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His face was flushed with the exertion of pulling on his tight boots, and his lordship felt the creases the hooks had left as he shook him by the hand. 'Well, Springey, said he, 'I was just asking your wife after the new babby. 'Oh, thank you, my lord, replied Springey, with a shake of his curly head; 'thank you, my lord; no new babbies, my lord, with wheat below forty, my lord.
On the railway station at Flushing a telegram was handed to Rivière the reply to a telegram of inquiry sent by him from London. It was from Elaine herself: "Operation well over. Doctor hopeful. Little pain. Glad when you are back," it ran, and he had almost worn through its creases, by reason of folding and unfolding, before he fell asleep that night in the train for Wiesbaden.
The baby had, in reality, grown to be a beauty among babies. All the inflamed red and aged puckers and creases had disappeared; instead of that was the sweetest flush, like that of just-opened rosebuds. Evelyn was a compact little baby, fat, but not overlapping and grossly fat.
Nan and Agatha, you have the strongest arms, go over there and pull as hard as you can, while Elsie and I push towards you." No sooner said than done. Maud and Elsie went down on their knees, and travelled slowly across the floor, pushing infinitesimal creases before them, while the others pulled and strained to make the most of the advantage thus given.
Jerome describes, with justifiable sarcasm, these moral weaklings, charged with the solemn responsibility of preaching a pure gospel to a dying empire. "Such men think of nothing but their dress; they use perfumes freely, and see that there are no creases in their leather shoes.
I want to see it. Who did it?" He pushed back the sleeve, and stood analyzing the bruised shoulder and arm. "Who did it?" he persisted, drawing a quick, sharp breath. "Dominie Graves," muttered the girl. "What!" Two deep creases marked the fine brow. "He licked me," reiterated Tess, with an indifferent droop to her lids. "He had a right. I were a-stealin'." "Tessibel! Tessibel! Look at me."
He knelt down again and swiftly completed the bandaging of the cut on the pony's near fore. As he rode round the corner of the hotel to reach Main Street he saw Luke Tweezy single-footing into town from the south. The powdery dust of the trail filled in and overlaid the lines and creases of Luke Tweezy's foxy-nosed and leathery visage.
Mullen's washing day, and her heart rejoiced as she remembered the care with which she had folded the creases. It made no difference, said Mr.
As she spoke thus, she was twisting the bill about in her hands with an embarrassed air, and making creases in it with her nails. Her hard face presented a shade which was not habitual with it, timidity and scruples. To present such a bill to a man who had so completely the air "of a poor wretch" seemed difficult to her. The traveller appeared to be preoccupied and absent-minded. He replied:
She was dressed in white, as always a frock of I know not what supple fabric, that looked as if you might have passed it through your ring, and fell in multitudes of small soft creases. Two big red roses drooped from her bodice.
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