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Just then the paying-teller called out. "Richard, here is the letter to be sent registered; and on the way back stop in at Underwoods and leave this notice of a note coming due to-morrow." "Yes, sir," said Dick, hurrying out; while Ferd followed more slowly, a frown on his face and his teeth gritting with anger.
They were well over their troubles by that time, and they gave the restored money to David for his churches." "And no more was done, not even by David?" said Lady Merrifield, thinking over what she had heard from Geraldine Grinstead, and how the Underwoods would have accepted such a token from their lost sheep. "David did write to Brisbane to the bank, but there never was any answer.
It had no entrance towards their lane, and to reach the church, it was necessary to turn the corner of the wall, and go in through the south porch, which opened close upon the High Street. In this old street lay the two buildings that chiefly concerned the young Underwoods, i.e. the two schools.
He was an immense help through the nursing, and they came to know and depend on him as nothing else would have made them do; and they proved how sincerely right-minded and good he is. There is some connection with the Underwoods, though I have not quite fathomed it.
Tell me, she is not Lady Travis Underwood's daughter?" "Oh no; she is Anna's sister, Adrian's sister." "So I told Lady Rotherwood, I was sure it was so." "The Travis Underwoods have no children, but they adopted Emilia when I took Anna, and they have brought three Vanderkists to this affair. Francie has never been from home before, it is all quite new to her."
Tupia, who was with us, observed that they were Taata Eno's; that is, bad or poor people. The Country is visibly worse than at the last place we were at; the soil is dry and Sandy, and the woods are free from underwoods of every kind; here are of the same sort of Trees as we found in Bottany Harbour, with a few other sorts.
I have written in bed, and written out of it, written in sickness, written torn by coughing, written when my head swam for weakness..." Many have found in Stevenson's life an inspiration to overcome obstacles, to cease complaining, and to bear a message of good cheer. These lines from his volume of poems called Underwoods , are especially characteristic: Works.
I happened to have hung there between two engravings a little sketch of underwoods not unlike this; one comes down, the other is hung instead a little bit of jobbery of which I am still ashamed. I risked it all for you, in the hope that she would come and recognize the subject." "Of course she will recognize it, and understand; how on earth could she help it?
He wanted to walk back with no more ceremony than a water-dog; but the Underwoods had made common cause against him, and had dragged him to a cottage, where he had the pleasing alternative of an old woman's blankets and petticoats while his garments were drying.
He did not believe much harm was doing now, but the temptation would increase with every vacation as the boys came nearer to manhood; and he seemed to have lost all influence and moral power over Fulbert. Good old Mrs. Froggatt gave a small children's party, to which, with many apologies, she invited the lesser Underwoods, under charge of Wilmet.
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