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51171But who would come back after seeing_ Him_?
51171For which we paid out our one thousand dollars apiece and came all the way to Mars to get on board with you and go off to find Him?
51171How long?
51171Is that the rocket ship_ Glory Be to the Highest_?
51171We''ve a rocket, have n''t we?
51171What''s the trouble?
51171A little delay wo n''t matter, will it, in the end?
51171Could n''t you just sense His breath, His scrutiny, His Presence?
51171Could n''t you just_ feel_ Him drawing near?
51171Have n''t we got a_ rocket_?"
51171My room is like a cell, the swimming pool is really quite inadequate, and, besides, how many widows who look like mushrooms or skeletons want to swim?
51171You can stay here at the Restorium for seven more days, ca n''t you?
63442But how about that Red spot fever?
63442Coming with you?
63442Do you mean to say you can follow the movements of that car and its passengers wherever it goes? 63442 Fever, eh?"
63442Have you called in any physicians? 63442 Red Spot Fever?"
63442Shaft Four, eh?
63442Tell me,I said,"has your company had any trouble with this plague?"
63442Trouble with the mine laborers?
63442What do you make of it?
63442What do you mean?
63442What have you done with Miss Flowers?
63442What sort of trouble?
63442What''re you doing here? 63442 What''s the Baldric?"
63442Where?
63442Will you believe me, sir,he said,"when I tell you I''ve been out here on this forsaken moon five years and do n''t rightly know myself?"
63442Baker?"
63442Can you hear them talk too?"
63442Had I been a fool to let Grannie go?
63442Is Miss Flowers there?"
63442Is there anything I can do?"
63442Why do n''t you call an enforced vacation and send the men away until the plague has died down?"
63442Why use drawings?"
63109A native tribe?
63109Billy- boy, did you see the way that crowd acted?
63109Dangerous?
63109Did you ever hear of the Green Flames?
63109Grannie,I said that night as we sat again in a rear booth of THE JET,"what are you going to do now?
63109Green Flames, eh?
63109How you going to make''em laugh?
63109In heaven''s name, what was it?
63109Just because some silly form of life that ca n''t even be seen does n''t appreciate it? 63109 Laugh?"
63109Miss Flowers, why do n''t you go up on the roof and read to''em? 63109 That was the title of your last, was n''t it?"
63109Then that would mean...?
63109What are the Varsoom?
63109What do you mean?
63109What do you mean?
63109What else is there in science fiction?
63109What happened to_ Guns for Ganymede_?
63109What makes you say that?
63109What''s that thing on top?
63109Why should...?
63109You know where it is, do n''t you?
63109You''re going to what?
63109Could I believe Grannie''s incredible story?
63109Do n''t you know women are n''t allowed in the_ Spacemen''s_?
63109Do n''t you see?"
63109Do you realize what such a thing would mean if it were true?
63109Doctor Universe?"
63109Give up writing science fiction?"
63109I got some swell background material, and I met Ezra Karn....""Who?"
63109I said,"So what?"
63109Oh, do n''t you see, Billy- boy?
63109Or was this another of her fantastic plots which she had skilfully blended into a novel?
63109Want to come along while I dig up some background material?"
63109What happened to the book you were writing?"
27472Am I the dupe of a nightmare?
27472And you will beat it with me?
27472Anything?
27472But what has he done to you, then?
27472But where did he come from?
27472Can he be lost?
27472Does your cat ever come where I am? 27472 Faribole,"said the Countess severely,"your charge is grave; can you bring any proof to support it?"
27472Have you any news of him?
27472Have you still the''Death to Rats?''
27472How is it in your house, then?
27472How,he said,"how rid the house of that miserable cat?
27472I believe that without difficulty; but why do you look at it?
27472I shall remain in the house-- is it not so?
27472I? 27472 In what place was he?"
27472Is it really that rascal of a Moumouth that I have there under my eyes, in flesh and bone? 27472 Is n''t Moumouth with you?"
27472Madame Bradamor, the famous fortune- teller, who lives below, at the other end of the street?
27472Of whom does he wish to speak?
27472Some should be placed in the antechamber; you have not thought of that before?
27472Then you would do anything to preserve your present position?
27472To- morrow, at night- fall, you will lead Moumouth into the garden?
27472Truly?
27472Was he quite dead?
27472Well, did you do it?
27472What are the initials of your name and the first letter of the place in which you were born?
27472What business is that to you? 27472 What do you do?"
27472What does that matter, provided he is useful here?
27472What has happened?
27472What have you done with the body?
27472What is it? 27472 What is your favorite flower?"
27472What is your name?
27472What, you will bring him with you, madame?
27472Why not? 27472 Will you enter into an agreement, neighbor Guignolet?
27472You are quite well this evening?
27472You are, then, in the service of the Countess?
27472You know her?
27472You will put him into this sack?
27472And what did the old wizard say to you?"
27472Do you want to get out of here?"
27472Fire, poison, or water?
27472His evil genius took possession of him, and whispered into his ear these words of Father Lustucru:"What is a cat?"
27472In what class, of what age and sex, and on what terms should he select one?
27472Is n''t it his ghost that has come back to torment me?
27472Is there anything wrong in the hash?"
27472Lustucru approached him and addressed him in these terms:--"What are you doing there, youngster?"
27472Our dear Moumouth shall make the trial.... What can one do to serve you, my good Mother Michel?"
27472Tell me, Faribole, have you a taste for cooking?"
27472The Countess said to her one night:--"What can you do against an irresistible calamity?
27472Was it from wickedness?
27472Was it remorse?
27472What arms shall I use against him?
27472What do you find in that so terrible?
27472What is a cat?
27472What was it that brought this name to the lips of the guilty man?
27472What will Madame de la Grenouillère say when she comes back?
27472Who is that woman with whom you were speaking a while since?"
27472You find yourself very well here?"
27472You wish to know what finally became of Moumouth?
27472how can you, a sensible woman, have any confidence in the juggling of an adventuress?"
27472or was it the last explosion of an unforgiving hatred?
27472said Madame de la Grenouillère;"you do not find him too homely?"
27472said he,"he has refused to eat it?
27472where is he?
27472why such sorrowful ideas?"
25938''Florence, darlin'', is it ye?'' 25938 ''Is that so?''
25938''Will ye keep me fer a week, till I am stronger, Nancy McVeigh?'' 25938 An''I suppose Corney has a grand place, wi''a desk and books as thick as a family Bible?"
25938An''have ye fergotten the blarney ye gave me the night o''the accident?
25938An''what be ye wantin''the night?
25938An''what d''ye expect will develop from their colds?
25938An''who are ye blarneyin''now, Judge?
25938An''why not? 25938 And they''ll make it a reg''lar station, ye say?"
25938And what can I do?
25938And what did he say?
25938And what think you about him now?
25938And what would ye be thinkin''o''me, without fittin''clothes, a- mixin''wi''all yer foine folk?
25938And where are you going?
25938And will ye tell me of them, Granny?
25938And with whom, pray?
25938And would ye be puttin''yer life in danger fer the sake o''a sum like that?
25938And you are a judge of human nature, too?
25938Are ye able to stand good news?
25938Are ye sick?
25938Be ye Corney McVeigh? 25938 Been to town?"
25938Corney, do you remember me?
25938D''ye not know that?
25938Did ye recommend goose grease and turpentine? 25938 Do ye believe the nonsense he writes, Mistress McVeigh?"
25938Do you love him?
25938Do you not see a recent improvement?
25938Do you think so?
25938Does he know it?
25938Doubtless you find some trade with them?
25938Faith, an''are ye back again, John Keene?
25938Have ye been doin''well since ye left?
25938Have ye been drinkin''?
25938I am, most assuredly; who could pass your welcome doorway without dropping in?
25938I''m so glad to hear you say it,she burst out, and then she added, seriously,"Can you afford it?"
25938Is that not rather far for your old bones?
25938Is there anything I can do?
25938It is, Mary, and how are ye?
25938It''s not refusin''an old frien'', are ye, Mistress McVeigh?
25938It''s you, Mistress McVeigh?
25938Johnny, me lad, is it yerself?
25938Maybe ye''re thinkin''o''the closeness o''yer leavin''?
25938Now will ye go home, ye vagabond?
25938Perhaps ye would care fer the story?
25938Sure, sir, ye think it is like yer own flesh and blood?
25938The Monk Road, where is that, pray?
25938They were married that night?
25938Was my father one of those two men?
25938Were ye?
25938What balance is due ye?
25938What yer givin''us, missus?
25938Why did you do it?
25938Will the doctor be here this afternoon?
25938Wo n''t you take tea with us?
25938Ye come to blame me fer servin''him, I suppose?
25938Ye did n''t think I doubted yer ability to do that?
25938Ye heard about Jennie''s leavin''?
25938Ye''ll be gettin''married, surely?
25938Ye''ll stay fer dinner, surely?
25938Ye''re not deceivin''me, John?
25938Ye''re not doubtin''that I have the change?
25938Ye''ve noticed that young John''s a regular visitor at the tavern lately?
25938You do n''t mean that Will Devitt is in love?
25938You do n''t mean you will go?
25938You have a payment-- the last, I believe-- on the mortgage falling due shortly?
25938You think so?
25938You will go at once, Corney?
25938You will take the money?
25938''Ye old witch, where''s my girl?''
25938A- comin''home to see yer poor dead mammy, an''ye the ounly boy she had?
25938And d''ye know why?"
25938And have you had any more young men to reform since I left?"
25938Can you raise it?"
25938Conors?"
25938D''ye think he''ll likely be Mayor o''Chicago?"
25938D''ye think we could find business fer a tavern?"
25938Did you hear the rumors that came back of what he did there?"
25938Do ye love him truly, lass?"
25938Fer instance, one who is makin''piles o''money out o''the ills o''others?"
25938He knows right well the place would n''t be fit to stable horses in if ye were to leave it, and then who''d pay him his dirty interest?"
