" Calmly as she tried to speak, she could not entirely repress an under-note of apprehension. Slight as was the betrayal of feeling, it enheartened him immensely. He beamed up at the palm crests that brushed the glazed dome.
Together they walked back toward the park entrance. The minister seemingly exerted himself to regain the ground he had lost with Orme. He proved an interesting conversationalist keen, slightly cynical, but not without an under-note of earnestness. "You have seen me much abused by your press, Mr. Orme," he said. "That is natural.
A tone as of one driven to extremities a deep yet never personal exasperation the poised quiet of a man turning to look a hostile host in the face again and again these made themselves felt through his chat about new influences in the world of thought Bergson or James, Eucken or Tyrell. And to this under-note, inflections or phrases in the talk of the other seemed to respond.
Henry, also, at the same time heard in all the terrible uproar the distant and low muttering of the thunder, like a menacing under-note, more awful than the firing itself. The smoke reached them where they lay. It was floating now all through the forest, and not only stung the nostrils of the defenders, but heated their brains and made them more anxious for the combat.
Down the white road in the moonlight we went in a straggling company, while more and more loudly came to us through the crisp night air the sound of the Christmas bells. Presently some one started a very sweet and plaintive noël: fairly heart-wringing in its tender beseeching and soft lament, yet with a consoling under-note to which it constantly returned.
"Put up your swords!" he said to his men. Those who caught the under-note in his voice hastened to obey, even while they protested. He turned again to his father, and into his manner came that strange new gentleness that is known as courtesy, which set him above the raging Red One as a man is above a beast.
The faint roar of water far below added an under-note of reality to his dream; and still he saw, as upon a tapestry held in his hand, the struggles of kingdoms, the rise and fall of empires. Upon the wide seas smoke floated from the guns of giant ships that strove mightily in battle. He was thrilled by drum-beats and the cry of trumpets.
"She spoke to me about leaving before I told her I had found her another job." Norman debated but for only a moment. "I do not wish her to leave," he said coldly. "I find her useful and most trustworthy." Tetlow's eyes were fixed strangely upon him. "What's the matter with you?" asked Norman, the under-note of danger but thinly covered. "Then she was right," said Tetlow slowly.
Instead, he heard the rustling of the young leaves far away, and then another sound came a faint, whining cry, the far howl of a wolf, so far that it was no more than a whisper, a mere under-note to the wind. It stopped, but, in a moment or two, was repeated. Henry's heart leaped, but his figure never moved; nor was there any change in the expression of his face, which had been dreamy and sad.
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