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He held it in a close grasp and looked into her face again, she meanwhile watching her hand amusedly, as though it were something apart from herself, a sort of distant possession, for which she was in no wise responsible. “I feel that you belong to me,” he said boldly looking into her eyes with a languishing gaze. “I have known it from the first moment.”
I always think of that hat!" And she lifted her fine chin and laughed amusedly. "That hat," Jimmy expostulated, "was bought in the best shop on Fifth avenue and the girl that sold it to me put it on to show me how well it looked."
Una, after a moment of uncertainty, became strangely composed. "It is a beautiful spot. No one is in sight," Marcia went on amusedly. "The girl ventures further, and finds the beautiful young man catching trout. She talks to him. I think he is amused at her temerity, also perhaps a little flattered at her marks of confidence " "Marcia!"
"What a pair of leg-pullers you are!" chuckled Tony, assuming the whole thing was a jest. "Half the men one meets are in love with Myra, but I refuse to believe she is afraid of any of them." "Ah, but she is afraid of me, my dear Standish, and you should realise I am your most dangerous rival," Don Carlos said gravely, and again Tony chuckled amusedly.
"I'm higher than a Colonel," said the General, amusedly, and opening his overcoat a little farther. "Excuse us, General," they all murmured, rising to their feet, and taking the position of a soldier. "You don't command our brigade, do you?" said Shorty, trying to get a better view of his face. "I command this brigade, and several others," said the General, smilingly enjoying their confusion.
Why, I wouldn't be surprised if he'd even let one of you girls marry him if he wanted to marry you." "We'd have something to say about that," Carolina laughed, amusedly. "Do you think that Hope or I could ever care for a man like this fellow? Of course not. This Altacoola business must go through right. It would be too cruel not to have it so. And then "
Meanwhile, the worthy dame who had dosed him was out in her carriage, busy paying visits to distinguished ladies of the great world, with the best of excuses for an early call, which was gossip to impart, such as the Countess of Ormont had not yet thought of mentioning; and two or three of them were rather amusedly interested to hear that Lord Ormont had engaged a handsome young secretary, "under the patronage of Lady Charlotte Eglett, devoted to sports of all kinds, immensely favoured by both."
She walked home in a pleasantly contemplative state of mind through a field of daisies, and had just arrived at the hedge m front of the Brackens when the sound of hoofs behind her caused her to turn. Mr. Trixton Brent, very firmly astride of a restive, flea-bitten polo pony, surveyed her amusedly. "Where have you been?" said he. "To church," replied Honora, demurely.
The child was silent, and Sosthène laughed a little as he said privately in English, which tongue his exceptional thrift had put him in possession of: "Aw, naw!" he shook his head amusedly "he dawn't like hoss. Go to put him on hoss, he kick like a frog. Yass; squeal wuss'n a pig. But still, sem time, you know, he ain't no coward; git mad in minute; fight like little ole ram.
He bore, without murmur, her growling assaults on his food; amusedly standing aside while she annexed his supper's choicest bits. He endured, too, her occasional flurries of hot temper; and made no protest when Lady chose to wreak some grievance against life by flying at him with bristling ruff and jaws asnarl.
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