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A picture rose in her mind of Sebert's dream-lady, passing her waiting-time among soft-voiced maids, and her heart turned sick within her. It was little time that the pack gave her for revery, however; now it was Edric Jarl of whom they wanted to hear.
The patio was swept clean of dust and footprints, and the peons scarce dared to cross it in their scurrying errands hither and thither. In the orchard many caballeros fresh from the rodeo were camped, their waiting-time spent chiefly in talking of the thing they meant to do or hoped to see, while they polished spur-shanks and bridle trimmings.
That and other arguments contained in the same letter, aided by inducements of a different sort, to be presently referred to, had partial effect. A small portion of the prize-money and wages due to the squadron was issued, and Lord Cochrane remained for another year in the service of Brazil. His weary waiting-time at Rio de Janeiro, however, extending over nearly nine months, was almost at an end.
Facing, in this waiting-time of quiet, certain responsibilities, it was impressed upon him that the collecting of bric-a-brac was scarcely an occupation, and that idling in clubs and studios and dangling about at the beck of society women was scarcely a career that could save him from ultimate ennui.
Lincoln Chosen President The Election of 1860 The Waiting-time at Springfield A Deluge of Visitors Various Impressions of the President-elect Some Queer Callers Looking over the Situation with Friends Talks about the Cabinet Thurlow Weed's Visit to Springfield The Serious Aspect of National Affairs The South in Rebellion Treason at the National Capital Lincoln's Farewell Visit to his Mother The Old Sign, "Lincoln & Herndon" The Last Day at Springfield Farewell Speech to Friends and Neighbors Off for the Capital The Journey to Washington Receptions and Speeches along the Route At Cincinnati: A Hitherto Unpublished Speech by Lincoln At Cleveland: Personal Descriptions of Mr. and Mrs.
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