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The prince, seemingly acquiescent, but with a dangerous glitter in his eyes, moved toward the telephone. "One moment!" The nobleman stopped with his hand near a receiver. His fingers trembled. "You will speak in French. A syllable of Russian, just one, and " Mr. Heatherbloom's expression left no doubt as to his meaning. "Dog!" His excellency's swollen face became the hue of paper.
It's cruelty to animals. She'll be frost-bit. What are you in such a fever about anyway? Has that Monte Cristo strike proved up?" "I don't know, Shorty. But I want you to do me a favor." "Sure," Shorty said gallantly, immediately appeased and acquiescent. "What is it? Let her rip. Me for you." "I want you to buy eggs for me " "Sure, an' Floridy water an' talcum powder, if you say the word.
Instead, even though they do not know how to go about it, they feel more and more that there is something they need to do to give themselves a fair chance of achieving success. A mere acquiescent waiting for Fate to come and lead them into paradise is contrary to their spirit.
GASPAR Ruiz, condemned to death as a deserter, was not thinking either of his native place or of his parents, to whom he had been a good son on account of the mildness of his character and the great strength of his limbs. The practical advantage of this last was made still more valuable to his father by his obedient disposition. Gaspar Ruiz had an acquiescent soul.
He had already assumed an air of unconscious command, which was probably habitual with him, as if there were no question between them as to who was the stronger man. Cornish sat, pleasantly silent and acquiescent, but he felt in no way dominated. It is one thing to assume authority, and another to possess it. "I have a little laboratory in the factory where I usually work, but not at night.
Eldon always practised most reserve when her surprise was greatest an excellent rule, by-the-by, for general observation. She looked at her son with a half-smile of wonder, but only said 'Indeed? 'I had made his acquaintance before his coming to Wanley, Hubert explained. His mother just bent her head, acquiescent. And with that their conversation on the subject ended.
The remark was enigmatic, but his parents seemed to understand what Foy meant; at least it was followed by an uncomfortable and acquiescent silence. Just then Adrian came in, and as we have not seen him since, some four and twenty years ago, he made his entry into the world on the secret island in the Haarlemer Meer, here it may be as well to describe his appearance.
Suddenly there loomed into sight on the political horizon, and came bearing down on Lyons under full sail, Elton's bill for the consolidation of the gas companies. The Benham Sentinel had not been one of the promoters of Lyons's senatorial canvass, but it had not espoused the cause of any of his competitors, and latterly had referred in acquiescent terms to his election as a foregone conclusion.
She would have carried Ethel with her, but that the poor Baronet with cries and moans insisted on retaining his nurse, and Ethel's grandmother was left to undertake this mission by herself, the girl remaining behind acquiescent, not unwilling, owning openly a great regard and esteem for Kew, and the wrong which she had done him, feeling secretly a sentiment which she had best smother.
Karen's gaze followed hers, cogitating but not acquiescent. "But you see, Tante," she remarked, "these are things that Gregory has lived with. And I like them so, too. I should not like them changed." "But they are not things that you have lived with, parbleu!" said Madame von Marwitz laughing gently.
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