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Nadine assumed her duties at once, and the first thing which she did was to order the slim creature about, scarcely giving her a moment's rest. Nadine had always heard that this was the way paid nurses invariably did. She took every opportunity to consult Doctor Kendal and waylay him for long chats.
Besides, they were not sure that the band now assailing them would not be followed by others that would waylay their messenger; but they hoped that their shouts and the sound of the firing would arouse the inhabitants of the sleeping town. The Marquis fought with the desperation of a man who is defending his outraged fireside, and Philip struggled with the energy of despair.
Afterwards it turned out that the message announcing my arrival a day ahead of the time agreed upon was never delivered." "Sprouse's fine work, I suppose," put in Barnes. "I haven't the remotest doubt. Nor do I doubt that he intended to waylay me at some point along the road.
At the cafe, in answer to inquiries of the waitress, made after surmounting unspeakable repugnance, Lucien heard that Finot had just left the place. Lucien, at length tired out, began to regard Finot as a mythical and fabulous character; it appeared simpler to waylay Etienne Lousteau at Flicoteaux's.
The King had received advice of a convoy of provisions which was to come to the enemy's camp from the Upper Palatinate, and having a great mind to surprise them, he commanded us to waylay them with 1200 horse, and 800 dragoons.
There is nothing so reliable as the unexpected, nothing so desperately uncertain as a thing assured. I warn you that I shall lay all manner of traps, waylay your messengers, bribe them. I shall find out where you live. The rest will be simple. She replied: I have no desire to alleviate your confessed boredom. Your persistence would be praiseworthy if well directed.
Though they receive a visitor kindly at their tents and treat him very hospitably during his stay yet it is very probable they will despatch some young men to waylay and rob him in going towards the post: indeed all the traders assured us it was more necessary to be vigilantly on our guard on the occasion of a visit to them than at any other time.
"It cannot be that; if they had desired your death, they would have hired assassins to waylay you." Yet I knew that he was right. The strange request that Mlle. d'Arency had made of me in the church was now explained. A kind of smile appeared, for a moment, on De Noyard's face, struggling with his expression of weakness and pain.
Everybody's coming back. Tony is lunching with me at Boyden's right away, and I'll see that she has her hands full until it is time for the concert. You warn Miss Carlotta, so she'll be on guard after I surrender her. I'm afraid you will have to tell your uncle." "I will. Trot on, old man, and waylay Tony. I'll make a mess of things sure as preaching if I run into her now."
Here truly lay before him the romance of the nations. The sound of a stealthy footfall warned him of impending danger. He whirled, and faced three men who were advancing on him. A vague suspicion that had oppressed him more than once in the past week leaped to definite conviction in his brain. He was the victim of a plot to waylay perhaps to murder him.
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