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"Be still now, lad, 'til I have finished my ditty for this worshipful company; then, an't please thee to tell it, I will hear thy tale." The guests, who had looked somewhat sour at the interruption, unpursed their lips, and settled to listen as the minstrel took up his song: Woe, woe is me for the fair ladye, and the poor knight he, The poor knight Ah! cold was he.
"Why," said Dinah, after a long scrutiny, during which she pursed and unpursed her lips half a dozen times at least, "the cards are different, o' course, but they say the same thing dark lady and all and I can't make it other." "So long as you let 'Bias and me run on the same lines, I'm satisfied. Eh, 'Bias?" "But 'tis the same lady!" "Oh! That would alter matters, nat'ch'rally."
But we now know that Captain Nemo doesn't avoid the seas of civilization, and in a few days I think we can safely take action." Ned Land stared at me still more intently and finally unpursed his lips: "We'll do it this evening," he said. I straightened suddenly. I admit that I was less than ready for this announcement. I wanted to reply to the Canadian, but words failed me.
"But I can't plant myself on a lot of perfect strangers." "Don't you know these people?" "Of course I don't. I don't know anybody." I pursed the lips. This did seem to complicate matters somewhat. "All that I know is that their name is Travers, and it's a place called Brinkley Court down in Worcestershire." I unpursed my lips.
Presently her husband left the group and came quickly to her, hands in his pockets as usual, and with his customary expression of unastonishable nonchalance. Still, she saw he had disturbing news, and she rose anxiously to meet him, her sweet blue eyes clouded with the dread she strove to repress. "What is it, Luce?" she asked. The major unpursed his lips and abandoned the attempted whistle.
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