25938He''s a lonely man; ca n''t ye see it, child?"
25938How have you been keeping?
25938I meant to put it back in its place, but it slipped my memory,"he stammered, guiltily; and then he asked her, frankly,"May I keep it?"
25938Is that a correct diagnosis?"
25938May I be somethin''old at yer weddin''?"
25938McVeigh?"
25938McVeigh?"
25938Mr. Conors broke in with the question,"Where''s yer own boy, Corney?
25938My interest to John Keene is no such a small item, an''why should I refuse if the son helps me to pay it with his trade?
25938Nancy, however, let the remark pass unnoticed, and asked, with feigned innocence,"Is he yer young man, Miss Trevor?"
25938She boldly marched in and asked the nearest one,"Please, sir, is this Cornelius McVeigh''s office?"
25938She turned with a look of open- mouthed wonder upon him, and hesitated before speaking, so he continued:"Have you forgotten Corney?"
25938The thought repeated itself in her mind, Was the continued harassing of her teetotaller friends awakening a new phase in her life?
25938What is that rhyme I hear the young ones say,''Somethin''borrowed, somethin''blue, somethin''old and somethin''new''?
25938What would they do without their mother?"
25938When may we expect you?"
25938When the doctor was ready to depart, she asked, anxiously,"Ye''ll let me know how they are tomorrow?"
25938Will he do?"
25938Ye''ll be a mother to her yersilf?''"
25938Ye''ll have some tea?"
25938You remember big Sam, who was drowned in his own well?"
25938You''ll let her come to see me sometimes, an''ye''ll promise to be good to her?"
25938what d''ye suppose I''d chance breakin''me neck gettin''out o''me buggy fer, but a drink o''yer best brewed?"
25938what is the time?"
26728''Voluntary? 26728 ''Where''s the boy?''
26728''Why, Milly,''says he,''is this you?'' 26728 And Marthy says,''Well, had n''t you better wait until you find out whether he''s a reprobate or not?
26728And Sam says:''Six feet? 26728 As soon as the parson got through, Dick says:''Boy, wo n''t you shake hands with your father?
26728Aunt Jane,I called out,"are you having a fair all by yourself?"
26728But did n''t you join Uncle Abram''s church?
26728But who was Mary Andrews? 26728 Did I ever tell you about Sally Ann''s experience?"
26728Did n''t Sally Ann say anything about you in her experience?
26728Did you ever see as many daffydils in one place before? 26728 Did you ever think, child,"she said, presently,"how much piecin''a quilt''s like livin''a life?
26728Did you really make all these quilts, Aunt Jane?
26728Do n''t you think a wife ought to join her husband''s church, Aunt Jane?
26728Do you see that row o''daffydils over yonder by the front fence, child-- all leaves and no blossoms?
26728Have I been sleepin''and dreamin''and you settin''here? 26728 Honey,"said Aunt Jane, suddenly,"did I ever show you my premiums?"
26728How about you and Uncle Abram?
26728I turned around to say,''What did I tell you?'' 26728 Is Sam Amos living yet?"
26728Marthy heard what he said, and says she,''Amos, are you goin''to have him babtized in infancy?'' 26728 Nobody''d ever think he was born in Kentucky; now, would they?
26728Now, that''s right curious, ai n''t it? 26728 Says I,''Sam, how is Mary bearin''it?''
26728She grabbed hold o''my hand, and says she:''Do you reckon I''ve got a right to forgive myself?''
26728They all laughed, and sister Mary says,''Ai n''t that jest like Jane?'' 26728 They said the gyirls stopped laughin''and jest looked at each other, and one of''em said:"''Well, did you ever?''
26728What became of Mary Andrews after Harvey died?
26728What do you reckon folks''d do,she inquired,"if it was n''t for plantin''-time and growin''-time and harvest- time?
26728What was I talkin''about? 26728 What would you have done,"I asked,"if Uncle Abram had n''t turned the horse that Sunday morning-- if he had gone straight on to Goshen?"
26728What, indeed?
26728When we all heard that Milly''d been sent for, the first thing we thought was,''How on earth is Milly goin''to tell Richard all he''s got to know?'' 26728 Where did you get that Marseilles spread, Aunt Jane?"
26728Where did you get the pattern, Aunt Jane?
26728Where is the Pompadour now? 26728 Why was it Milly Amos''hymn?"
26728Why, child,she said in an awe- struck tone,"are you a fortune- teller?"
26728You''ve heard tell of that bird, child, that gathers up all sorts o''rubbish and carries it off to its nest and hides it? 26728 ''How about the horse?'' 26728 ''Why, Milly,''says he,''where''s the dinner? 26728 A pretty elder you are, ai n''t you? 26728 Ai n''t Kentucky politicians got enough gift o''gab, without sendin''down to Tennessee to git somebody to help you out?'' 26728 Ai n''t it strange that a piece o''caliker''ll outlast you and me? 26728 And Abram says,''Goes like he''d been paid to gallop jest that way; do n''t he, Uncle Jim?'' 26728 And I says to Abram,''Abram, have n''t you got somethin''to do with app''intin''the judges for the women''s things?'' 26728 And at last I says to it, says I,''What is it you want, honey? 26728 And did you ever hear o''people disappearin''from their homes and never bein''found any more? 26728 And he says,''Jane, are you crazy?'' 26728 And jest then Mary come in all smilin'', and the prettiest color in her cheeks, and Harvey wheeled around and says he,''What does this mean? 26728 And says I,''Honey, has it got anything to do with Moses and his law?'' 26728 And says I,''Patty who, child?'' 26728 And says I:''What do you want with that old thing, honey? 26728 And says she,''I reckon you''re afraid I''ll tell some o''your meanness, ai n''t you? 26728 And says she,''No, but I''d hang it up over my parlor door for a--"Portière?
26728And who ever heard of a farmer''s wife askin''him to do such a thing?''
26728Besides,''says Abram,''who ever heard of a tall, personable man like Harvey bein''close?
26728Costs it more pain that this, ye call A great event, should come to pass, Than that?
26728Could the Garden of the Hesperides have held more charms?
26728Did I say that every pattern was represented?
26728Did Marthy ever get young Amos baptized?"
26728Do n''t it look like folks ought''o hold on to their bodies as long as other folks holds on to a piece o''the dresses they used to wear?"
26728Do n''t you like the place you''re planted in, and the hollyhocks and lilies for neighbors?''
26728Everybody was sayin'',''What''s that?''
26728For do n''t the Apostle Paul say,"Let your women keep silence in the church"?''
26728For why should day be more magnificent than life?
26728He pulled it out and says he:''Why, Sam, what''s your Sunday necktie doin''up your pants leg?''
26728He''d walk into Tom Baker''s store with his saddle- bags on his arm and holler out,''Well, what you got to- day?
26728Here is the glove, but where is the hand it held but yesterday?
26728Here the jewel that she wore, but where is she?
26728Here''s a piece o''Miss Penelope''s dress, but_ where''s Miss Penelope_?
26728I can give my experience, can I?
26728I do n''t reckon you ever heard o''Marthy and Amos, did you, child?
26728I do ricollect, though, hearin''Sam Amos say to old Squire Bentham,''What''s the matter, anyhow?
26728I like to''a''laughed right out, and I leaned over, and says I,''Why do n''t you git up and talk for us, Sally Ann?''
26728I looked him square in the face, and I says,''Are you a member of the Ladies''Mite Society of Goshen church, Sam Amos?
26728If Amos grumbled about the weather, Marthy''d say,''Ai n''t everything predestined?
26728If he was free- handed to other people, what was to hinder him from bein''the same way to you?''
26728In what shop of London or Paris were quilt patterns kept on sale for the American tourist?
26728Is it anything particular you want to go for?''
26728Jest look yonder, will you?"
26728Like a man, do you hear me?''
26728Madison, do n''t I look like the Right Woman?''
26728Now was n''t that jest like a woman, to give in after she''d had her own way for a while and could''a''kept on havin''it?
26728Now, child, how did you know I love to smell that?"
26728Patchwork?
26728Sam looked like he''d go through the floor, he was so mortified, and he kept lookin''around at Milly as much as to say,''Why do n''t you sing?
26728Says I,''Is that all the competition there is?''
26728Says he,''What''s the use of wearin''out your best clothes here at home?''
26728She come up, and says she,''Well, Sam, ai n''t you goin''to crown me"Queen o''Love and Beauty"?''
26728She met Sam on the way out, and says she:''Sam, what do you reckon?
26728That night I says to Abram, says I,''Abram, did you ever have any cause to think that Harvey Andrews was a close man?''
26728The first thing Sally Ann said when she looked at the new organ was,''Well, Jane, how do you reckon it''s goin''to sound with Uncle Jim''s voice?''
26728Warn''t this drought app''inted before the foundation of the world?
26728Well, every time I look at my daffydils I think o''them homesick Israelites askin'',''How can we sing the songs o''Zion in a strange land?''
26728What put such a notion into your head, Jane?
26728What wonder that the tides of thought flowed back into the channel of old times on a day like this, when every passing face was a challenge to memory?
26728What''s gittin''into me to leave off the endin''of a story?
26728What''s that?''
26728What''s the sense in grumblin''over the decrees of God?''
26728What''s the use wastin''tears over such things?"
26728When a man''s got hell in his heart, what good is it goin''to do him to git into heaven?"
26728Where''s that money''Lizabeth had when she married you?''
26728Where''s the ham I told you to cook and all the rest o''the things I bought for this dinner?''
26728Where''s them chickens I killed last night, and the potatoes and corn and butter- beans?''
26728Who''d ever''a''thought that folks''d go to stringin''up bed- coverin''s in their doors?
26728Why''small''?
26728Would n''t you think I''d be satisfied?
26728You hear that?"
26728You see that pink rose over by the fence?"
26728You''ve seen the Elrod place, ai n''t you, child?
26728and what about her dinner- party?"
