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Garth murmured his thanks with unusual empressement. Her instant acquiescence had both moved and flattered him; and his hopes rode high. As a matter of fact, she had not even heard his request. She had simply obeyed an impulse, as in most crises of her life; an impulse so peremptory that it seemed almost a command from Beyond. "What song is it to be?"
But Holloway went forward and greeted her with all possible empressement, and the man who was so much his junior felt an awful weight of youth upon him as he saw her led out of his sight. "I think dear Betty will marry Mr. Holloway," her cousin chirped blandly, thus settling her fate forever. "He came over in her party, you know, and—she’s always been fond of him."
It was very dusty and travel-stained, and beside the chauffeur there got out a tall, fair Englishman. The personnel of the hotel came forward to meet him with empressement, and as he passed where Mr. Cloudwater and Mrs. Howard were sitting, they heard him say: "My servant brought the luggage by train this morning, so I suppose the rooms are ready." "They are a wonderful race," Mr.
Hum I hope Lord Oldborough did not conceive that there was any want of empressement on my part I should have been here a full hour sooner, but that my ladies were so late at breakfast after sitting up and I thought your ladies might have been fatigued too but Miss Caroline Percy, I see, fresh as a rose "
"Perfectly, my lord." "Are there any about here?" "I am sorry to say they are everywhere, my lord." Out went Saunders, with his usual graceful empressement, but an internal shrug of his shoulders. He was absent an hour and a half; he then returned with a double expression on his face pride at his success in diving to the very bottom of society, and contempt of what he had fished up thence.
Naturally, the President disliked him, a feeling I cordially shared. But his Excellency's disapproval did not prevent the signorina receiving McGregor with great cordiality, though here again with no more empressement than his position seemed to demand.
He named the time, and then I told him how I had encountered the little brunette, lost her, and found her again, and of her agile leap at the bridge. 'Lively girl! Dave commented. I had told him the story of her agility with some empressement, but he did not seem to see my drift. 'You're sure it's the same who tried to claim the young woman's bag? 'Quite sure from your description. 'Umph! Mine?
Be brave, said I to myself, advance boldly, attack the terrible delightful siren, say "no" to her once, and you will be saved! She entered, and though my knees shuddered as I rose to greet her, my mien was bold and warlike. She warmly squeezed my hand, and I returned the attention with empressement.
Folks must be harder-hearted than I am to resist the empressement, which may, indeed, be venal, yet has in its expression a touch of cordiality.
"I am sorry I was not at the Foreign Office when you called to-day. Welcome back to England, home and beauty." He laughed in a rather mirthless way, but with a certain empressement, conscious, as he always was, of the onlookers. "You have had a busy time in Egypt?" he continued cheerfully, and laughed again.
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