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to have a good idea of time, was employed to strike the
Appiususedsometimebacktorepeatinconversation,andafterwardssaidopenly,eveninthesenate,thatifhewereall ...
tied round the middle. Even here, however, the female love
"Oh,"saidVictoria,"Ihadnomeansofknowing.Mrs.Pomfret,IwanttointroduceMr.Vane,andMissPomfret,Mr.Vane." ...
brilliancy which we watched from beside the fires of our
"Whodoyouwanttosee?"inquiredMr.Crewe,withtheadmirabletactforwhichhewasnoted.Austenlookedathimforthef ...
27th. All that day we rode through wild and most beautiful
Mr.Crewebegan,withnogreatardour,todescantonthetheoryofplanting,andAustenresolvedtoremainpocketedandi ...
their terrible ordeals in the untracked jungle to the south;
Flungbythetwistedthongsofmightyslings.LetsteelshodramorcatapultremoveThischampionofthegate.Nofragile ...
With the Zulus themselves, as distinguished from the Natal
"DoyoubelieveyouandIcouldgetalong,Judge?Howlongdoyouthinkitwouldlast?""I'veconsideredthatsome,"answe ...
ore, and, in their hearts, often enough would like to compel
"ThenIpaidmyvisittoMr.Beverly,butwithnocowhide.'Mr.Beverly,'saidI,'Iwanttoannouncetoyoumyengagementt ...
or station, will not pass as such with them. By a kind
InpersonMr.HilaryVanewastall,withaslightstooptohisshoulders,andheworetheconventionaldouble-breastedb ...
lamp was incapable of penetrating the fog. He groped with
"Why,youlittlegoose,whatcanbewronginit?""Inthefirstplace,Imissgoingtochurchbysettingoutattwo,"saidRu ...
As the reader may be aware, I have availed myself of his
AgainhereyesirresistiblysoughtAusten's,--asthoughtosharewithhimthehumourofthisremark,--andtheylaughe ...
nebulous dealings with the Germans which even in those
TheHonourableHilarygruntedinresponse."Be'nonanotherwildexpedition,Isuppose.""IwentupSawanectostretch ...
this scheme, or whether all the credit of it must be given
"Well,"saidMr.Crewe,"that'ssensible.Butwhatareyougoingtocharge?""Now,"saidAusten,withentiregoodhumou ...
solid wall opened before her; it was another masked door.
Itmustnotbesupposedthatthiswasaffectedallatonce,thoughtheintermediatestageshavebeenpassedover.OnSund ...
the plot to murder us, or whether it was entirely Makurupiji’s
Mr.HumphreyCrewemighthavehad,withKingCharles,thewatchword"Thorough."Hesenttothetownclerkforacheck-li ...
something after the old Greek fashion. Indeed, these Basutos
"Victoria,"saidMrs.Pomfret,inhermostimperialvoice,"weoughttobegoinginstantly,orweshan'thavetimetodro ...