26728and what sort o''weather they''re goin''to have six months from the weddin''day?''
26728exclaimed Aunt Jane, as she surveyed her dinner- table,"looks like Mary Andrews''dinner- party, do n''t it?
26728or would he not?''
26728said Aunt Jane, breaking off with her happy laugh,--the laugh of one who revels in rich memories,--"what''s the use of me tellin''all this stuff?
26728she said,"do n''t you ever git tired o''my yarns?
32203''Which way did she go?'' 32203 A watch- meeting?"
32203A wedding fee?
32203Ai n''t this Kentucky? 32203 And Hamilton says:''Where is she?
32203And Judge Grace says to Doctor Brigham,''Where do you reckon that preacher of ours got his notions of what''s right and what''s wrong?'' 32203 And speakin''of names, honey, did I ever tell you how Kittle Creek got its name?
32203And then he turns around to Mother and says he,''Deborah, what do you think about it?'' 32203 And what do you reckon Miss Amaryllis had done?
32203And with that Uncle Billy took a good look at him and says he,''Why, Hamilton, is this you? 32203 Archibald named''em all over to me, and Henrietta says,''Now where do you want to go first, grandma?''
32203But was n''t Miss Dorothy willing to marry the doctor in spite of his poverty?
32203But you''ll tell it on the way back?
32203Child,she said gravely,"do you mean to tell me that you do n''t know what a watch- meetin''is, and you livin''in a Christian country all your life?
32203Did you ever dream, child, of tryin''to go somewhere and your feet feelin''as if they had weights on''em and you could n''t move''em? 32203 Did you ever think, child,"said Aunt Jane, breaking off in her story,"that nearly all the work we''ve got to do keeps us lookin''down?
32203Do they object to strangers coming to see it?
32203Fields as level as a parlor floor and soil like a river- bottom? 32203 Hamilton?"
32203How did Martin Luther happen to be at Goshen?
32203How would you like to live with Henrietta, Aunt Jane?
32203I thought certain Mother had lost her mind, and I went after her and caught her by the arm, and, says I,''Mother, what on earth''s the matter? 32203 Now what was the next thing I went to?
32203Now, how in the world am I goin''to tell you how Miss Amaryllis looked?
32203Now, what was I startin''out to tell you, child, before I got to talkin''about blue blood? 32203 Sam had his purse out and says he,''How much is the glass worth?''
32203Tell me what you meant by saying that being the man he was Dr. Pendleton could n''t marry?
32203Things look sort o''down- hearted and discouraged, do n''t they?
32203Was Sam Amos a drunkard?
32203What are we going to town for?
32203What do you think about it, Aunt Jane?
32203What house is that?
32203What is a watch- meeting?
32203What is the sweetest flower that grows?
32203What was I talkin''about, honey? 32203 Where shall we go first?"
32203Who was Miss Amaryllis?
32203Why should such a pretty little river be called the Barren River?
32203Why, do n''t you ricollect?
32203You ricollect me tellin''you about that picture I saw at Henrietta''s,''The Angelus?'' 32203 You see all these trees, child?"
32203You see that pretty farm yonder?
32203Ah, if the power to put a sorrowful thought into beautiful words brought with it exemption from sorrow, who would not covet the gift?
32203Ai n''t it a pity folks ca n''t grow young instead of growin''old?"
32203Ai n''t that Johnny Amos goin''by on horseback?
32203Ai n''t that enough to satisfy you?''
32203Ai n''t these women got jest as much courage as their grandmothers?''
32203And Abram says,''But, Sam, you swapped that mare to me yesterday,''and Sam says,''Swapped her?
32203And Brother Wilson held up the sock, and says he,''My son, can you tell me how this came to be tied on the clapper of the church bell?''
32203And Brother Wilson says, says he,''Why not?
32203And Hamilton says:''Is she here?
32203And I says,''Doctor, do you ricollect the sermon that strange minister preached about a month ago?''
32203And Miles says,''You hear that?
32203And Milly Amos says,''Why did n''t some o''you men folks look at your watches instead o''lettin''us sit here wastin''all this good time?''
32203And Mother says,''What is it?''
32203And Mother says,''You boys never disobeyed me in your lives, are you goin''to disobey me at this late day?''
32203And Parson Page says:''Do you hear that?
32203And Sam Amos says,''Look a- yonder, will you?''
32203And Sam seemed to know what was in her mind, for he says to her,''Milly, do you believe me or not?''
32203And all at once somethin''said to her,''Suppose it was your boy in this sort o''danger; would n''t you thank any woman that''d go to his help?''
32203And father studied a minute, and then he says,''Do you ricollect the tongues o''fire that descended on the apostles on the day of Pentecost?''
32203And he looks down at Miss Amaryllis and says he,''Is n''t that so?''
32203And he turns around to me and says he,''Have you any idea what Hannah means by saying"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?"''
32203And old man Middleton says,''Why, daughter, what''s he done amiss?
32203And says he,''Not here?
32203And says he,''There''s one more question I want to ask you: Is there anything you can think of that you''d like to have or like to do?''
32203And says he,''Why, Emmeline, what on earth''s the matter?''
32203And somebody says,''Where''s Martin Luther?''
32203And the old man looked at Joe for a minute, and says he, right slow and earnest,''Well, Joe, why did n''t you die, too?''
32203And the old man says,''Has he struck you or mistreated you in any way?
32203And the old man says,''Well, where''s Annie Laurie and Nelly Gray?''
32203And then he says to Hannah,''Was it that sermon that put it into your head to tear down Miles''s corn shocks?''
32203And then he says,''Well, did n''t you know you''d be found out if you tied your own sock on?''
32203And then he turned around to Miles, and says he,''Miles, do you hear that?
32203And when Italy''s made, for what end is it done If we have not a son?
32203And when she got to the front door again, she stopped and said to me,''Jane, did n''t you hear the foot- steps?''
32203And when they''d got through eatin'', Henry took hold of her hand and says he,''Emmeline, ca n''t you trust me a little bit?''
32203And who but the fool dare say that eternal justice is but a dream?
32203And yet, is not inexorable law, but another name for the eternal justice that measures out to every man his just deserts?
32203And, says he,''Joe, where''s May Queen?''
32203At last,"What became of Hamilton Schuyler?"
32203But as soon as they''d hugged her and kissed her they both said,''Where''s Henry?''
32203But is n''t it sad to see people losing their happiness in this way?"
32203But what I want to know is, am I agoin''to town, or am I comin''back home?''
32203But what o''that?
32203But what was that breath coming across the meadows on the sun- warmed air?
32203But,''says he,''when they get inside of a man, where''s your poetry then?''
32203Ca n''t somethin''be done,''says they,''to stop this wranglin''amongst the churches?''
32203Ca n''t you find some roses?
32203Ca n''t you make allowances for a boy?''
32203Ca n''t you see that?''
32203Ca n''t you wait till to- morrow morning?''
32203Can you tell me which way I''m goin'', and whether it''s mornin''or evenin''?''
32203Did you ever think o''that?
32203Do n''t you know you must n''t say anything but good about the dead, or the livin''either, for that matter?''
32203Do you think you can make a bridegroom out of a skeleton?''
32203Does not the sun rise or set as splendidly over some blue Kentucky hill as over the Jungfrau?
32203Emmeline said Henry''s mother come over and put her arms around her and says she,''Henry Sanford, what prank have you been playin''on your wife?
32203Had I not heard it once before, this homely tale of woman''s work and woman''s weariness, that life repeats with endless variations?
32203Harrison looked at her like he thought she was talkin''out of her head, and says he,''What did you say, Mother?''
32203Has n''t this church got along fifteen years with jest these good pine boards underfoot?''
32203Has she been this way?''
32203Has she gone?
32203Have I got a child with so little sense as to think that that''s any reason for leavin''a man?
32203He said when he stopped, Milly was leanin''forward, her hands together, and hardly enough breath to speak, and she whispered,''Where''s Sam?''
32203Here''s this Shaker bonnet; now what''s the use o''savin''such a thing?
32203How can a man get into his bed and sleep, when his wife and child are lyin''out in the frozen ground?''
32203How did it get here, Mother?''
32203How does it happen you have n''t caught up with her yet?
32203I reckon I''ve told you Sally Ann''s experience, have n''t I?
32203I ricollect when we was talkin''about the cyarpet Silas Petty says:''What''s the use o''havin''that cyarpet?
32203I says to him,''Why, Abram, you would n''t take advantage of a poor drunken man, and a neighbor at that?''
32203I''m nothin''but a poor old woman that''s spent her life raisin''up a family, and what''s a country to me unless I''ve got my sons?''"
32203If you treat her this way now, how''ll it be ten years from now?''
32203Is it that pile of brick and mortar you''re putting up out yonder?''
32203Is the daisy on Mars Hill any fairer than the daisy that opens its petals on any meadow of the New World?
32203Juliet I knew, and Octavia and Iphigenia and Aspasia-- Had Rizpah any kinship to these?
32203Now, why not overlook this little caper of Martin Luther''s and begin the new year in a good humor with everything and everybody?''
32203Pretty soon he got awake and set up and rubbed his eyes, and took notice of the kittle, and says he,"''Have I crossed this creek or not?''
32203Rizpah?
32203Rizpah?
32203Samuel Wilson think that he''s the Pope of Rome?''
32203Says he,''Is there water or milk in your veins?''
32203Says he,''The Bible says we come from the dirt and we''re goin''back to the dirt, so why ca n''t we live in the dirt and say nothin''about it?''
32203Says he,''What is a church, anyway?
32203Says he,''You jest shut your eyes and say the word"Kentucky,"and what''ll you see?
32203She grew strangely silent, and that look on her face-- was it sadness or only joy in retrospect?
32203She''d laugh and say,''Well, what if I am?
32203That''s jest as true as anything in the Bible, and it sounds like it might''a''come out o''the Bible, do n''t it, child?
