Presently the child looked up into the Count's face and inquired, with the pretty Tuscan accent which sounded like an echo of his own question on the evening of the dance: "What is thy name?
The fat man with the foreign accent was no doubt the confidential agent of the Italian company, and being acquainted with George Gallon and his methods, had given the secret away for a consideration.
But as there are no other instances of an accent mark after a ‘k’ in the book, it has arbitrarily been made a closing single quote.
It may be an accent mark or it may be the closing single quote used to describe an “exploded k” as described in § 3.
Caballero," Don Felipe said with an accent of dignity at which the adventurer was surprised, "it is not worthy of a brave man like yourself thus to menace a defenceless man.
At these words, uttered with an accent of cutting irony, Don Antonio fell back a step, and his face, was covered with an earthy paleness.
Not,' with an accent of incredulous indignation, 'Prue again?
Her whole attitude and accent speak so deep a despondency that Freddy's tendency to gaiety disappears.
Freddy, with an accent of wounded reproach, which perhaps in his opinion may exempt him from answering the question directly.
I had rather stay here,' replies she, sotto voce, with anaccent of miserable irritation.
There is such genuine grief and regret in the accent with which she pronounces the three final words that his remorse deepens; but that increase of self-reproach does not make it the least more possible to him to echo her lamentation.
A slight hesitation, and then an accent of impatience: 'Of course.
He did not even stop to consider in what degree her Southern accent might be improved by residence amongst the preservers of pure English.
But I have often thought that there was less trace of accent about Glesca and the west of Scotland than in any other part; in fact, ah have often been taken for an Englishman maself.
Indeed, those we encountered that morning had nothing in manner or accent to distinguish them.
She tried to convey the idea that she spoke no language but Swedish, but I soon discovered her accent to be that of a Slav and that she was able to converse freely in German.
Several times I met at this place a dainty lady who spoke German like a Bavarian and English with the (ze) accent of a Parisian.
He added this in an accent of profound surprise, as if she had suddenly grown presentable under his eyes.
Calvin Stammark leaned forward, his hands on his knees, and stared at her in shocked amazement--Hannah in every accent and feeling.
Although the question was asked in an intonation of voice affecting to be one of astonishment only, there was nevertheless in it an accent of reproof that was especially irritating to Kate in her present mood.
Kate was still locked in the bedroom, but there was such an unmistakable accent of trepidation and anxiety in Dick's fingers and voice that she opened immediately.
That is impossible; her accent and manner are half the charm," said Ned.
And you need not feel that you must devote a great deal of time and energy to her, but give her the shelter of a home, until matters change a little," with a hopeful accent in his voice, and a smile that had the same aspect.
Ma fille, ma fille," and the half-inquiring accent of Wanamee's voice fell on her ear.
And little Eloquent, not realising that his father referred merely to accent and general grammar, would puzzle for hours wondering how such men as Mr Gladstone or John Bright would express their common wants.
The Myjor looked very hard at Ger as he spoke--evidently the little boy's voice and accentwere in some way unexpected.
But it seems he must of spoke roughly to his steed for he come up behind me and spoke with just that grand refined Big-Time drawing-room act accent I knew by his little moustache he would have.
I wouldnt of looked at that guy again on a bet--I made up my mind right then and there to show him his mistake and that if my accent wasnt as good as his my morals was better and no attempt on his part could get me to speak to him again.
Her refined accent and the musical quality inseparable at all times from her voice had affected him like a new sensation.
But apart from merely selfish causes, a thrill of human regard for her child and the father of her child lent freshaccent to alarm.
He addressed Madge in broken English, but so quickly and with so strong a French accent that Courthope only gathered part of his errand.
Her dress showed rather more effort at fashion than was quite in keeping with her very rural surroundings, and her speech and accent betrayed a childhood spent among uneducated folk and only overlaid by more recent schooling.
You say I speak good English, and I flatter myself I have the accent very well, but what avails if I cannot make you understand?
Mazeroux's accent was so full of conviction, and the answer struck Don Luis Perenna as so comical, that he burst out laughing.
Don Luis had not once interrupted the latter part of this narrative, which was told in a more and more agitated voice and quickened by an accent of profound truth.
Well, no doubt, because truth has an accentthat rings in the ears in a manner all its own.
I examined him carefully as to his qualities and he answered in better English than most Chinamen attain to, though with the guttural, clicking accent of his kind.
I believe you; there is an accent of truth in your words.
I am very sure that I can recognize Amelia; she has a funny little accent that she can't lay aside.
He burst into helpless laughter, though he was adroit enough to thrust forward as a pretext, "The picture of my own grime that I get from your accent is tremendous!
This verdict, upon both the Huberts and herself, delivered with a serious accent of mature deliberation, impressed Sylvia.
You don't know what you are doing, child," she said with a peremptory accent of authority.
His French was entirely fluent, but the accent was American.
As her father said nothing more, biting his nails and looking at her uncertainly, she added in the accent which fitted the words, "Why shouldn't I?
The faint flavor of a foreign accent which, to Sylvia's ear, hung about these words, was the final touch of fascination for her.
And anyhow, we can slope now, without being noticed," Sylvia understood the accent and tone of this passage more than the exact words, but it summed up and brought home to her in a cruelly clarified form her own groping impressions.
The question and accent brought the man for the first time to a realization of the girls' youth and sex.
At the purity of accent with which this embittered remark was made, Mrs. Marshall-Smith opened her eyes, and paid more attention as the old professor went on.
He was, he added, delighted that it happened to be a day when he could meet the lovely Miss Marshall of whom (with a heavy accent of jocose significance) he had heard so much.
His accent implied rather sadly that the omissions were considerable.
She gave one more suck to the straw and laid it aside for a moment to say in quite a comfortable accent to her aunt: "Oh yes, now I remember.
More than half French," he replied, the French taint in his accent growing slightly more pronounced.
One afternoon in the House this accent led to one of those frequent outbursts of merriment and protest combined--so common when Sir George bored the House, as he was always doing.
The weary House, not paying particular attention to every accent, failed to catch most of what Sir George said, as his rasping Scotch accent left them no escape.
The imitation was ridiculously true through all the modulations of that peculiar accent although, strange to say, without the pronunciation of a single intelligible word.
Then, this conversation written down, he exclaimed with an accent that lent a singular stamp of originality to his words: "Of a truth!
As far as could be judged by the few words which had escaped him, he spoke the French language with rare purity, despite the accent we have just mentioned.
At the first word he uttered, in which that English accent revealed itself, the elder of the two travellers started.
Englishman, with that national accent that returned to him occasionally in moments of strong excitement, "if I must get rid of a part of it, I can do so.
His accent is dead against him, lisped a few others, and will be laughed at as vulgar.
