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Certainly not to her mother, who possessed in its perfection, the household art of misinterpreting everything. Margaret had tried to love her. But perhaps any affection is a habit when it does not happen to be an instinct. The habit had never been formed, the instinct had been repressed. Always her mother had treated her with that indulgence which is as empty as an unfilled grate.
Then he came round to my side of the table and stood over me again. "'If nothing else will satisfy you that you are entirely misinterpreting my motives, he said, 'and that I haven't an idea of blaming you in the matter read this. "He took a paper from the breast-pocket of his coat, and spread it open under my eyes. It was the Narrative of Armadale's Dream.
"I should like to play about the streets all day," said Henry, roguishly, misinterpreting the word "play." "I think you would get tired of it. What is your name, my boy?" "Filippo." "And what is the name of your friend?" "Giacomo." "Did you never go to school?" Phil shook his head. "Would you like to go?" "Yes, sir." "You would like it better than wandering about the streets all day?" "Yes, sir."
He took a long look through a loop-hole towards the spring, and Henry, misinterpreting his silence, said: "Don't think I want to desert you, sir, and skip the ranch. I'll stay here and do my best with the others, but I thought, perhaps, if I could do it, I might save you all." "God bless ye, my boy; nobody can doubt yer fightin' 'bility; yer was born a soldier.
It was characteristic of the man that he did not mumble the conventional regrets over the defection of her husband; on the contrary, he did not hesitate to express his pleasure. "That's nice!" was his rather startling comment to which, however, she took no exception, mischievously misinterpreting the reference of his words. "Yes, I know you enjoy those hunting trips," she said demurely, "and Mr.
When he could stamp down his heat of feeling and let his intelligence have a moment's play, he was perfectly capable of seeing that he might be misinterpreting everything he had observed. For instance, that evening over the photograph-album with her betrayal of some strong feeling of distaste for the place near Rome.
Lady Jane, turning back, saw his lordship's look; and now, convinced that Caroline was to blame for all, reproached herself for misinterpreting his words and manner. "Well, my lord," cried she, "you will not be in such haste to set out for Tunbridge, I am sure, as to go before you hear from me in the morning. Perhaps I may trouble your lordship with some commands."
No she had not been so much embarrassed as I had supposed. My imagination had got started on the wrong scent, and that is always hopeless; one is sure, then, to go straight on misinterpreting everything, clear through to the end. The young lady with her imperial Majesty was a maid of honor and I had been taking her for one of her boarders, all the time.
Lady Lawless followed Mr. Vandewaters's glance, and saw, passing on her husband's arm, a tall, fascinating girl. She smiled meaningly to herself, as she sent a quick quizzical look at the American, and said, purposely misinterpreting his exclamation: "I am not envious, Mr. Vandewaters." "Of course not. That's a commoner thing with us than with you.
The groom of the chambers, misinterpreting the man's queer English, and thinking the matter urgent the note was marked "immediate" had sent him after the ladies to Heribert Street. The man was soon feed and dismissed, and Miss Le Breton took the letter back to the drawing-room. So, after all, he had not failed; there on her lap was her daily letter.
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