He answered truthfully, his courage reviving as he realized that his excuse was a pretty good one.
And to this day, the trapper has never fully realizedhow near he was at that moment to a sudden and choking oblivion.
Caldew had been hoping to get an opportunity of telling Merrington privately about the missing trinket, but he realized that he was not doing his duty by delaying the explanation.
Miss Heredith, although much hurt, had realized that there was some truth in the complaint, and she had asked Musard for his advice.
Apparently he realized the indignity of such a course in the presence of a member of the public, so he turned to Tufnell and said: "I'll go with you, but I must first put on my tunic.
Too late the wretched woman realized that she had betrayed her daughter, and she sank into a stupefied silence.
Nepcote knew that I saw it, and must have realized that I suspected him.
He fully realized the difficult task ahead of the police, and his temper was not improved in consequence.
She realized that he was a changed being, moody and irritable, and liable to sudden fits of excitement on slight provocation.
I realized the valuable nature of the discovery, and questioned the man closely as to where he had obtained the ruby rock, but he became instantly suspicious, and guarded in his replies.
Miss Heredith answered him with a frankness which even Merrington grudgingly realized left nothing to be desired.
She must have realized that the scream of her victim would alarm the household downstairs, and that some of the men must have started upstairs before the subsequent shot was fired.
He realized his own inexperience in crime detection, and had been quite willing that Superintendent Merrington should take the lead in the investigations, which he had assisted to the best of his ability.
As I turned over what they had told me and realized that my own secret was safe, I thought I saw the way to accomplish my revenge and save Hazel Rath.
I put that down to nervousness on her part, but I realized she must have the necklace, so I gave in, and said I would do as she wished.
It was a clumsy trap, and he realized it, but he was too anxious to achieve his end by more subtle methods.
But they realized fully that in executing a Justice of the Supreme Court they would be wading into pretty deep water.
The people were splendid in enterprise and spirit of recovery; but they soon realizedthat not only must the buildings be made of more substantial material, but also that fire-fighting apparatus must be bought.
Probably no one realized the legal status of the muskets, but supposed them to belong already to the State.
Though this naive system worked out well enough in the new and primitive community, nevertheless thinking men realized that it could be for a short time only.
With this he made a corner in tobacco pipes by which he realized one hundred and fifty dollars in twenty-four hours.
The Law and Order people recognized the strength of this organization and realized that they must go at the matter in a more thorough manner.
He realized that Sherman and the other men were present as witnesses.
The more intelligent among them realized that, having come so far and invested in the enterprise their all, it was essential that they accept wholly the discipline and authority of the Church.
In thus relying on the strength of their position the upholders of law realized that there might be fighting, and even severe fighting, but it must be remembered that the Law and Order party loved fighting.
King was a man of keen mind and dauntless courage, who had tried his luck briefly at the mines, realized that the physical work was too much for him, and had therefore returned to mercantile and banking pursuits in San Francisco.
He realized then what a selfish act that had been.
He realized that the rock in his hand was a puny weapon indeed for confronting such a ferocious beast.
Graham realized that not a solitary soul back home would ever believe one word of his communication with the space people, assuming, that is, that he would ever be foolish enough to try to tell anyone.
Gradually these forms became more solid until he realized that indeed the plane was filled with passengers, many of which were historical figures in the modes of dress of their particular times in history.
Again Russia assembled her reserves, and before von Hindenburg realized the situation a Russian army was not only on his flank but in his rear.
But after serious loss, with no corresponding advantage, it was realized that the naval forces alone were not sufficient, and troops were landed on the western end of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
After the paralyzing effect of the news that war was declared had worn away, business men here realized the great opportunity about to be afforded them of furnishing war supplies which must soon be in demand.
They realized it was going to be a great trench war.
We realized now how "distance lends enchantment to the view.
He realized now how he loved it spite of its bad climate, how much there was at home waiting for him.
The girls realized this, and once Mollie put the new idea into words.
They had not realized how near exhaustion they had been until the tension had relaxed.
The girls were not altogether reluctant to obey, much as they desired a closer look at the bronchos, for they realized that they were pretty hungry.
In one terrible instant the girls realized what might happen when what was discomfort to the animals now, should become torture.
The wonderful sensation of relief that swept over them as they realized their almost miraculous escape, was so keen as to be almost pain.
Very soon Iola realized that while she was heartily appreciated by the freedmen, she was an object of suspicion and dislike to their former owners.
In Iola he saw realized his ideal of the woman whom he was willing to marry.
The struggle had been so long, so desperate and bloody, that the survivors seemed exhausted and nerveless; we appreciated the value of the victory, but realized also its great cost of life.
Of course, I was heartily welcomed by Generals Grant, Thomas, and all, who realized the extraordinary efforts we had made to come to their relief.
The men of both armies became extremely skillful in the construction of these works, because each man realized their value and importance to himself, so that it required no orders for their construction.
The excellent service performed by this detachment has fully realized my wishes, and exemplified the efficiency of the organization--infantry and light artillery handled as skirmishers.
Great confusion for a time prevailed, but soon I realized that the captain had taken all proper precautions to secure his boats, of which there were six at the davits.
I realized how much easier and better it was to have both offices conjoined.
