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Then she thought of a small, trivial thing. She tapped on the partition. "Are you hungry?" she called quietly. "Frightfully." "Go and talk to Knollys. He's very nice. He'll find something for you." "N-no. I c-can't," he stammered, frightened immediately. "Then I shall," she said, and, slipping on her dressing-gown, went along to the saloon.
"Please!" "I c-can't help it!" "There's nothing to cry about, really! If we think long enough, we shall find some way out all right. Please don't cry." "I'm not crying!" The choking sound became an unmistakable ripple of mirth. "It's so absurd! Poor father getting up like that in front of everyone! Did you see Aunt Caroline's face?" "It haunts me still," said George. "I shall never forget it.
I-I don't just kn-know how it h-h-happened, it was so blame s-sudden, b-but she 's got her l-l-lasso 'bout me all r-right. But Lord! sh-she 's all fun an' laugh; sh-sh-she don't seem to take n-nothin' serious like, an' you c-can't make much ou-ou-out o' that kind; you n-never know just how to t-take 'em; leastwise, I don't.
The third week in March was the week after town meeting! "M-may be c-can't tell," repeated Eben to himself, unconsciously imitating Jethro's stutter. "Godfrey, I'll hev to git that ticket straight from Amos." Yes, we may have our suspicions. But how can we get a bill on this evidence?
"Yes, its delivery means life or death for Heaven's sake, take me to him!" For a single breathless moment Brown hesitated, his eyes on the girl's upturned face, evidently questioning her real purpose. "I c-can't right n-now, Miss," he finally acknowledged, gravely; "that's s-straight; fer ye s-s-see, he 's down the 'I-I-Independence' shaft."
Mason was as kind as she could be to her, but you know one must feel "blue" at times when one has lost all but one relative in the world, and that one is a dear brother who is way, way off, even if one is surrounded by the kindest friends. So now, tell me, don't you think Letty had something to shed tears about? "I j-just c-can't help it.
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