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Her father called her back as she was following her mother out. She sat down beside him at the table, and, unpinning the pale honeysuckle, put it to her nose. "I've been thinking," he said. "Yes, dear?" "It's extremely painful for me to talk, but there's no help for it.
Marie hastened to fetch the mirror, into which, after unpinning and removing her hat and veil, Mrs. Armine looked long and earnestly. "There are no women servants, madame." "All the servants here are men, madame, and all are as black as boots." "Shut the door into monsieur's room, and don't chatter so much. My head is simply splitting." "What are you doing?
"But what does it mean?" demanded the bewildered canon. "Here are my family heirlooms a few decent pearls, my grandfather's collection of camei and other trifles but who ?" "Perhaps this offers some explanation," suggested Mr. Carlyle, unpinning an envelope that had been secured to the lining of the bag. "It is addressed 'To Seven Rich Sinners. Shall I read it for you?"
"No, not yet. Perhaps never." "Well, well...." "Madame, we must move on again," interrupted Julien. "We have a long way to go before night." The woman rose, and turning to a drawer, pulled out a heap of soiled papers, bills and letters. "Wait," she said, "wait an instant!" Turning them over she sought and found a couple of old sheets pinned together, and unpinning them she handed one to Fanny.
Filled with commendable determination to finish her packing as speedily as possible, Grace hurried home and up the stairs, unpinning her hat as she ran. Dashing into her room, she dropped her hat on her couch, then stared about her in amazement. The piles of clothing she had left had disappeared, and, yes, her trunk had also vanished.
She was busy pinning and unpinning, shifting and pinning again, when suddenly Hesper said: "I suppose you know I am going to marry money?" "Oh! don't say that. It's too dreadful!" cried Mary, stopping her work, and looking up in Hesper's face. "What! you supposed I was going to marry a man like Mr. Redmain for love?" rejoined Hesper, with a hard laugh. "I can not bear to think of it!" said Mary.
And, oh, I am forgetting the thing I came for how stupid, how wrong of me. It's a message from Jack. He wants to know if you will drive with him." "And what are all the plans for to-day?" Mrs. Upton asked irrelevantly, unpinning the clustered knobs at the back of Mary's head and softly shaking out the stringently twisted locks as she uncoiled them.
Then, as one released from some desperate strain, she turned and fled to her room.... "Mother!" Esther came in slowly, unpinning her hat. There was no answer to her call. But she had not expected any. In her sulky moods Mrs. Coombe often went for days without speaking to her step-daughter.
The hostess refrained from giving her opinion, but she busied herself with unpinning the rusty black plush cape that the widow had donned when she began her journey to new surroundings. Being quite rested by this time, Sary gripped a hold on each arm of the rocker and managed to hoist her bulky form out from the too close embrace of the senseless wooden arms.
Shongut made a great show of dragging the room's furniture back into place; unpinning the lace curtains and draping them carefully in their folds; drawing chairs across the carpet until the casters squealed; uncovering the piano. At the business of dusting the mantelpiece she lingered, stealing furtive glances through its mirror.
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