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Page 269 - Let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men ; for they are severe and cruel judges of each other.
Page 342 - ... upon her. Mr. Oliver, to whom her business had taken her, had shown a very kindly interest in her. She had thought of trying to let him know of her plight. But a remembrance of the peril that any intercepted communication of hers might bring upon him had checked her. She would bear her own burden. " My lovers and my friends hast thou put away from me and removed mine acquaintance out of my sight," she had murmured to herself with a fantastic smile.
Page 206 - Oh, crowning indignity ! when he too snubbed the fair devotee, advising her to try to see things from a less self-absorbed point of view, and to strive to be more helpful to others, more considerate of their probable troubles. After this downfall, only one person remained to whom to turn for reinstatement in her own self-importance, and this was Arthur. She had been inclined to think rather more respectfully of him since she had heard that he was Major Warwick's cousin, and so belonged to a family...
Page 10 - What does it matter ! I daresay that they are both equally nice," Mrs. Castelle responded somewhat languidly. The other looked at her sharply, as though guessing at her humour. " Well, we'll see what your husband says ;" then, as though in an afterthought, " And oh, Nettie, I do hate to sponge on you again when you've been so good to me, but that awful Madame Papillion won't wait any longer — and she really has robbed me so ! Do you think you couldlet me have five hundred dollars or so, until I...
Page 352 - An involuntary laugh broke from Antoinette, but she persisted, — " I won't have you run any risks for me." " What risks can come to a British subject ? " he protested stoutly. Then more gravely, — " Obedience to our wishes is what you owe to those who are doing their best to save you." The new sternness in his voice seemed to startle her. "Does Mr. Oliver want me to do it?
Page 288 - Hewitt, who, as if in answer to a spoken summons, rose, and coming forward, knelt by him. The languid calm that was all but superciliousness in Hewitt's usual bearing was changed into an almost womanly tenderness, as he bent over his captain. The sailors had sometimes talked of there being some old tie between the two, and of having sometimes, when they had thought themselves alone, heard them call each other "Arthur...
Page 288 - As she crouched beside him, a deep sob broke from her. " Arthur ! Arthur ! " she breathed in a passion of pitying tenderness. " You must live ! You must not die!" It seemed as though even this were too much for his weakness. A frown of weariness came upon Arthur's face, and he turned his eyes away from the weeping woman beside him, as though in search of someone else. His eyes wandered, until their...
Page 189 - Yes, and very humbled and ashamed of myself," she smiled back ; " so that you must forgive me. But please let us leave all that horrid time alone. There is so much that I want to know. Hattie and the doctor were perfect dragons and wouldn't tell me a thing for fear of exciting me. Do tell me all about your journey and if the steamer attempt was successful. I have wondered so often, and I do want to know if anything had been heard of the Night-hawk yet. Surely she ought to be due about now. And the...
Page 97 - But Warwick, stretching out his long legs, answered coolly : " Now, I am afraid that my new friendship hardly runs to such quixotism as that would be. 'J'y suis, fy resfe,' as MacMahon said. May not I wait here until he is clever enough to find you out for himself ? " Hiding her impatience as best she might, Antoinette yielded; but the minutes seemed endless, before the music began and Arthur appeared, " Take me somewhere where we can talk," she demanded, when Warwick had turned reluctantly away.
Page 227 - Arthur's contempt, bearing his chershed family name as a covering to her own tarnished one. What did she owe to Arthur that she should abandon all this at his order ? What did she owe to the country whose men and women had just shown her how little they valued her self-sacrificing labours? To be cherished and cared for once more in a safe haven instead of drifting on a solitary derelict of stormy seas! The impulse to...