32203The Lord is my shepherd; what then shall I fear?
32203The pitying world looks on and measures the unwed lovers''loss, but who can measure their gain?
32203The rest of you ai n''t mistreated, are you?''
32203Then they all set down and waited a while, and Brother Wilson says,''Brethren, are you still of the same mind?''
32203Then where is she?''
32203Then why in the world did n''t she tell him so?"
32203To find our treasure of love greater than we had dared to dream-- what rarer joy has earth?
32203Uncle Haley says to her once, says he,''Deborah, ca n''t you think o''your country?
32203WHERE ARE YOU?''"
32203WHERE ARE YOU?''"
32203Was it in Greece or Rome or France or Italy?
32203What danger can frighten me whilst he is near?
32203What did I swap her for?''
32203What for?''
32203What is there in the flight of years to sadden the heart?
32203What''s the use in takin''notice of a boy''s pranks?
32203What''s your name, and who are you, anyway?''
32203Where are you?''
32203Where is she?''
32203Which way did she go?''
32203Whoever heard of a old woman like me makin''a speech?''
32203Why did n''t you tell me?''
32203Why, indeed, should the desire for travel send one across oceans or over continents?
32203With that he opened the paper, and what do you reckon it was, honey?
32203Would n''t this be a sorrowful world, if things was that way?
32203Yes, somewhere I had heard that stately name, but where?
32203You hear that?
32203You know that text that says there''s neither marryin''nor givin''in marriage in heaven, but we''ll all be like the angels?
32203You see that big sugar- maple out yonder by the fence, child?
32203You surely do not mean to deed me a house and land?''
32203You''ve heard o''the battle o''Port Gibson, have n''t you, honey?
32203and,''Why did n''t he come with you?''
32203says he,''and do you think you''d be doin''justice to them to take a step that would cut your salary down?''
32203why did n''t you tell me that?
63045And I shall give up everything?
63045And about the inscription?
63045And did you,asked Miss Mason grimly,"assist him?"
63045And has it all,she asked,"been just as delightful as I prophesied?"
63045And how are you? 63045 And how did you find out that the child''s real name was Philippa?"
63045And if I refuse?
63045And later?
63045And loving it like that you give it up?
63045And may I have a cup?
63045And may we accept this invitation wholesale?
63045And not attempt to see me-- you promise?
63045And now you''ll take one?
63045And now,she said,"are you ready for the metamorphosis-- to re- paint me as a blue lady?"
63045And so,he ended, smiling,"you mean to keep this waif?"
63045And till then?
63045And what, my dear,she said,"did you know of him?"
63045And when the artist is found,queried Christopher,"may I ask what are your intentions towards him?
63045And where is he now?
63045And where,he asked,"did you find the child?"
63045And who next?
63045And who,she asked,"is this?"
63045And why,asked the Duchessa,"is he not taking London by storm?"
63045And,said Barnabas, speaking in a low voice,"you brought us in here because of Pippa?"
63045Are you going to take an unfurnished studio? 63045 Are you-- content?"
63045Barnabas wo n''t mind, will you, Barnabas? 63045 Barnabas, is n''t it beautiful, but, oh, very beautiful?"
63045Because-- of what I said?
63045Been lonely, little girl?
63045But ca n''t one be mistaken in the belief that one can do something?
63045But what have you done with the picture?
63045But where does she live?
63045But you''re not lonely now?
63045But, Paul, dear,she said,"why did n''t you tell me long ago?"
63045But, dearest,he said, when she had ended,"do you realize what you are giving up?
63045But,asked Christopher,"you are not thinking of again entering the holy bonds of matrimony?"
63045But,she went on,"you do n''t understand the rest of my action?"
63045But-- but-- I simply couldn''t----"But, my dear, why not?
63045By the way,he said suddenly,"did you read the account of the exhibition of pictures at the Grafton Galleries?
63045By the way,said Barnabas,"what is your mistress''s name?"
63045Ca n''t you get out of it, though?
63045Can it be fairly said that one has been given the opportunity if it is truly impossible to accept it, which I imagine''too late''would signify?
63045Can the woolly jackets be put on one side, and may I fetch my palette?
63045Can we get a four- wheeler?
63045Can you understand it?
63045Christopher, darling,she cried,"is that you?
63045Christopher,said Sara, suddenly and quite seriously,"do you think I shall ever marry again?"
63045Could I see her for a moment?
63045Dear aunt,_ cui bono_? 63045 Did n''t you?"
63045Did you have a good time in Devonshire?
63045Did you see her eyes?
63045Do you count my love as little as that?
63045Do you do anything yourself in that way?
63045Do you ever notice my moods? 63045 Do you ever talk sense?"
63045Do you know the man?
63045Do you live here always?
63045Do you see it?
63045Do you think she might come?
63045Does n''t a likeness strike you?
63045Does n''t the opportunity sometimes arrive too late?
63045For me?
63045For the poor?
63045From a painter to a----?
63045God, why did n''t you let me die with my baby?
63045Going away?
63045Got a young man?
63045Had he got a violin?
63045Have you been lonely?
63045Have you,asked Miss Mason,"any idea where the child was left?"
63045He bought it, then?
63045Hope you did n''t overwalk to- day?
63045How can you live if I do n''t know where you are?
63045How did Jasper come to tell you our story?
63045How did you find out?
63045How did you know?
63045How do you know all this?
63045However, if you wo n''t go, where is my knitting? 63045 I only wanted to know if we were near the address I gave you?"
63045I suppose people will always laugh at me?
63045I suppose,she said slowly,"that Jasper told you our story-- it''s a sordid little story, is n''t it-- and you wanted to help?"
63045I wonder,she said quietly,"who was her mother?"
63045I?
63045In what way?
63045Is Mrs. Merton at home?
63045Is it not wonderful?
63045Is it the influence of the morning, the wings of a white butterfly, or the wild- rose face of that child?
63045Is n''t it?
63045Is n''t one ever too old? 63045 Is n''t that rather ridiculous?"
63045Is that a gentle reminder to me of my manners, or a query as to my health? 63045 Is there anything more I can do for you, ma''am?"
63045It''s hardly worth while to trouble, is it? 63045 May I further ask to whom the portrait is to be presented?"
63045May I keep it?
63045May I now give you my reasons and my excuse for my action? 63045 May I smoke?"
63045May I,said Barnabas,"say just how the situation strikes me?"
63045May she?
63045More beautiful than the others?
63045More than you care for me?
63045Mr. Treherne,she said,"are n''t you longing to say''I told you so''?"
63045My dear,said Miss Mason quietly,"are you sure he would n''t?
63045My dear,she then said suddenly,"what is the matter?"
63045No?
63045Paul and Michael?
63045Paul,she said steadily,"what is it?"
63045Paul?
63045Permanently?
63045Pippa lives in studio number seven with Miss Mason, do n''t you, Pippa? 63045 Pippa?"
63045Read the account of the wedding?
63045Ready?
63045Return or single, ma''am?
63045Sall I pose for you?
63045See who it is, will you?
63045Shall I be in the way?
63045Shall I go away?
63045Shall we paint this infant?
63045Shall we say Tuesday afternoon for our call?
63045She cared for him then?
63045She not paint se altogezzer?
63045So you saw the likeness too?
63045So you will come?
63045Studio let?
63045Sugar?
63045Tell me,said Bridget,"what Jasper told you?"
63045That you, Pippa?
63045The Benevolent refused it, did n''t they?
63045The Duchessa di Corleone at home?
63045The colour?
63045The question is, will you spare her?
63045The will?
63045Then she is unhappy, too?
63045Then the child,asked Barnabas,"is no relation of yours?"
63045Then where is it?
63045Then you are married?
63045Then you are prepared,he asked,"to tell your husband everything?
63045Then you''ll buy new things?
63045Then you''re not angry?
63045Then,she said,"it is the colour of the dress that is wrong?"
63045Then----?
63045There is n''t,she said with a note of anxiety in her voice,"anything wrong with Jasper?"
63045There was no entail on the estate?
63045They were going to Biarritz, were n''t they?
63045Think so?
63045Think so?
63045To find an artist for you?
63045Unaccustomed?
63045Was-- was I horrible?
63045We met-- when was it-- last May?
63045Well, Pippa,asked Sara,"and what do you think of my portrait?"
63045Well, why should n''t it be?
63045Well?
63045Well?
63045Well?
63045What am I to do?
63045What do you mean?
63045What do you mean?
63045What do you think of it?
63045What do you think?
63045What happened next?
63045What is he doing at the moment?
63045What is he like?
63045What is his name?
63045What is it, Kiddy?
63045What is to be the end of it?
63045What must we do?
63045What name shall I say,''m?
63045What was your idea when you came to me?
63045What would I have looked like if I''d been caught?
63045What''s funny?
63045What''s going on here?
63045What''s inside?
63045What''s to be done?
63045What, ze garden?
63045What?
63045When did you last have food?
63045Where did you learn to make curtsies, child? 63045 Where did you lose him?"
63045Where is she?
63045Where is yours?
63045Where on earth have you two been?
63045Where will you take your studio?
63045Where''ave you been?
63045Which would you value most-- my opinion or the opinion of those two girls?
63045Who did it?
63045Who is it?
63045Who is the portrait?
63045Who sent you to me?
63045Who''s taken the studio?
63045Who,she asked,"is Pippa?"
63045Who,she asked,"is that?"
63045Who,she asked,"was Stella?"
63045Why do n''t you get a new one,he said half irritably,"or at least cover it with a tea- cloth?
63045Why do n''t you go and see her?
63045Why do n''t you take her out of her surroundings then?
63045Why do you hope so, Christopher?
63045Why not?
63045Why not?
63045Will you come again and see me?
63045Will you come inside?
63045Will you have it,he asked,"in memory of your visit here?"
63045Will you have it?
63045Will you not,said the old man courteously,"follow Pippa''s example and enter the garden by the door?
