You have no knowledge of me. You are to be pitied.''Envied, more like,' said his undutiful son.
I see, agreed Rule. You are going to be the Sacrifice.She looked up at him rather shyly. It c-can't signify to you, can it? Except that I know I'm not a Beauty, like L-Lizzie. But I have got the Nose,...
Yes, darling, that is quite a nice frock, but the hankerchief is not only the wrong shade of grey, but quite damnably tied. Let me show you, my sweet.
Yes, but if you cannot clear your name, what then are we to do? she demanded.Forget we ever met! said Ludovic with a groan.This Spartan resolve did not commend itself to Eustacie at all. Two large tea...
Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, whe...
Bouncer, recognizing a well-wisher, got up, and thrust his cold, wet nose under her hand, assuming as he did so the soulful expression of a dog who takes but a benevolent interest in cats, livestock,...
Yes, Nicky, but you think I know everything because I never tell you anything I am not quite certain of
Well, I can understand that that must be very comfortable, for if you don't care for anybody or anything you can't be cast into dejection, or become sick with apprehension, or even get into high fidge...
Well, have you a tongue in your head?’ ‘I have,’ responded Hugo, ‘but I was never one to give my head for washing.’ ‘You’re not such a fool as you look,’ commented his lordship.
Well, it was sufficient to explain it all to me,’ Carlyon admitted. ‘Once a performing bear had entered Nicky’s orbit the rest was inevitable.
When I wasn’t trying to swallow something that no one is ever going to make me believe wasn’t drained off from the kennels, I was sitting watching your aunt knot a fringe in the most uncomfortable hol...
Vicky had enlivened the Sabbath by coming down to breakfast in abbreviated tennis-shorts, and a sleeveless shirt.
Meg, as good-natured as her mother and brother, would have been amiable to anyone for whom her kindness had been solicited. Had she found herself confronted by a dazzling blonde she would not have spu...
Nothing more likely,"said Hannasyde. "I've got to try and rattle him.""It's him that'll do the rattling,"said the Sergeant darkly. "he's the nearest thing to a snake I've seen outside of the Zoo.
Miss Darracott, an intelligent girl, now perceived that in harboring for as much as an instant the notion of marrying a man who fell so lamentably short of the ideal lover she was an irreclaimable nin...
Finding that she was determined to get to the bottom of what seemed to him a very trivial affair, extricated himself without hesitation or compunction by advising her to apply to Vincent for informati...
You see, I am not pretty, not in the least, never was, and so I have to be odd. Nothing for it! It answers delightfully.
You asked me for a rhyme, De Vangrisse reminded him.So I did! A rhyme for tout and fou, and you gave me chou!Whereupon you threw your wig at me, and I fled.
Will you go with me to Wells, ma’am, or will you not?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ said Abby meekly. ‘If you are quite sure you wouldn’t prefer Miss Butterbank’s company to mine!’ The carriage had drawn up in front o...
Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?Not such a waste of time as talking to you!
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