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You should observe, too, that you were in the dark night, and somewhat dazzled by the lamps, and that the sudden stopping of the mail had jolted you. In such circumstances a man may miss, ay, even with a blunder-buss, and no blame attach to his marksmanship. . . . There was a wine-seller's shop, as you went down to the river in the city of the Anti-popes. They called the wine-seller Paradou.
You should observe, too, that you were in the dark night, and somewhat dazzled by the lamps, and that the sudden stopping of the mail had jolted you. In such circumstances a man may miss, ay, even with a blunderbuss, and no blame attach to his marksmanship." ... There was a wine-seller's shop, as you went down to the river in the city of the Anti-popes. They called the wine-seller Paradou.
It was the first time Ballantrae had visited that wine-seller's, the first time he had seen the wife; and his eyes were true to her. "I perceive your reason for carrying me to this very draughty tavern," he said at last. "I believe it is propinquity," returned Balmile. "You play dark," said Ballantrae, "but have a care! Be more frank with me, or I will cut you out.
"It is I, Annina," returned Gino, who was not an unfrequent applicant for admission at that private portal. "Open the door, girl, for I have come on a matter of pressing haste." Annina complied, though not without making sure that her suitor was alone. "Thou art come unseasonably, Gino," said the wine-seller's daughter; "I was about to go to St. Mark's to breathe the evening air.
He had his secret wishes and limited ambition, like other men, and among the strongest of the former, was the desire to stand well in the favor of the wine-seller's daughter.
It was the first time Ballantrae had visited that wine-seller's, the first time he had seen the wife; and his eyes were true to her. 'I perceive your reason for carrying me to this very draughty tavern, he said at last. 'I believe it is propinquity, returned Balmile. 'You play dark, said Ballantrae, 'but have a care! Be more frank with me, or I will cut you out.
But something in the absolutely gratuitous nature of Stefanone's advice moved his suspicions. He saw, with his intimate knowledge of the Roman peasant's character, the whole process of the old wine-seller's mind, if only, in the first place, the fellow had the desire to harass Dalrymple. That being granted, the rest was plain enough.
The glance which the wine-seller's daughter threw at her cousin, was such as the treacherous serpent casts at the bird; but preserving her self-possession she added "Not to my favor; it would sicken me to hear words of favor from such as they!" "They are not thy friends, Annina." "Perhaps they told thee, child, that I was in the employment of the council?" "Indeed they did." "No wonder.
Jeanty Sarre showed him how to load a gun. "They take their meals at a wine-seller's at the corner, and they warm themselves there. It is very cold. The wine-seller says, 'Those who are hungry, go and eat. A combatant asked him, 'Who pays? 'Death, was the answer. And in truth some hours afterwards he had received seventeen bayonet thrusts.
On the 10th November 1749 there sat two of the foreign gentlemen in the wine-seller's shop. They were both handsome men of a good presence, richly dressed. The first was swarthy and long and lean, with an alert, black look, and a mole upon his cheek. The other was more fair. He seemed very easy and sedate, and a little melancholy for so young a man, but his smile was charming.
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