63045Wo n''t the lady be a trifle overwhelmed?
63045Wonder why this has been sent?
63045Wot is it, mum?
63045Would you like to give your time to the work?
63045Would you like to see the place where he worked?
63045Yes, dear?
63045Yes, ma''am; but----"Does he live in London?
63045Yes?
63045Yes?
63045Yes?
63045Yes?
63045Yes?
63045You are sorry?
63045You do n''t mean to say Pippa climbed up here?
63045You do n''t often see it, do you?
63045You guessed?
63045You hate me?
63045You knew Philippe?
63045You know that oil- portrait that hangs by my mantelpiece?
63045You mean----?
63045You mean----?
63045You still remember our conversation long ago?
63045You think that after all there may be some advantage in her baptism?
63045You were thinkin''to offer the chance to me?
63045You will accept, Paul?
63045You''ll be meanin''----?
63045You''re cold?
63045You''ve sold this portrait, have n''t you?
63045You-- you could never care?
63045Your mistress at home?
63045Your mistress in?
63045_ Bien?_she queried.
63045_ Quel domage!_ You could n''t climb, ze wall ver''much too''igh?
63045''Where?''
63045And again, when painting some piece of flame- coloured drapery, he would hear the words:"How did you try to help me?
63045And now, little girl, how about bed?"
63045And once more I ask you, how can one attain to the distinction of portrait painter if one does not paint portraits?"
63045And then she added quietly,"and your wife died too?"
63045And then suddenly:"What is your name?"
63045And will you think me a pig if I run away for a little while and tell Paul?"
63045Anything I can get for you?
63045But did you ever see such a garden?"
63045By the way,"he went on,"no one has called to claim the ring yet, I suppose?"
63045CHAPTER XXIX SOME TWISTED THREADS"Barnabas,"said Miss Mason one day-- it was the fourteenth of October--"what''s the matter with Paul?"
63045Corner seat facing the engine, did you say?"
63045Did you ever know such a trying situation for a luxury- loving and curious woman in your life?"
63045Did you give her ze ring?"
63045Do the others know?"
63045Do you still care for your wife?"
63045Do you think I care what the world would say of me?"
63045Do you think creation is slither?
63045Ever made bread and milk in your life before?"
63045Had he left behind him this scrap of humanity, holding perhaps a spirit as poetical and intense as his own, to battle with the world?
63045Have you ever heard her?
63045Have you ever posed before?"
63045Have you stuck the Messonnier painting on an envelope in mistake for a postage stamp and put it in the pillar- box?
63045Higgins?"
63045I----""How did you try to help me?"
63045If it is not impertinent of me, may I congratulate you on it?"
63045If you believe as I do that we belong to each other for time and eternity, then how can you----?"
63045Is everything perfectly clear?"
63045Is he as nice as his name?"
63045Is it worth while to you, for your husband''s sake, to give me the pleasure of arranging it?"
63045Is n''t vat a nice story?"
63045Is not that enough?
63045Is there a good fire?
63045It does n''t make much difference to us, does it?"
63045It makes it difficult to believe in an over- ruling Providence, does n''t it?
63045It seemed forced from her:"Did you have a child?"
63045It''s odd, is n''t it?"
63045Luke did not know him?"
63045My dear, was I wrong?
63045Paper or anything?
63045Shall you be busy to- morrow?"
63045She is bound to have a studio somewhere if she wants to paint, and why not among us?
63045So he merely said lightly:"Where is she now?"
63045So the Jenkinses have gone, have they?
63045Suppose there''s room in that ridiculous kitchen for you both?"
63045The colour''s all right, but what on earth is the thing worth?
63045The question is whether you will be too bored with further sittings?"
63045Then she turned to Miss Mason"What sall I call you?"
63045There are a good many in Italy, are n''t there?"
63045Therefore, will you permit me, from the regions of the peaceful dead, to offer to you my felicitations?
63045What do you hope to find on this side?"
63045What does your work cost you?
63045What is yours?"
63045What name''m?"
63045What use else to write?
63045What was ze boy''s name?"
63045What were your plans?
63045What''s the trouble?
63045Where are the others?"
63045Where did you say the house was?"
63045Where was I before you interrupted?"
63045Which do you want most-- your child whom you have never seen or your husband?"
63045Who was he to sit in judgment on his fellow- men?
63045Who was he?"
63045Why make another representation of them?"
63045Why on earth did n''t your friend Shottover take the place?
63045Why should n''t you accept them now?"
63045Will you come inside''m?"
63045Will you come into the sitting- room?
63045Window up or down?
63045You do n''t understand what I mean?
63045You know he has lost a good bit of money?"
63045You shudder?
63045You will still let me come and see you?"
63045You wo n''t mind if we keep on the tour till the end of June, will you?
63045and will you have some of the furniture sent up from your old home?"
63045asked Alan,"or by the day?"
63045asked Barnabas, looking at Miss Mason,"or may I stay?"
63045little girl?"
63045said Paul, standing near the luncheon table while Pippa gazed upon the portrait,"what do you think of it?"
63045she asked, and her voice was truculent because her spirit was quaking,"and wot can I do for you, sir?"
63045what''s this?
48198About him and Catherine Vernon-- and how it was he went away? 48198 About my pearls?"
48198Am I in any muddles?
48198And I suppose she tells you that I never go near her? 48198 And what do you call your chance?"
48198And where have you seen me? 48198 And who do you think is the prettiest person in the room, Harry?
48198And whom did you say Edward was dancing with?
48198And you are going to this dancing tea?
48198And you think Catherine Vernon will depart from all her habits and take you to that butterfly''s ball?
48198Anything to do with him? 48198 Are they real?
48198Are you all great friends?
48198Are you aware,said Edward, sinking his voice,"that our predecessor, before Aunt Catherine, did something of the kind?"
48198Are you going further, Hester? 48198 But about this_ cotillion_?"
48198But was not my father here as well as my mother?
48198But you are happy with your brother?
48198By the way,he said, after an interval,"where did John Vernon pick his wife up?
48198Congratulate me? 48198 Dangerous-- to please?"
48198Did he think she was going to see_ him_?
48198Did not I see you at Captain Morgan''s? 48198 Did she ruin my father?"
48198Did you ever see such a muff?
48198Did you think Reginald was your relation too?
48198Do n''t I want Catherine Vernon-- to see them?
48198Do n''t you see how thoroughly out of place she looks? 48198 Do n''t you think that in most cases enthusiasm is confined to those people who personally know the least of the object of it?
48198Do n''t you think you have had enough? 48198 Do you call me a cat?"
48198Do you know who she is? 48198 Do you mean that Harry would persevere?"
48198Do you mean to say that-- he is not to get what he wishes? 48198 Do you mind, Hester?"
48198Do you say that always when you leave a place?
48198Do you think life''s so easy a business that you can read it off from the surface, and make sure that everything is as it seems?
48198Do you think your cold is so bad as that? 48198 Do you?"
48198Does Miss Vernon,he said,"take any share in the business of the bank-- I mean, in the work, in the regulations?"
48198Does n''t he know, grandmamma?
48198Ellen says it only tires the others, and what is the use?
48198Goodness, Algy, how can you look so glum about a pound or two, when you see we are doing a great work?
48198Had she anything to do with my father?
48198Have we come to Christmas toasts already?
48198Have you seen the charity flannel at Roby''s, Catherine? 48198 He is the father( is he dead?)
48198Hester,said Ellen Merridew, who was passing, and paused on her partner''s arm to interfere,"why do n''t you dance?
48198Hester,said Mrs. John appearing at the open door,"what do you mean by lingering in the cold, to get your death?
48198Hester? 48198 How old are you?"
48198I have made up my mind to rheumatism to- morrow; but what does that matter in comparison with such a delightful entertainment?
48198I know what you mean; but ca n''t you understand the position I am in, and understand_ me_? 48198 I only say it for-- short,"said Ellen, apologetically;"and how can I help what happens at Aunt Catherine''s?
48198I suppose Mr. Merridew has a right to do what he pleases?
48198I think you are all in a plot against me,said Hester, impatiently;"why was it you were left without a head?
48198I wonder what young Mr. Merridew is-- if he is well off, and all that? 48198 I wonder?"
48198In the name of wonder,cried out Miss Vernon,"what does she expect?
48198Is it Hester Vernon that you mean?
48198Is n''t it the same thing as to say that a great man is never a hero to his valet, or that a prophet has no honour in his own country?
48198Is not that a little hard, Aunt Catherine? 48198 Is that so, my love?
48198Is that so?
48198Is there anything of that sort in prospect, if I may be permitted to ask?
48198Is this because you-- care so much for Reginald Merridew?
48198Is this hypocrisy, or is it kindness to spare me? 48198 It is not necessary, is it, to explain?
48198It used to be quite a pleasure to watch for you; and the summer evenings were so tempting, were n''t they? 48198 John Vernon''s daughter?
48198May I believe you?
48198Mistakes? 48198 My chance, grandpapa?"
48198My old man,she said,"what do you know about the talk of girls?
48198No?
48198Oh, cousin, is it? 48198 Oh, must n''t I?
48198Oh, offence, Cousin Catherine? 48198 Oh,"said Emma again,"then there_ are_ factions?
48198Or the poorest perhaps?
48198Perhaps they do n''t have the mayonnaise sauce?
48198She asked me about her father: and was I going to be so brutal as to tell the poor child what has always been concealed from her?
48198She says that, does she?
48198Tell me what you think of these papers? 48198 Then have you forgotten''Bridget-- Fidget''?"
48198Then what does she mean by it?
48198Then you will ask for an invitation for me?
48198Vernon,said Roland,"do you know that you are very rash, opening out like this to me?
48198Well, and this great handsome fellow, a man of the world, is he your baby that you wanted so much?
48198Well?
48198What can I say? 48198 What can I say?"
48198What could Catherine Vernon have to do with them? 48198 What do we want with the old things here?"
