Some trifling incident had probably kept him from joining them at midday; but she was sure he must be eager to see her again, and that he would not want to wait till they met at supper, between Mr. Royall and Verena.
It would not make it true if I did--nor prevent it if I didn't.
Then she moved on, treading softly on the short grass, and keeping so close to the house that whoever was in the room, even if roused by her approach, would not be able to see her.
She said she would wait, now, where she was, and die--it would not be long.
Tom's heartbreak vanished and he joined the procession, not because he would not a thousand times rather go anywhere else, but because an awful, unaccountable fascination drew him on.
And yet the day may come when I would not have it otherwise.
He would not,' he said, 'stand for more than a moment between that vast assembly and the treat which lay before them.
The subject became hateful to me--I would not speak of it.
I fancy the one that concerns you most at present was, that if my father should offer me to him he would not have me.
They raced back and forth from swamp to swale, but follow the scent farther they would not, even though cruelly driven.
For the goldfinch was skipping, flirting, and swinging for the express purpose of so holding his attention that he would not look up and see a small cradle of thistledown and wool perilously near his head.
He picked up Freckles' wheel, that did not seem to be injured, and leaned it against the bushes so that if anyone did pass on the trail he would not see it doubled in the swamp-grass.
Mingled with this horror, I felt the bitterness of disappointment; dreams that had been my food and pleasant rest for so long a space were now become a hell to me; and the change was so rapid, the overthrow so complete!
Covered with ice, it was only to be distinguished from land by its superior wildness and ruggedness.
When reason returned, she would remonstrate and endeavour to inspire me with resignation.
She had been out the whole of the night on which the murder had been committed and towards morning had been perceived by a market-woman not far from the spot where the body of the murdered child had been afterwards found.
Clearly, if this cruise came to grief, it would not be for want of equipment.
Whatever innocent mirth the holidays might hold in store for Edward, that particular pig, at least, would not be a contributor.
The young slave obeyed his master, but those who saw him at the moment felt that he would not submit to be whipped.
I know there is no law by which I can hold you, and if there was, I would not resort to it.
He did not wish to place a confiding girl in a position where, in all probability, she would have to suffer; but being assured by the young girl that her life would not be in danger, he resolved to make the attempt.
She hoped he would not stop at their gate, for her mother never turned any one away, and this was the dirtiest and most utterly wretched-looking tramp she had ever seen.
It would do no good; he would not be afraid of anything now.
They would spend hours, for instance, in deciding what they would or would not tolerate in a suitor or a husband, and the frailties of masculine nature were too often a subject of discussion among them.
When he presented this score to Thea, he told her that in ten years she would either know what the inscription meant, or she would not have the least idea, in which case it would not matter.
On the question of whether she had been shot or had shot herself, he would notventure to express any decided opinion.
I would not leave my wife alone all night for anything.
I was convinced that it was an invitation which he would not refuse, since he could never imagine that it could come from anyone but the lady.
Would not such a request rather rouse his suspicions and cause him to fly?
Mr. Darling was frightfully ashamed of himself, but he would not give in.
I wonder if it would not be advisable, Starkey, to humour the hook?
For some time he sat with his head out of the kennel, talking with Mrs. Darling of this success, and pressing her hand reassuringly when she said she hoped his head would not be turned by it.
They wriggled uncomfortably, for they knew he would not scruple [hesitate] to ram them down with poles.
I would not for my cowl that they found us in this goodly exercise.
The Lady Rowena sighed deeply, and asked more particularly when the Knight of Ivanhoe might be expected in his native country, and whether he would not be exposed to great dangers by the road.
But, by my faith, a Saxon boy of twelve, in my time, would not so soon have relinquished his goblet.
I looked and there was nobody near: I would not do any harm, and the grass was so much nicer than the mud!
In the course of the day one man did try to cut him out, but he was a stranger; and the shout the rest of them raised let him see it would not do, and made him so far ashamed besides, that he went away crawling.
Then she said to us again: "I always give presents when ladies come to the Court, but don't know whether I will give this time or not, for at the last audience I did not give anything at all.
My father was appointed by Viceroy Chang Chih Tung to investigate the matter.
Her Majesty knocked at her glass window and told us to go in.
Strangely enough he began to feel now that it would not be so hard to persuade her who was his best friend that comparative poverty was essentially the higher course for him, as to reconcile to his feelings the act of persuading her.
Yeobright thought he would send for his mother; and then he thought he would not.
Don't begin speaking to me as you did, Damon; you will drive me to say words I would not wish to say to you.
I have loved you, and have shown you that I loved you, much to my regret; and yet you can come and say in that frigid way that you wish to consult with me whether it would not be better to marry Thomasin.
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