I was so astoundedwhen you boys were thrown in here that I could hardly think," continued Townsend.
Matt was astounded by the situation which confronted him and Dick in the creole's house.
For a moment she was too astounded even to be angry.
With an energy that astounded Dinah she got upon her knees and by her movements she realized, albeit too late, that she was divesting herself of the long purple coat.
He was so astounded he could only say, with an instinct of self-defence, "Pray for the soul of Gerard, the son of Eli!
At first the landlord was so astounded at seeing a black friar and a grey nun pass through his kitchen from the inside, that he gaped, and muttered "Why, what mummery is this?
Not moreastounded had we been If Madness, that dark night, unseen, Had in our chambers crept, And murdered while we slept!
From the silence prevailing among her companions Irene was aware that they were as much astounded by the man's statement as she herself.
He was astounded not because she had heard Paton's exclamation, but by reason of the flood of light which her recollection of it at that moment poured on his own wandering thoughts.
Arthur was sorry for his lordship, who sat utterly astounded and cast down wofully at this expression of feeling from such a man.
Gallardo, astounded at his act, bowed his head beneath the storm of insults and threats.
And the holy men, astounded at Nacional's confused reasoning and the smiles of the other bull-fighters, finally resorted to an extreme measure.
During this interview Girty was astounded to discover in the prisoner his former comrade, who had served with him as a spy in Dunmore's expedition.
Aymer was astounded at the magnitude of these volumes of evidence--for such, in fact, they were.
Sternhold went to London, got a special licence, and the pair were married in Sternhold's private apartments at his hotel in the presence of three people only, one of whom was the astounded Dodd.
As the door of the drawing-room closed upon them there ensued a terrific outburst carrying a rich general effect of astounded rage.
We clashed again in the matter of sock-suspenders, which I was astounded to observe he did not possess.
Whereupon the fellow pocketed my watch and from his wallet passed me a note of the so-called French money which I was astounded to observe was for the equivalent of four pounds, or one hundred francs, as the French will have it.
Indeed, this display in dress and equipage astounded the French.
This was certainly not the sort of answer that Lady Arabella expected, and she was now somewhat astounded in her turn.
Mary was astounded at this question, and hesitated in her reply.
Soranho seemed astounded at this question, and exclaimed, "Is it really possible that such beings can exist?
He showed me several documents, and, on reading them, I was astounded to find one was an order for my removal to a private lunatic asylum, the papers being signed by Josias Googery, J.
My lord expects you in the library, sir," said the astounded servant.
Not having a very clearly defined notion of what a live board was, Oliver was ratherastounded by this intelligence, and was not quite certain whether he ought to laugh or cry.
Perfectly astounded at receiving an invitation for Carrie and myself from the Lord and Lady Mayoress to the Mansion House, to "meet the Representatives of Trades and Commerce.
I was astounded at this insinuation and simply ejaculated: "Caroline!
He had been introduced at her house several months before, and had asked questions affecting his family in Prussia and the chances of descent of certain property, the replies to which had astounded him.
As we exchanged salutations he stopped, made a step backward, andastounded me by this introduction: "'Col.
That she should have dared to confront a man as proud and obstinate as his fatherastounded him.
The man lookedastounded at the question and eyed his interlocutor closely, as if in doubt as to his identity.
And she then and there pounced upon me and kissed me under the left ear, in the full and astounded sight of Our Square.
Inky Mike rose astounded and hastily moved, for he is sufficiently one of us to respect the Square's traditions.
Mulgate, who seemed to be astounded at the revelation.
No doubt the conspirators, who had chosen darkness because their deeds were evil, were astounded to see so much light suddenly thrown upon their enterprise.
Major Pierson did not tell what he was thinking about; but he was certainly astounded and badly set back when the naval officer intimated that the capture of the Bellevite might be undertaken that night.
Beaton in Westminster has passed his youth, and, in middle age, is astounded by some neighbourly gossip concerning a mysterious personage who has taken up his quarters in an adjacent mansion.
The police were astounded by his coolness, and continued to ply him with questions.
Nevertheless, had Cynthia Vanrenen known how strictly accurate was her comment she would have been the most astounded girl in London at that minute.
At last, recovering some degree of self-possession, he assisted the astounded and rather frightened Frenchmen to carry Medenham to the waiting carriage.
That which shook this colony for a moment settled it as firm as a granite mountain and made it great with a rapidity that would have astounded the puny ages cant appeals to as the days of wonders.
And he pulled the trigger of one of Coates's pistols, the shot of which rang in the ears of the astounded attorney as it whizzed past him.