48198What do you mean about''anything taking place''?--and from-- from what?
48198What does he mean by till to- morrow? 48198 What does she sit there for, like a Chinese idol?"
48198What girl?
48198What has made him take this idea?
48198What has that to do with it?
48198What interest can he take in Ellen? 48198 What is it?
48198What is it?
48198What is the use of talking to such a silly?
48198What of Edward?
48198What should I mean more? 48198 What was Job''s lesson?
48198What was your chance?
48198What would be the good? 48198 What''s that you thought likely to happen?
48198When which of you gets the upper hand? 48198 Where is Abroad?"
48198Where was I?
48198Who is that girl?
48198Who put Mrs. John there?
48198Who put it into your head to get a dress like that? 48198 Who was he?"
48198Who was the belle?
48198Why do you change colour so? 48198 Why do you never remind me,"he said,"what an old fool I am?
48198Why do you say so, Hester? 48198 Why has she not her mother with her?"
48198Why should I wish to do her honour? 48198 Why should you go out of your way to meet the evil, that by God''s good grace will never come?
48198Would you rather have it in your power to insult me always?
48198Yes, wo n''t it be nice?
48198You asked how it was that we---- What was it you asked, Miss Hester? 48198 You may have made it a little better,"said Hester;"but why do you go on talking like that?
48198You ought not to dislike state,he said, in an undertone;"you who are a kind of queen yourself-- or, shall I say, grand duchess-- in your own town?"
48198You''ll be here, I suppose, Harry, till closing time? 48198 Your customers-- and their money to invest-- what do mean by that?
48198Am I one of the false things you hate?"
48198Among them all, what could be more likely than that her fate should be found?
48198And as for silk slips----""Oh, hold your tongue, Hester, what do you know about it?"
48198And as it is likely that I shall have a good deal to do with the Vernons----""What do you want with the Vernons?
48198And do you mean to say these are real pearls?
48198And how am I to be so pleasantly occupied?
48198And how does the other affair go on?"
48198And quite right, do n''t you think, when one is in the position of a dependent?
48198And she was very comfortable with Roland-- but if he were to marry, what then?
48198And that is her mother?
48198And what did you do after that?
48198And what of her?"
48198And what should I do without you?"
48198And which of us is most likely to be right?"
48198And why could he not devote himself to her?
48198And you must always take into consideration that at any moment Roland might marry, and then where should I be?
48198And, after all, why should not Emma come?
48198Are you really going out with grandpapa?
48198Are you sure of it?
48198But for you and your steady- going banks, how could we operate at all?
48198But how could she do it?
48198But how could these meetings test what he meant?
48198But if I do n''t settle now, he is sure, of course, to marry some time; and then where shall I be?
48198But in an ordinary way what do girls want but their chance?
48198But it is his trade to speculate, is n''t it, grandpapa?
48198But of course it would be white; at the first ball-- and looked well, you say?"
48198But the captain had an easy victory when he said"Should you like to be the one to tell her?"
48198But then why should I lose any time?
48198But what did that matter?
48198But what will Miss Vernon say if we stay here talking shop all the evening?"
48198But why are we, for instance, so much better than the Merridews and all the rest of the respectable people?
48198Can a man say more than that?"
48198Can you imagine anything more nasty?
48198Catherine may consider poor people''s feelings; but there are some who think it is wrong to do so-- for who is like Catherine?
48198Cinderella, where have you left your pumpkin coach?"
48198Come into the hall, it is cool there, and let us talk instead?"
48198Could he be really so much impressed by her character and position, and the failure of true gratitude and kindness?
48198Dancing teas-- what did it mean?
48198Dear Mrs. Morgan, I wanted to ask you-- Was Catherine----Did Catherine----""What, my dear?"
48198Did even she despise him?
48198Did she mean that_ he_ was not faithful?
48198Did you ever hear anything about my father?"
48198Did you see some one whom you admired, Edward?
48198Do n''t you know I am in bondage?
48198Do n''t you know who I mean, Hester?
48198Do n''t you perceive it?
48198Do n''t you remember, dear, Mousheer D''Egmont and his little violin, Martha?
48198Do n''t you see it is quite possible I might betray you?
48198Do n''t you see that makes all the difference?
48198Do n''t you think I was right, grandmamma?
48198Do n''t you think it is very kind?"
48198Do n''t you think it is very thoughtful of him?
48198Do n''t you think so?
48198Do you know-- I wonder---- Had my father never anything to do with it?"
48198Do you live here?
48198Do you mean that I am mistaken about the triumph?
48198Do you think parents have a right to do what they please?
48198Do you think that is good or bad?
48198Do you think we are a frivolous old pair talking as we ought not-- two old fools upon the brink of the grave?"
48198Do you think, Hester, this gentleman would be so good as to see about my invitation?
48198Does that tell you anything about her conduct to_ me_?
48198Does your mamma ever play the harp now?
48198Go on the stage-- or what?"
48198Had n''t he a right to try, the same as another?
48198Harry?
48198Has she any right to interfere?"
48198Has she anything to do with your pearls?
48198Have I made my peace?
48198He had as good a right to the bank as she had, had he not?
48198He is coming to dine with me to- morrow-- as I suppose he told you?"
48198He might just as likely as not, next time he comes, make you an offer; and then where should I be?"
48198How could I mean that?
48198How could he expect the field to be clear for him, and the rich, childless woman of fortune left at his mercy?
48198How could it be my fault?
48198How could you doubt that?
48198How does it feel to be happy?
48198How long is it since he came, Hester?
48198How should that be?"
48198How would she look among other girls-- how would she receive him?
48198I am sure I am very glad grandpapa is on Catherine''s side; for Elinor said, and then Roland told me---- Who is that?
48198I dare say you do n''t know, Miss Hester, what I mean by a run?"
48198I do n''t know, Catherine,"she added with humility,"if you will think that foolish?"
48198I do n''t think that is nice in a married sister, do you?
48198I have not thought much about it; but I should like to know,"said Hester with more composure,"how it was that she had it and not papa?"
48198I hear she is of good family-- and was it her extravagance that brought about his ruin?
48198I hope she will not wear out the good impression----""Is she not so-- nice?"
48198I suppose people will call when they know I am here?"
48198I suppose she had a pretty dress-- white?
48198I suppose this girl has not any money?
48198I suppose we are going the same way?"
48198I suppose you had an invitation, grandmamma, though you are too old to go?"
48198I wonder if my ivory fan would be old- fashioned?
48198If Hester knew, what would the girl do?
48198If I do n''t get settled, what have I to look forward to?
48198If it was not so, would she be deeply disappointed?
48198If she does n''t do all you want, who do you expect would?"
48198If she liked one better than the other, should the fellow she would n''t have be such a cad as to stand in her way?
48198If they choose to entrust me with their business, is there any reason why I should refuse it?
48198Is he after some girl, and does n''t want Cousin Catherine to know?
48198Is n''t it so?"
48198Is that cynicism?"
48198It is one''s first duty, do n''t you think, to minister to the pleasure of one''s grandparents?
48198It is the settlements that are the things to be considered; or perhaps she is thinking of a title?
48198It would be necessary to say something, and what could be said?
48198John?"
48198Mr. Rule, will you answer me?
48198My mother, with her twenty pounds, what could she do?
48198Oh, but I do; they are just one as good as another, and why should one be rich and another poor?
48198Oh, then, there are_ men_ there?
48198Oh, you know her, do you?
48198On what?
48198One said so to please you; but how can you suppose one meant anything?
48198Or is it----?
48198Pocket the shame and continue to wear them as became Mrs. John''s daughter, or tear them from her neck and trample them under foot?
48198She is looking for something better, I suppose?"
48198She laughed a moment after, and added,"Of course, she would; what could I have expected?
48198She looked at him and at Hester with a little sigh; but who could tell what might happen with patience and time?
48198She was going to be happy-- was she going to be happy?
48198Suspicion produces treachery, do n''t you know?"
48198There is no change in that respect so far as I am aware, Martha, is there?
48198There was a little pause round the table which was somewhat awkward; for what could anybody say?
48198To know exactly how he regarded her would much help her in deciding the other question, not less important, which was, how she regarded him?
48198Unless I had settled, what should I have done?
48198WAS IT LOVE?
48198WAS IT LOVE?
48198Was he in love?
48198Was he in love?
48198Was he in love?
48198Was he in love?
48198Was it her cunning that the old lady meant to praise?
48198Was it possible after all, that perhaps the words upon which they agreed had different meanings to each?
48198Was it possible that any new object that might appear would have the same effect upon her?
48198Was not this what she herself was doing?
48198Was she glad she had gone?
48198Was there a run-- and how did you provide--?"
48198Was this a confession of feminine inferiority?
48198We always said that was what was likely to happen, did n''t we?"
48198What are you doing here behind backs?
48198What are you doing?
48198What can she expect?"
48198What could I have done with you then-- a little thing among lots of people?
48198What could be better for a girl?
48198What could be the cause?
48198What could it mean to the bank?
48198What do you know about it?
48198What do you mean by not dancing?
48198What do you think about all these failures, Catherine?
48198What do you think, Mr. Harry?
48198What does it all mean?"
48198What had happened?
48198What harm could they do to the house that sheltered them, two old, good, peaceful people, who were kind to everybody?
48198What is going to happen?"
48198What is it at the best but making money out of the follies of your fellow- creatures?
48198What is she saving herself for, I wonder?
48198What is that big house, that red one, so near the road?
48198What is that the Bible says about''deceitful above all things''?
48198What is the matter?"
48198What kind of something?
48198What more is needed to enable a young man to make his way with women?
48198What reason could there be for not wearing your mother''s pearls?
48198What right had he to engage you?
48198What should I go for?
48198What should it matter to Edward that Catherine''s eye was upon him?
48198What should we do without you?
48198What was the use of saying any more?
48198What you give in charity ought to be different, do n''t you think?