We talked about the effect of this act on the country at large and on the armies, and he realizedthat it made my situation extremely delicate.
By the sale of my share of the land, subsequently, I realizedthree thousand dollars.
When he realized what had happened, despair seized him, his ideas troubled him, and he died in terrible intellectual distress.
One also realizedthat he was not the pessimist that he was once believed to be, but a writer who suffered for his ideal and who awakened by his works a desire to emerge from the twilight of life that he depicted.
She then realized that European art and science were indispensable to her, if only to strengthen her in warfare against these States.
This can be easily realized when we consider the sumptuous variety of his descriptions.
One realized that this unfettered artist, with his hatred of lies and violence, although he belonged to no political party, could be nothing but a liberal in the noblest and greatest sense of the word.
Lady Coryston realized at once she was being scanned by a very sharp pair of eyes, and that their owner was, or seemed to be, in no sort of embarrassment.
Even a stranger would have realized that the scene represented the meeting of two opposing currents of thought and life.
And suddenly Lady Coryston, lifting her eyes, realized her daughter, and the vision that she made.
He almost tossed her the can, but realized in time that she would run.
He placed it, and realized that he had not really wanted to identify it.
With sudden embarrassment, he realized he had been comparing Glynnis and Edna frequently.
A little foolishly, Nelson realized that something would have to be done by one of them.
She realized the danger of the moment, and put her arm on his arm.
I did not believe in her; she had flaunted her shameful trickery in my face; and yet I felt her spell upon me as through the dusk I realized anew her splendid height, the faint disclosure of her noble head and felt the glory of her dark eyes.
It was a wretched business, and I now realized that the shame of it was not lost on Gillespie.
But Smith soon realized he was far removed from the main action towards the center of the island.
Admiral Hill and General Smith soon realized that the three struggling columns of LVTs would never make the beach by 0830.
As he spat out the foul liquid from his mouth, Michelony realized there were live Japanese in among the dead, decaying ones.
By the time Kyle arrived, Jordan realizedhis own presence was superfluous.
This detail of composition is perhaps most easily understood in its application to description or narration, but it must be as clearly realized in all composition.
A thirst which is slaked with a sword and glitters in the eye needs only to be realized to be cast aside.
Something happens as we desire it to happen to ourselves; some situation, that we have long dallied with in fancy, is realized in the story with enticing and appropriate details.
The little girl realized the happiness of making others happy, when she handed to Ellie the bulky package over which she had kept watch all the way to the house.
As he stood there in his cassock, with his hand raised in benediction, and wearing, as I knew, the Blessed Sacrament upon his breast, I realized more fully than ever before the grandeur of the priestly mission to humanity.
Next she realized that it must be a great while since dinner.
She now realized for the first time, that no matter how grieved we are, we can not always repair the wrong we have done.
And Mrs. Farrell, in her anxiety and preoccupation, had not realized that, with the steady inroads made upon it, a ton of coal could not possibly last so long.
Her mind grasped the fact and she realized it intellectually, while as yet all her emotions seemed paralyzed.
There were scarcely any elders to be seen now, except the chaperons, who sat in their places with iron fortitude; Westover realized that he was the only man of his age left.
He scarcely realized that he was listening, but afterward he remembered it all, with a little pity for Bessie and none for Jeff, but with more shame for her, too.
Westover realized that he had lost the best of any possible picture in letting that first delicate color escape him.
She, for her part, realized that she had been kissed as once she had happened to see one of the maids kissed by the grocer's boy at the basement door.
It was a lamp which Westover thought he remembered from the farm-house period, and on his way down he realizedas he had somehow not done in his summer sojourns, the entirety of the old house in the hotel which had encompassed it.
I believe we have not heard from each other since the first days of my poor Genevieve's marriage, when everything looked so bright and fair, and we little realized the clouds that were to overcast her happiness.
He realizedthat he was a blot on the loveliness of the morning.
Jackson had been a good man; he realized that with a curious sense of novelty in the reflection; he wondered what the incentives and the objects of such men as Jackson and Westover were, anyway.
This was the fact that Jeff realized at the first glance he gave the man.
The hunting knife was taken from him, and he realized at once that further resistance would be useless.
He now realized how tired he was, and not long after this sank into merciful slumber.
It was not until the story and its moral were nearly finished that Bannister realized that it was about his own old Seth Mills that the President was talking.
Then herealized that Riley Tyler had not told half the truth about Hazel Walton's eyes.
I agreed with her, of course, but I never really realized till--till later what it might mean to you.
Billy stood and looked at him and blew upon his skinned knuckles and suddenly realized that it was a good old world, after all.
It was then that Billy suddenlyrealized that he should have known better in the first place than to connect Slike with the murder of Tuckleton.
She realized that the threats had crystallized into action, and that this was an ambush.
The first time he realized that he was not alone on the streets of Samaria was when he found himself being jostled in a wide thoroughfare leading to the market place.
Then and there Hosea realized that there was a purpose in his home tragedy.
I was not surprised to see you in print; for long, long ago, before you realized the extent of your mental dowry, I saw the kindling of that ambitious spark whose flame generally consumes the women in whose hearts it burns.
Gordon Leigh realized that his marriage was a terrible mistake, which only death could rectify; but even in his wretchedness he was just, blaming only himself--exonerating his wife.
