But the great city was new to him; he had gone from a provincial school to a military college, and thence direct to the Eastern Empire; and he promised himself a variety of delights in this world for exploration.
He promised himself not to leave it for a moment out of sight; and whilst he scanned the rest of the theatre, or made a show of attending to the business of the stage, he always kept a corner of an eye upon the empty box.
He submitted to it as something unavoidable, and directed all his efforts toward getting the best that it was possible to get out of the circumstances; but he promised himself, as has been said, the fullest reparation when he grew big.
But he promised himself to flout the lot of them so soon as he felt sufficiently high-spirited.
He promised himself that he would presently give the wobblers another call; he would soon bring them round; the others he ticked off, keeping them for better times-- their day too would come before long!
John, and as he performed his ablutions (not with the sassafras soap) he promised himself a speedy flitting.
If he could prevent himself from adopting her reticence, he promised himself that he would gather her whole heart into his own by and by.
Reviewing these facts, he promised himself that, if ever he were given again the power of choice, he would return to Murder Point and live for her.
Whatever it might cost him, he promised himself that he would not let go till hope was at an end.
And if she was only a frigate of forty guns or under, he promised himself a great battle that day.
If the ship were the "Guerriere," he promised himself a new hat.
As it was, he felt that his post aloft was as important as any on the ship, and he promised himself that if another Frenchman was sighted he would stay there whether the mast were up or down.
They would make use of him when they wanted him, and then cast him aside; but for the future he promised himself to keep out of their way.
There were several kitchens on his beat where he was wont to visit, and the cook before him smiled so hospitably that he promised himself not to forget her.
Their hastening to explain was a tribute, at any rate, to his weight, and showed that they feared him; and as one after another he smiled them out, he promised himself to let them feel yet that their fears had not been groundless.
He did not return to the prison, as he promised himself, but turned into the road that led to the Cascades.
In vain he strove to picture in its completeness that--as yet vague--design by which he promised himself to wrest from the vanished son of the wealthy ship-builder his name and heritage.
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