48198When do you think my invitation will come, grandmamma?
48198When you try to get hold of yourself, did you ever find a more slippery customer?
48198Where are you going?
48198Where could you find steadier married women?
48198Where does she think she will get another such offer?
48198Where have you seen Catherine Vernon, Hester?
48198Whether we are in Paris fashions or our old silks, do n''t we owe it all to you?"
48198Why did I say Cinderella?
48198Why do you talk of Aunt Catherine to me?"
48198Why had he done it?
48198Why have I not pearls?
48198Why is one forced to wear all this upon one?"
48198Why should I be responsible for one who is not me, nor of my mind?"
48198Why should I dress up so fine for Ellen''s parties?
48198Why should Mrs. John''s daughter have rejected so excellent a settlement?
48198Why should it displease her?
48198Why should my life be overshadowed permanently by the action of another?
48198Why should people wait when they are well off enough, and nothing to be gained by it?
48198Why should she care about what I wear?
48198Why should you have a good deal to do with them?"
48198Why should you suppose I would not like it?
48198Would she have done so?
48198Would that be the right thing?
48198Yes, I will say her name; why should n''t I?
48198You ca n''t, till you are quite certain what_ they_ mean, do n''t you know?
48198You do n''t play or bet; you have no claim upon you that you want extraordinary means of supplying----""How can you tell all that?"
48198You only see him in the evening?"
48198You were not at Miss Vernon''s party last year?"
48198Your cousin Edward----""Did Edward tell you so?"
48198_ you_, dear Catherine?
48198and ai n''t we enough to chaperon a couple of dozen girls?
48198and you said something to me about my mother?"
48198but is he likely to marry?
48198he had said to himself, and what then?
48198he said, putting his hands together with a supplicating gesture,"may I put faith in you?
48198of the-- young lady-- who is such a favourite with my grandfather?"
48198or rather, if you have withdrawn from it, what do the boys think?"
48198said Emma,"or are there little factions as there generally are in families?
48198where is she to get another such chance again?
48198who is Miss Ashton?
48197''Can a woman forget?'' 48197 Am I all that?"
48197Am I difficult to understand?
48197And what is Elinor doing?
48197And why did she bring_ you_? 48197 Are they in the bank too?"
48197Are they wicked reports?
48197Are they?
48197Are you Cousin Catherine?
48197Are you a Vernon--_too_?
48197Are you quite sure there is no mistake?
48197Are you so sure that Hester will marry him?
48197Are you sure that our difficulties will increase?
48197Because I am likely to see a great deal of him in the future? 48197 But forgive me, Aunt Catherine, was it not you that asked her to come?"
48197But you have made all preparations? 48197 But-- Catherine?"
48197Certainly; who else, when the credit of the bank is at stake? 48197 Did I say it?
48197Did you wish me to pay you compliments? 48197 Do Englishmen look for flowers?"
48197Do any of the Vernons live in that great white house-- that one, do you see?--on the other side of the red roofs?
48197Do n''t be vexed; why should you? 48197 Do n''t you think it will keep till to- morrow, mother?
48197Do n''t you think so?
48197Do n''t you think you give too much importance to the nonsense of a girl? 48197 Do n''t you think,"he said, softly,"that we are going too fast, Aunt Catherine, in every way?
48197Do n''t you, my poor child? 48197 Do you call it not wrong-- to do what your heart revolts at to please your mother?"
48197Do you call that respect?
48197Do you know many languages?
48197Do you see that?
48197Do you think it would be right to marry a man only because your mother wished it?
48197Do you think me a savage?
48197Do you think so?
48197Do you think that is what I mean? 48197 Do you think,"said Mrs. John, with a little tremor,"that she will be dreadfully angry?
48197Do you wish me to go away, Cousin Catherine?
48197Force-- oh, Mr. Harry, do you think I would force my child? 48197 From the way you speak, ma''am,"said Mr. Rule,"I conclude that you have heard some of the wicked reports that are flying about?"
48197Had he anything to do with the bank?
48197Has he gone away?
48197Have you ill- natured thoughts? 48197 Her nephew?"
48197How are you getting on?
48197How can a girl understand banking business?
48197How much have you?
48197How should I take it? 48197 How was I to know?
48197I have to be my own body- guard, it is true,she said;"but why should I want one at all?
48197I know it was my duty,she cried;"for who is to care for you, to see that you are settled in life, but me?
48197I suppose all this means that you wo n''t have me?
48197I suppose, Captain Morgan,said Hester that evening, when she walked out with him as usual,"that Cousin Catherine was young once?"
48197I suppose,said Hester, from the midst of her curls,"that he finds it dull now without Ellen at the White House?"
48197I wonder if the people_ up there_ have any hand in it?
48197I-- do you know I have been brought up in France? 48197 If you think all that of me, why wo n''t you have me?"
48197Is anything to happen to- morrow?
48197Is he so nice?
48197Is he?
48197Is it Cousin Catherine that has brought us all here?
48197Is it of me you dare to speak so?
48197Is that all that is to be thought of, whether it will turn out well?
48197Is that how people behave in England? 48197 Is there any one so much interested as I am?
48197It is astonishing, is it not, that one should be so much more powerful than others? 48197 Like the people who found the elixir of life, or the Wandering Jew?"
48197Love her? 48197 Many languages?
48197May I stay and talk to you?
48197Might I not replace you, grandfather? 48197 Oh why should it not be discussed between us?"
48197Oh yes, I am afraid I did know who she was-- that she was Cousin Catherine; but then, who is Cousin Catherine? 48197 Oh, Harry, nothing of the sort; but if we do n''t enjoy ourselves when we are young, when are we to do it?
48197Oh, Hester, have I ever thought so? 48197 Oh, why did I let you persuade me to go to bed?
48197Oh, why was I so foolish as to leave you to mismanage everything? 48197 Oh, why will you make such a mistake?
48197Oh, you are surely not going out,he said,"not just when I come?
48197Perhaps you know where he is, ma''am?
48197Should you be sorry to go?
48197Sophistry, is n''t it? 48197 That is not possible,"she cried, holding her head high; and then she said anxiously,"Mr. Rule, tell me what you mean?"
48197The White House? 48197 The bank of course is for that, is n''t it?
48197Then I suppose my father must have had something to do with it, for do you know, though we are poor now, he once lived there?
48197Then does it come to this, that money is everything?
48197Then it is no further gone than that; and yet it is as far gone as that?
48197Then why did he go away?
48197They said they would come and fetch you to spend a day with them, did n''t they? 48197 To keep_ you_ at arm''s length?
48197We have none-- in this world; but do you think my wife would have been what she is with never a child? 48197 Well, it does not look likely, does it?"
48197Well,she said,"are you satisfied?"
48197What are you going to do?
48197What could you teach?
48197What do you do in the day?
48197What does that mean?
48197What is it all to come to?
48197What of Catherine?
48197What papers?
48197What should she think? 48197 What should we do with the White House?
48197What should you know about the business?
48197What was there to gain by it? 48197 What would have been the good,"said the poor lady,"when we could do nothing?
48197What?
48197Where am I to begin?
48197Who else?
48197Who is she? 48197 Who is that, Aunt Catherine?"
48197Who was he?
48197Who was it for?
48197Why did you want me to know this?
48197Why not?
48197Why should I keep away? 48197 Why should I?"
48197Why should n''t you let it stay so? 48197 Why should you come out to catch cold?"
48197Why, she has never seen any one, has she? 48197 Why-- is it Harry?"
48197Why? 48197 Why?"
48197Would that be something wrong?
48197You are surprised to hear me so talkative, Hester? 48197 You will not be long of coming to bed, dear?"
48197A mere politeness, where could have been the harm of that?
48197After all though, is it called for?
48197And how about her teaching and her independence and the_ cours_ she felt herself ready to open?
48197And how can you do this, save by marrying?
48197And that is where you used to live?
48197And then I say it is good policy, do n''t you think so, Mrs. Vernon?
48197And where could she be?
48197And where was Mr. Vernon?
48197Are you doing lessons now?
48197Are you going to marry Harry Vernon, Hester?"
48197Are you going to marry Harry Vernon?"
48197But do n''t you know it is the fashion now for girls to do something?
48197But do you think the world ever looked the same after?
48197But what could Mrs. John do?
48197But what could the clerks do without the principal?
48197But what did that matter?
48197But what is the use of a mother''s remonstrances?
48197But, if so, why was she kind to his wife and child?
48197Come and spend a long day with me, wo n''t you?
48197Could I let her come in and disturb my mother after she was in bed?
48197Could anything have been more kind?
48197Cousin Catherine?
48197Did he think that this round world was hanging on like a big ball, hampering the going of God, do you suppose?
48197Do n''t you know she would not let her in?
48197Do n''t you know, Hester-- they say women always know-- that I''ve been in love with you ever so long?"
48197Do n''t you remember her look on the Thursdays, which we both remarked?"
48197Do n''t you remember we agreed it was the secret of all Hamlet''s tragedy?
48197Do n''t you remember, Martha?
48197Do n''t you see?
48197Do you dislike so much walking alone?"
48197Do you know Cousin Catherine?
48197Do you know?"
48197Do you love her?"
48197Do you think I should have waited for you to- night if I had not wanted to insult you?
48197Does he come and see you often?
48197Does no one go to early mass?"
48197Does that surprise you?
48197Either nothing had been said on the subject, or else-- But what else?
48197For God''s sake, ma''am, tell me how I am to find him?"
48197Good and virtuous and kind children-- what could a woman have more?
48197Had she been against him too?
48197Had you no father like me?
48197Has it never occurred to you that I was anxious to see you, Hester?
48197Have I satisfied you now?"
48197Have you accepted him?"
48197Have you never heard of Vernon''s Bank?
48197Have you seen the other people who live in the Heronry?
48197He could not surely be unkind?
48197He gave a gasp as if those arrested words almost choked him, then said,"Nor anybody?"
