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"No one has given me any notice to get ready, Miss Polly." "How very neglectful of me! We may leave at any time." "Yes; you may. But my ship doesn't seem to be coming in very fast." The double entente was unintentional, but the girl winced. "Aren't you coming with us on the yacht?" "Am I?" His handsome face lighted hopefully. "Of course. Dad expects you to.
Erwyn, "so unintentional was I of aspiring to Miss Allonby's affections that all my soul was set upon possessing the heart and person of a lady, in my humble opinion, far more desirable." "I had not dreamed " she commenced. "Behold," said Mr. Erwyn, bitterly, "how rightly is my presumption punished.
You may consider that I have wronged you, but, as you should know and must know, the wrong was unintentional and due solely to the sudden collapse of the worthless American investments which the scoundrelly Yankee brokers inveigled me into making." If the money was sent at once, he added, it might reach him in time to prevent his yielding to despondency and committing suicide. "Suicide!
The violence was unintentional at least the exclamations of reproach that followed the cast would lead us to suppose so. The fish here were as tame as those caught in Deer River. In a few seconds the fly was swallowed, and Bryan, applying main force to the pole, tossed a beautiful trout of about two pounds weight over his head.
He expressed his regret if anything defective in his manner had given unintentional offence, and declared that, so far as it was in his power, the Faculty might rely in future upon being treated with every courtesy and consideration.
And because, also may we conjecture this? we may hope for the privilege of taking up our cozy Latin lessons again, that used to be so pleasant, and brought us so near together so near, indeed, that often our heads touched, just as heads do over Italian lessons; and our hands met in casual and unintentional, but still most delicious and thrilling little contacts and momentary clasps, just as they inevitably do over Italian lessons.
She responded to his cheer, but not as before. Something clouded her clear glance her smiles died quickly, and the poise of her head was less alert. When they had reached the wagon-road and he could ride by her side, he, too, became serious. "I hope I haven't given offence in any way, Miss Lambert? If I have, I assure you it was entirely unintentional, and I beg your pardon." She looked away.
Her innocent heart was greatly troubled lest her interest in Roland, though known only to herself, had been an unintentional wrong. In every possible way she strove to atone for Roland's happiness in her home and her own happiness in Roland's presence.
In her right hand was a mandolin which she waved at him triumphantly as she reached him with a grand crash, squeak, tinkle and thump of all the instruments at once. Too amazed to speak, Markham stood grinning at her foolishly! "Well?" she said, throwing her head and elbows back, provoking an unintentional thump and tinkle. "How do you like me?" "Immensely! But what does it all mean?"
"Thank you, gentlemen," said the colonel; "I must now ask you to help out my wife and daughters, who are naturally fearfully alarmed at what has occurred." "We regret to have been the unintentional cause of their disaster," said Adair politely; while he and Gerald, climbing up on the side of the carriage, caught hold of one of the young ladies, who proved to be Mademoiselle Feodorowna.
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