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“Unfortunately there is the same difficulty as stands in the way of my going to Egypt.” “And may I inquire vat zat is?” “To tell you the truth,” replied Mr Bunker, with an air of reluctant candour, “my funds are rather low. I had trusted to finding my father at home, but as he isn’t, why——” he shrugged his shoulders and threw himself back in his chair.
You say le Petit Caporal is on board?" "No, no," cried Uncle Paul; "I didn't say so." "No, sare; you think so, and zat is it. He has escape himself from ze place where you English shot him up safe, and he come in zat sheep to burn down ze town. But ah-h-h, again they will sink him. Faith of a man, no!" he cried angrily, for there was a shot from another battery, this time nearer the harbour mouth.
And the great Careni-Amori she get up and say she would die for Mr. Percivail because he is such a gentleman, and two of those nurses at the same time cry out that he ought to be in the hospital because he is so worn-out working for other people zat he can hardly drag his poor feet around. And so it goes. Miss Clinton has departed, her chin in the air. But she does not deceive me.
Always I dance for one person in my audience. I pick him out, sometimes it is a she, and zen I try only to please zat one person. I make him to feel he is the one I am dancing for, zat he is all alone in the great big hall, all alone with me.
So as soon as night had darkened, they repaired to the tent of that witch, Zat al-Dawahi; and, seeing her standing to pray, they drew near her and fell a weeping for pity of her; but she paid no heed to them till midnight was past, when she ended her orisons by pronouncing the salutation.
Mr Bunker, however, continued cheerfully, “We are just going to have a smoking concert. Will you begin, Baron?” “I know not English songs,” replied the Baron, “bot I should like moch to hear.” “You must join in the chorus, then.” “Certainly, Bonker. I haf a voice zat is considered—vat you call—deafening, yes?—in ze chorus.”
“I suppose,” said the Baron, “zat vile you haf been avay your frients have forgot you.” As he spoke a young man looked hard at Mr Bunker, and even made a movement as though he would stop and speak to him. Mr Bunker looked blandly through him and walked on. “Do you not know zat gentleman?” “Which gentleman?” “Ze young man zat looked so at you.” “Some young men have a way of staring here, Baron.”
When they had come close enough to make us out at all, Kantos Kan's operator received a radio-aerogram, which he immediately handed to my companion. He read the thing and handed it to me. "Kantos Kan:" it read. "Surrender, in the name of the Jeddak of Helium, for you cannot escape," and it was signed, "Zat Arras."
He walked to the very center of the room, and looked about him, studying all their faces. It was as if he were a central pivot and their destinies revolved around him. They had no idea what he would say next, and they hung on his words. "And now for business," Lopez said. "And remember zat he what tells a lie shall be right away shotted." In his excitement he lost the little English he had.
We pay for him a sossand pound a lash. You can afford zat? It is a luxury like anozer. It is not for me." "How long are we to trust the villain?" said Mr. Pole. "If we trust him at all, mind! I don't say I do, or will." "Ze money is locked up for a year, my friend. So soon we get it, so soon he goes, from ze toe off." Mr.
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