Stories by English Authors, Volumen1C. Scribner's Sons, 1896 - 224 páginas |
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... once , when he brought me a yellow chartreuse , and I said I had ordered green , he re- plied , " No , sir ; you said yellow . " William could never have been guilty of such effrontery . In ap- pearance , of course , he is mean , but I ...
... once , when he brought me a yellow chartreuse , and I said I had ordered green , he re- plied , " No , sir ; you said yellow . " William could never have been guilty of such effrontery . In ap- pearance , of course , he is mean , but I ...
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... once , and his dis- tracted visage was spoiling my dinner . " There , " I said , pointing to the girl , and no doubt would have added that he must bring me coffee immediately , had he continued to listen . But already he was beckoning ...
... once , and his dis- tracted visage was spoiling my dinner . " There , " I said , pointing to the girl , and no doubt would have added that he must bring me coffee immediately , had he continued to listen . But already he was beckoning ...
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... once married , William . was just such a case as yours . " 66 ' She did not get better , sir ? " " No. " My wife - it After a pause he said , " Thank you , sir , " mean- ing for the sympathy that made me tell him that . But it must have ...
... once married , William . was just such a case as yours . " 66 ' She did not get better , sir ? " " No. " My wife - it After a pause he said , " Thank you , sir , " mean- ing for the sympathy that made me tell him that . But it must have ...
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... once , when she shook her head , and then William's face grew white as a napkin . I remember this incident because that night I could not get into a pocket . So badly did I play that the thought of it kept me awake in bed , and that ...
... once , when she shook her head , and then William's face grew white as a napkin . I remember this incident because that night I could not get into a pocket . So badly did I play that the thought of it kept me awake in bed , and that ...
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... once nearly poisoned me by not interfering when I put two lumps of sugar into my coffee instead of one , which is my allowance . But no William came to me to acknowledge his humiliation , and by - and - by I became aware that he was not ...
... once nearly poisoned me by not interfering when I put two lumps of sugar into my coffee instead of one , which is my allowance . But no William came to me to acknowledge his humiliation , and by - and - by I became aware that he was not ...
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ain't Andrea del Sarto answered arms ARTHUR MORRISON asked babby BEATRICE HARRADEN beautiful better Bingo black poodle Bob Ford cheroot child club colonel cried Currie dare dead door dowry Eliphaz eyes face father feel felt Ford Frenchman garden girl Jenny glance gone hair hand head heard heart Helen Stanley ISRAEL ZANGWILL J. M. BARRIE knew laughed Leah Volcovitch Leibel Lilian look lost Lucretius MARIE CORELLI mind Mother Mawks Myddleton Finch never night OMNIBUS once pipe pity poor pounds quiet R. L. Stevenson replied Rose round seemed Shadchan silence Simmons sleep small devil smile sort speak stared street Sugarman sure talk tell thing thou thought told took Travers turned Tweedy's voice waiter Weatherhead West Kensington whispered Wilkie Collins William window woman wonder words
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Página 186 - He merely desired to warn them against pride and despising any of their fellows, not to insist on the actual reason given, which was simply adopted in order to persuade them more easily.
Página 98 - I'll see," said Thomas Simmons in reply, and he made a rush for the staircase. Bob Ford heard him open the front door. Then he went to the window, and, just below him, he saw the crown of a bonnet. It vanished, and borne to him from within the door there fell upon his ear the sound of a well-remembered female voice. " Where ye goin' now with no 'at ?
Página 69 - I saw a certain look in the creature's eyes, as if he were aware that he was required to connive at a fraud, and rather resented it. If he would only be good enough to back me up! Fortunately, however, he was such a perfect facsimile of the outward Bingo that the risk of detection was really inconsiderable. When I got him home I put Bingo's silver collar round his neck, congratulating myself on my forethought in preserving it, and took him in to see my mother. She accepted him as what he seemed without...
Página 54 - I could not grovel to quite such an abject extent. I wondered what the Colonel would say. Simple and hearty as a general rule, he had a hot temper on occasions, and it made me ill as I thought, would he and, worse still, would Lilian believe it was really an accident ? They knew what an interest I had in silencing the deceased poodle — would they believe the simple truth? I vowed that they should believe me. My genuine remorse and the absence of all concealment on my part would speak powerfully...
Página 97 - Anner was this other man's wife, and he was bound in honour to acknowledge the fact. The small devil put it to him as a matter of duty. "Well," said Ford, suddenly, "time's short an' this ain't business. I won't be 'ard on you, matey. I ought prop'ly to stand on my rights, but seein' as you're a well-meaning young man, so to speak, an' all settled an' a-livin' 'ere quiet an' matrimonual, I'll" — this with a burst of generosity — "damme!
Página 72 - I heard Mrs. Currie telling my mother, "how really touching it was to see poor dear Bingo's emotion at seeing all the old familiar objects again ! He went up and sniffed at them all in turn, quite plainly recognizing everything.
Página 61 - Why should they shoot him, Lilian? Tell me that! I — I hope you won't let me hear you talk like that again. You don't think he's shot, eh, Weatherhead?
Página 49 - ... his evil bleared eyes, and deliberating where he would have me when I rose to go. This was the beginning of an intimacy which soon displaced all ceremony. It was very pleasant to go in there after dinner, even to sit with the Colonel over his claret and hear more stories about Bingo, for afterwards I could go into the pretty drawing-room and take my tea from Lilian's hands, and listen while she played Schubert to us in the summer twilight. The poodle was always in the way, to be sure, but even...
Página 70 - Bingo again," she said at once; "and they said such charming things about you, Algy — Lilian particularly; quite affected she seemed, poor child! And they wanted you to go round and dine there and be thanked to-night, but at last I persuaded them to come to us instead. And they're going to bring the dog to make friends. Oh, and I met Frank Travers; he's back from circuit again now, so I asked him in too to meet them!" I drew a deep breath of relief. I had played a desperate game, but I had won!...
Página 48 - I had to endure a long biographical sketch of him, — what a society paper would call an "anecdotal photo," — and each fresh anecdote seemed to me to exhibit the depraved malignity of the beast in a more glaring light, and render the doting admiration of the family more astounding than ever. "Did you tell Mr. Weatherhead, Lily, about Bingo" (Bingo was the poodle's preposterous name) "and Tacks? No? Oh, I must tell him that; it'll make him laugh. Tacks is our gardener down in the village (d