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But it was funny about Rosalie and Hattie; she was smiling again, and she felt patronisingly superior to them both. Miss MacLauren was still feeling her superiority as she went to school the next morning. It made her pleased with herself. It was a frosty morning; she drew long breaths, she felt buoyant, and scarcely conscious of the pavements under her feet.
Margot felt that for one evening she had heard as much as she cared for about Mr Macalister, and headed the subject in the desired direction with unflinching determination. "The Mr Elgood who took the head of the table seems very agreeable." "Oh ay, he's a friendly wee body!" Mrs Macalister allowed, patronisingly.
Going to the end of the passage, he ordered that imp to "come aloft." Gillie appeared in a few seconds, nodded patronisingly to old Mrs Roby, hoped she was salubrious, and demanded to know what was up. "My lad," said the Captain and as he spoke, the urchin assumed an awful look of mock solemnity. "I want to know if you think you could behave yourself if you was to try?"
"Order, order! Put 'im out!" from several of the members. "Any'ow, 'e's wanted by some one on very partikler business," growled the irreverent member, and the secretary made his way to the door. "W'y, Tottie!" exclaimed Pax, taking both the child's hands patronisingly in his, "what brings you here?"
"Well, thou art a good little demon, and shalt have good pay," said Spini, patronisingly; whereupon he thought it only natural that the useful Greek adventurer should smile with gratification as he said "Of course, any advantage to me depends entirely on your "
I shall also see that at the end of the nine months the Bar L-M is mine and that we have the water for Dry Valley." Hume laughed. Without again looking toward Conway he stooped, picked up the gauntlets he had let fall, and turned to the door. "You are nobody's fool, Leland," he said patronisingly. "You are taking a chance in freezing Red Shandon out but the law can't go after you.
He had a keen sight for the breach in his opponent's armour. 'You have put your case well, said the Spaniard patronisingly, 'and I do not see why, at the end of a week, I should not agree to your proposal. It is, as you say, for the sake of a woman. 'Precisely. Larralde leant back in his chair, remembering the legendary gallantry of his race, and wearing an appropriate expression.
As for the older generation, some spoke patronisingly, as if they wished to convey that the deed was nothing more than they could easily have achieved, and in fact ended by talking so much that they persuaded themselves, to their own satisfaction, that they were in the habit in their younger days of doing things of the kind not less infrequently than once a week.
Pillingshot sighed resignedly, and produced an envelope. From this he poured some dried mud. "Here, steady on with my table-cloth," said Scott. "What's this?" "Mud." "What about it?" "Where do you think it came from?" "How should I know? Road, I suppose." Pillingshot smiled faintly. "Eighteen different kinds of mud about here," he said patronisingly.
Ida looked on indulgently and smiled at her patronisingly, as though Noreen's little personal triumph were due to her. Noreen slept soundly that night, and although she had meant to get up early and see Kinchinjunga and the snows when the sun rose, it was late when her hostess came to her room. After breakfast Ida took her out shopping.
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