The young Englishman then proceeded to inquire for Richelieu, found he was absent at a small distance from the town, and, having written his name in a book, betook himself to the inn which his travelling-companion had mentioned.
The explanation was somewhat long, and the duchess listened listlessly, sometimes gazing at his face, sometimes looking down at her own beautiful hands and shifting the rings about in an absent manner.
Thus saying, he went into the other room again, was absent a few minutes, and returned with a small packet and a sheet of paper.
We expected something of the kind," rejoined Montagu; "for a personage who had attached himself to my service on the road thought fit to absent himself last night, and we judged he would most likely spread the rumor of my coming.
The monks tasted, at first shyly, and then more boldly; and Edward drew from them the important fact that there were very few brethren in the convent, some of them beingabsent on quete, some on leave.
The man retired and was absent only a few minutes ere he returned with the simple words, "His Eminence cannot be interrupted to-day.
The absent horses, he said, were principally the ones which had been under saddle the day before, and as we both knew, a tired, thirsty horse will go miles for water.
Flood selected a bed ground and camp about a mile out from the river, and those of the outfit not on herd dragged up an abundance of wood for the night, and built a roaring fire as a beacon to our absent commissary.
When the newspaper came in, without your letter, we felt as if a dull neighbour had been ushered in after a knock at the door which had made us rise up and start forward to welcome some long absent friend.
I say Thank God, for I have never since my return from Portugal, been absent from her so long before, and sincerely hope and intend never to be so again.
When he was absent in Italy, and supposed to be dangerously ill in Naples, they set apart a certain time every day, after work hours, to pray for their benefactor.
But Barbie answered by reminding the Captain of "John's" fearful temper, and how it might cost the woman her life to be absent from her home more than a couple of hours.
For, so says the apostle, "As long as we are in the body we are absent from the Lord.
I went to her house in search of her; but was informed that she had been absent since the preceding day, and it was not known where she was.
Another funeral took place on the same day, in which he may be supposed to have felt an even greater interest; and yet he was absent even from that.
On one occasion the raiding party was absent from home for close on two years.
His wife once more was reminded of her absent husband, and commanded her sons to repeat the punishment upon their grandfather.
Tom Marjoribanks was not the foremost figure in the world in his eyes, as the absent wanderer was in that of his mother; and he had not yet unburdened himself of what he had to say.
I almost wonder he likes to be so long absentfrom his parish.
After all, it is astonishing how many little things go wrong when the man or woman with a hundred eyes is absent for a few days from the helm of affairs.
Late in the evening the maniac horresco referrens made a furious attack on the residence of Mr. G---- who was unfortunately absent at the time.
I condole with her a little on her widowhood, the Chevalier de Narbonne being absent in Franche Comte.
Vowing vengeance against the swindlers who went about the world, got up in good clothes and a moustache; and heartily promising the absent and unconscious Cripp to be down upon him if he did not speedily run the man to earth.
For the past two days--nearly three--he had been absent at Malvern.
Benjamin came to me yesterday morning in a great flurry, saying something was wrong, and he must absent himself.
Lady Chavasse (as Duffham's diary expresses it) seemed to be particularly absentin manner, as if she were thinking to herself, instead of talking to him.
Then Frank raised his merry, twinkling eyes and charged her with being hopelessly enamored of George, the stage-driver, defying her to say that she had not just then been thinking of him, as he knew by her absent looks.
But she turned up absent one morning, about a week after we had put him under the ground, and her husband's watch and money had gone with her.
Nora, a little absent and dispirited, as she sometimes was.
Sister Anna did her best to break them up; she rallied her on breaking her heart for the absent Don; she tried to interest her in her surroundings, so that she should see the sungleams that flashed through the winter's gloom.
There could not have been a happier inspiration than to turn the conversation upon an absent friend, especially one so open to criticism as Petrovitsch.
Bubby had to represent the whole absent humanity, and proclaimed, as well as his barking could: My master is behaving himself in a way you would not believe; I would not have believed it myself.
The Base were evidently absent from our neighbourhood.
Every one who remains absent until breakfast forfeits a shilling on Monday, and sixpence every other day of the week, etc, etc.
The doors are closed ten minutes after work begins, and thereafter no one is admitted until the breakfast hour; whoever is absent during this time forfeits 3d.
And the welcome assurances of the safety, health, and happiness of the absent and loved, is the best consolation of home-friends.
Even in hours most exclusively devoted to business, do not allow yourself to hurry along with a clouded, absent face and bent head, as if you forever felt the foot of the earth-god on your neck!
My friend the Professor (who, as well as my friend the Poet, is unavoidably absent on this interesting occasion) has given me reason to suppose that he would occupy my empty chair about the first of January next.
For six months Schönfeld wisely kept away; that period, he thought, would be long enough to efface any recollection of the absent soldier.
He bustled off to the Governor's house to find that energetic gentleman absent at Sullivan's Island.
Blackbeard was absentfor reasons best known to himself and his pirates lacked leadership.
Including the absent Richards family, the upholders and vindicators of the law numbered twenty-six.
He read with emphasis and feeling the 91st Psalm, and thereafter, falling on his knees, offered a short but comprehensive prayer, in which the absent children were included, and the two wayfarers were not forgotten.
Filling it up with ice-water, he drank to the success of the picnic, and especially to absent friends.
Captain Barton was observed to be unusually absent and out of spirits for several days afterwards; but no one divined the cause.
And so far from home as we are, you must remember that our friends here stand in the place of the absent and dear.
