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Thus it was with Isaura, and not till Rameau's voice had ceased did that dream pass away, and with a slight shiver she turned her face towards the wooer sadly and pityingly. "It cannot be," she said, in a low whisper; "I were not worthy of your love could I accept it. Forget that you have so spoken; let me still be a friend admiring your genius, interested in your career. I cannot be more.
In those far-off days the idle, gay, well-dressed young gambler was always a girl's first and often most successful wooer, but at La Tapera the young lovers had to reckon with one who, incredible as it seemed in a gaucho, hated gambling and kept a hostile and rather terrifying eye on their approaches.
I " answered Bud, glancing about him, as if seeking some way to escape. "You're looking mighty pale are you sick?" persisted the girl. "Slim Hoover he's back " Bud could scarcely speak. His throat was parched. Beads of perspiration stood on his forehead. "What!" cried Polly joyfully. "Is Jack with him?" "Listen here," exclaimed the young wooer.
Though both of them were well on in life, the news of their engagement made little of a sensation. The widow was still fair; the wooer was quiet, refined, and courtly, and the union of their fortunes would assure a competence for the years that might be left to them. The church of St.
But, if your surmises be just, you must have been a very rude wooer to the high-born lady you aspired to win." "Not so; but perhaps an unwelcome one. If she has indeed fled from me, need I say that my suit will be withdrawn at once? I am not a selfish lover, Lord L'Estrange." "Nor I a vindictive man.
Monsieur Vasse, the Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce, Madame Tellier's regular but Platonic wooer, was talking to her in a corner in a low voice, and they were both smiling, as if they were about to come to an understanding. Monsieur Poulin, the ex-mayor, was talking to Rosa, and she was running her hands through the old gentleman's white whiskers.
Sometimes the place-name, illustrated in the last line quoted, is definite: "There was twa sisters in a bower, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, There was twa sisters in a bower, Stirling for aye There was twa sisters in a bower, There came a knight to be their wooer, Bonny Saint Johnston stands upon Tay."
Our son-in-law must be a rich man, in order to be able to give his new title consideration; and, fortunately, the wooer of my daughter's hand possesses this qualification, and therefore we have given our consent. The king has approved our choice, and permits the rich banker Ludwig Ebenstreit to become our son-in-law, and take our name.
Colombe of Ravestein is offered on the one hand the restoration of her forfeited Duchy, the prospective rank of Empress and partnership with a man, who, if he cannot give love, is yet no ignoble wooer, a man of honour, of intellect, and of high ambition; on the other hand pleads the advocate of Cleves, a nameless provincial, past his days of youth, lean and somewhat worn, and burdened with the griefs and wrongs of his townsfolk.
The king was more angry than ever when he received this message, and ordered his guards to go at once to the palace and put the successful wooer to death; but the princess threw herself between him and his murderers. 'Lay a finger on him, and I shall be dead before sunset, said she; and as they saw that she meant it, they left the palace, and carried the tale to her father.
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