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I shall employ myself as usual, until the opposite party have the power of issuing a legal process of execution against me; and if they are vile enough to avail themselves of it, and to arrest my person, I shall yield myself up with perfect cheerfulness and content of heart. When can they do this?
Restless Jackie, to whom it was torture to sit still so long, was not ready as usual to catch her eye, for he was following with breathless interest, which Patrick shared, the progress of a large black spider towards Fraulein's ungloved hand.
"I'll be back this evening, as usual," said she. Spenser's face became hard and lowering: "You're going to stay here now, or you're not coming back," said he. "You can take your choice. Do you want me to know you've got the soul of a streetwalker?" She stood at the foot of the bed, gazing at the wall above his head.
Well, on this occasion our open-air meeting was in full swing and our usual score of auditors were lined up in the gutters and everywhere to hear. Mr. McBride had announced 'The best Friend to have is Jesus, and was himself swinging his arms and singing lustily, while I played and pumped the panting little instrument and sang as loudly as I could, too.
Ask not the usual questions, Were they born of the same parents, reared together, and under the same tutor; but ask this only, in what they place their real interest whether in outward things or in the Will.
A deeper plunge than usual, a pause for a second, as if everything in the world suddenly stood still, and a great white giant seems to spring upon our weather-bow and to leap on board. We hear the crash and feel the shock, and presently the water comes pouring aft, and Captain Cope calls out to reef topsails, double-reef fore and mizzen, one reef in the main.
Immaculately dressed, as usual, she reclined in a canvas chair with a book, which she had been reading, upon her knee. As Nasmyth approached her he became conscious that she was watching him with a curious expression in her keen, dark eyes. The steamer had dropped anchor in a little land-locked bay, and Nasmyth had just come back in the dinghy, after rowing one or two of the party ashore. Mrs.
When a Mongol sends for a lama or two to read prayers in his tent, the inmates, though present, don't think it necessary to attend much to what is going on. Though they did attend, they would not be able to understand, so talking goes on among them pretty much as usual.
Jim was out when I reached Chelsea, somewhat to my relief; and Mary was alone for once. She welcomed me cordially, as usual, and commended my improved appearance. "I felt upset about you last night, Maurice; you weren't a bit like yourself. And what on earth did you mean in the drawing-room about Anne?" she asked. "Sheer madness," I said, with a laugh.
Davidson was delicate, humane, and regular. "Heyst called you in?" I asked, interested. Yes, Heyst had called him in as he was going by on his usual date. Davidson was examining the shore through his glasses with his unwearied and punctual humanity as he steamed past Samburan. I saw a man in white. It could only have been Heyst.
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