Edith's words, when she had given her the phial, " that there was enough there to kill," suddenly occurred to her — and then, too, came, with a dreadful distinctness, the remembrance of the true directions which Edith had given. " Oh, I have murdered... The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat Tyler - Page 64by Mrs. O'Neill - 1833 - 369 pagesFull view - About this book
| English fiction - 1834 - 672 pages
...the mouth opened, and displayed a tongue discoloured and swollen — then came a writhing and heavmg of the body, and a low, agonized moan : and, as Mary...he looked at the babe : " Mary, how is this ?" " Oh ! do n't ask me ; but go for Master Calverley. For God's sake, do not stand as if you were bewitched... | |
| Mrs. O'Neill - Great Britain - 1835 - 214 pages
...mistress returned, and as the child was getting worse every moment, she leaned back its head, and, farcin" open its mouth, compelled the patient, though with...looked at the babe : % " Mary, how is this ?" " Oh ! do n't ask me ; but go for Master Calverley. For God's sake, do not stand as if you were bewitched... | |
| Mrs. O'Neill - Great Britain - 1835 - 500 pages
...muscles relaxed, and for a minute the child lay motionless in her lap; but in an instant after, Mery could scarcely suppress a shriek at the horrid sight...sight of the gasping infant. At this instant, the dooropened; Mary looked up fearfully — it was her husband. "Oh,Byles! Byles ! look at this child... | |
| Emma Leslie - 1880 - 374 pages
...two frightened ladies ; for Dame Mary was frightened, and could not conceal it, while Lucy covered her face with her hands to shut out the sight of the shrieking, grinning, yelling crowd that surrounded them. Some of their friends saw their peril from... | |
| Mabel Louise Fuller - 1889 - 292 pages
...apparently did not hear her. " Your proofs," he said again slowly. " You shall have them." She covered her face with her hands, to shut out the sight of the ominous calmness of those brown eyes. "Swear it?" said Paul. " I swear it." Remington released his... | |
| 1899 - 712 pages
...space Mme. de Rabutin appeared, in her light mousseline gown ; with a childish movement, she covered her face with her hands to shut out the sight of the flames, which in another moment enwrapped her in their fierce embrace. A crash : the front of the wooden... | |
| Charles Garvice - 1899 - 386 pages
...sense of her loss struck her like the stab of a knife, and with a cry of " Rath! Rath!" she covered her face with her hands to shut out the sight of the storm. And even at that moment it was not the dread of death that terrified her, but the loss of Rath,... | |
| Francis Lynde - Railroad stories - 1910 - 446 pages
...with you. Blaze away, if that's what you want to do." The horror-stricken watcher at the door covered her face with her hands to shut out the sight of the murder. It was not until Lidgerwood's voice, calm and even-toned and taunting, broke the silence that... | |
| Clarence Budington Kelland - 1924 - 388 pages
...said in a low voice. "I should have thought of — this. ... I should have known. . . ." She covered her face with her hands to shut out the sight of the man — the father of the one she loved — who would become her own fatherin-law and the grandfather... | |
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