48197He said,"Will you come and have a turn in the garden?"
48197How can people tell such lies?
48197How could he be ignorant, ma''am?
48197How is Ellen?
48197I did want a body- guard, some one to see that I was not insulted, to protect me, on a quiet country road, from-- from--""Yes?
48197I do n''t like to trouble a lady, but what can I do?
48197I do n''t say she likes me, but she ca n''t like any one else, can she?
48197I have the greatest respect for the ladies-- where would we without them?
48197I may be of some use to you as your difficulties increase; but I should like to know your name, and what I am to call you?"
48197I said, who would harm me?
48197I suppose he never came back to this country again?"
48197I suppose she is your mother?
48197I suppose your mother has told you a great deal about the Vernons-- and me?"
48197I think I could be happy here, at least as happy as I can ever be now; and what if I must give it all up again for you?"
48197I think I like you, but you may be sure I shall never hate you; why should I?
48197I want to open a_ cours_; do n''t you think I might open a_ cours_?
48197I wonder what Mr. Tennyson could have been thinking of?
48197If you want to keep in favour with Aunt Catherine-- isn''t your name Hester?"
48197Is it Harry?"
48197Is it about business, or anything I may know?"
48197Is it really so bitter to you to be dependent?
48197Is it, perhaps, genius for business, as distinct as genius in poetry, which makes everything succeed?
48197Is not that a great deal to say?
48197Is not that enough?
48197Is she fond of you that she has you to live in her house?
48197Is she your aunt?
48197Is that an hour to wake me, when I have not had my first sleep out?
48197It is not possible,"she cried a moment after,"that you are the little girl?"
48197It must have been born in her, do n''t you see?
48197It was all very strange, she had never seen anything like it before; but what was the reason why papa left?
48197Let me see that pretty lace thing she gave you?
48197May she come?
48197Morgan?"
48197Mr. Kaley was so very civil; did you notice?
48197Mrs. Vernon,"he cried, suddenly,"ca n''t you help us?
48197Oh, she may have a holiday for one day?"
48197Oh, she sees very well how they lie, but is never angry, only laughs; is that the way to make one love her?
48197Perhaps because she was an old woman, and wanted to make up a little for what she had done?
48197Perhaps on the whole it might be better if you would sound her a bit, eh?
48197Perhaps out of remorse and compunction?
48197Perhaps you are thinking that a boy of fourteen is not much?
48197Rule?"
48197Shall I make you a cup of tea?"
48197She asked her son how he could forget that if Catherine''s money went out of the business it would make the most extraordinary difference?
48197She used to listen breathless, wondering at the difference-- for what danger was there, what chance of mortal peril or temptation, here?
48197She was ready to give all she had, and who can do any more?"
48197Should he go to the Old Bank, the life- long rival of Vernon''s, and ask their help to pull through?
48197Should he go to the agent of the Bank of England?
48197Should n''t you say so?
48197Supposing that they have drained all that was best in me out of me for years?
48197Supposing that they have grown alien to me in every respect-- thinking other thoughts, walking in other ways?
48197Supposing that they have made my life hard and bitter to me?
48197Tell me, what would that discovery do to a girl, a daring, masterful spirit like you?"
48197The Vernons are great or they are small, do n''t you know?
48197The first Englishman she had seen; what was he going to do?
48197Then why do n''t they come, Hester?--why do n''t they come?"
48197Then, with a smile, she added,"Am I not to go in?
48197There was a pause, and then he resumed suddenly, and without any preface,"So it is Harry-- who is to be the man?"
48197There was no telegraph in those days, and if he confided Mr. Vernon''s story to the other banks, what would they think of him?
48197They may have some ideal in their heads, though they have never met any one----""Eh?"
48197They say in France that men are all equal; but how can that be when Cousin Catherine-- What gives her so much power?"
48197This was a question not very hard to answer, seeing that the next moment she added to herself,"Who else could it be?"
48197Vernon?"
48197Was Hester too wise to be moved by that hint of opposition, that sense that a thing which is forbidden must be pleasant?
48197Was he, she wondered, going to early mass?
48197Was his confidence justified?
48197Was it like him to reject the kindness of kin, to limit his wife in her affections, to turn a cold shoulder on his grandson?
48197Was it possible she did not observe it?
48197Was it possible that a creature so dazzling, so triumphant, had spoken such words to her?
48197Was it the beginning of the first?
48197Was it worth living?
48197Was not one lady enough to appeal to?
48197Was she angry-- do you know-- last night?
48197Was she not the guardian of her mother, and of her quiet and repose?
48197Well, will you come in?
48197Were you poor?
48197What I think is always what will be the best----""For her?
48197What about?"
48197What advantage do you think there would be in turning everything upside down-- in making a great fuss and disturbance and changing all our relations?
48197What are you learning?
48197What could she do even if she wished to help them?
48197What could that do to Vernon''s?
48197What did Catherine Vernon mean to do with this house?
48197What did it matter what they said or felt?
48197What did it mean?
48197What did it mean?
48197What did it mean?
48197What did they mean by it?
48197What do you suppose I have been coming here for every night?
48197What else could I do?"
48197What had I best do?
48197What had been done to him?
48197What had he done?
48197What has been going on?
48197What is there in the human bosom more strong than the desire to see how the gladiators die?
48197What should she know?
48197What sort of a woman would she be that cared for a man who did not care for her?"
48197What then could she be expected to do?
48197What virtue was that in her?
48197What was he to her that it should matter how he behaved?
48197What was it for?
48197What was it for?
48197What was she anxious about?
48197What was the dreadful drawback?
48197What was to be done?
48197What would Hester say?
48197What would Hester say?
48197What would be the good of it?
48197What would they do with each other?
48197What?
48197When I say that Harry is the man, I do not suppose either that he is worthy of you, or that you think so; but you are a girl, what can you do?
48197When is she coming home?"
48197Where could she find any one who had so much to offer?
48197Where was my father?"
48197Where would they have been without a guide?"
48197Whereas here, living as we are, what can I do?--or you for me?"
48197Who would have thought it?
48197Who would?
48197Why are you so self- willed, child?
48197Why did n''t I stay up-- I could have done it quite well-- and seen Catherine Vernon?
48197Why did they come?
48197Why did those poor girls in white muslin, not being compelled, like Hester, continue to go?
48197Why how could he have so much as looked that way without encouragement?
48197Why interfere so pointedly to prevent the simplest communication between her and the stranger?
48197Why is she so kind?
48197Why should Hester hold me off and on?
48197Why should he be free and I a slave?
48197Why should he go to France without letting any one at the bank know, saying he was only to be absent for a day?
48197Why should he interrupt the innocent talk?
48197Why should not it weigh with her?
48197Why should she be startled?
48197Why was not Hester born in that day?
48197Why was not she a man?
48197Why was she shy?
48197Will you come and help me?"
48197Without that----""Everything will be lost?"
48197Wo n''t that do?"
48197Wo n''t you sit down?
48197Would that do any good?"
48197You can not make coffee in England, can you?"
48197You did not know I had one perhaps?
48197You make a statement to me about your own state of mind, and then you look as if you expected something from me; but what am I to say?
48197and Cousin Catherine, this rich woman who had them all in her power, why had she not more respect for weakness?
48197and then she turned to her brother,"Is n''t it fine?"
48197and whom could she be with?
48197but how could she help it?
48197ca n''t you help us?
48197do you mean that it is me Mr. Rule wants to see?"
48197from-- whom?
48197had lost?
48197he said indifferently,"who can he find to woo about here?"
48197how could they ever pull together-- the one all eagerness and vigour, the other stolid and heavy?
48197is n''t it fun?
48197it would have broken his heart; what was left to him to come for?
48197said Mrs. John,"what do I know about business?
48197said Mrs. John:"have you refused him?
48197said Mrs. John;"do you think fires can be got for nothing?
48197said his wife,"but where''s the money?"
48197send to Mr. Sellon and ask him to help us on that security?
48197she cried in a voice of girlish thunder;"is it possible that you could ever think of scheming-- match- making-- for me?"
48197so you''ve been expecting Ellen Vernon?"
48197the thought passed through his mind as similar thoughts had passed through William''s-- Would all this be sold away from her?
48197was it possible that a woman should avow such possibilities and yet live?
48197what do you know about it?
48197what has happened?
48197what have you done?
48197what should be wrong?"
48197what will mother say?
48197who would harm me?"
30439''Miss Alviry Wilcox to home?'' 30439 ''What do you mean, Ithuriel Butters?''
30439''What have ye done?'' 30439 ''Who are you, neighbor?''
30439''Why, where is she?'' 30439 Ai n''t it mysterious?"
30439Ai n''t you ashamed, Willy Jaquith? 30439 Ai n''t you been at Mis''Tree''s?"
30439Ai n''t you heerd about Alviry''s gittin''merried, Mis''Tree? 30439 Alviry?
30439And what is that landscape, Cousin Homer? 30439 Any one I ought to know?"
30439Anything else?
30439Are you a tramp?
30439Can not let me in?
30439Could you find it convenient not to rock, Cousin Homer?
30439Cousin Homer, could you find it convenient not to rock?
30439Dear Aunt Marcia,said Miss Vesta, mildly,"I may say good morning, surely?
30439Dear Aunt Marcia,the little lady said as she entered the room,"how do you do to- day?
30439Did ever I tell you the trick your grandfather and my brother played on old Elder Weight and Squire Tree? 30439 Did n''t I tell you?
30439Did you ever?
30439Did you so?
30439Did-- did your father whip you well, Tommy?
30439Do I look as if I were going to die?
30439Do you know its name? 30439 Do?
30439Drive where?
30439Every word?
30439For the land''s sake, what is the matter?
30439Fretting for her?
30439Go away, James? 30439 Good land, Mis''Tree, did n''t you see him?
30439Good?
30439H''are ye, Seth?
30439Has the little idiot-- has she any reason to give?
30439Have I-- have I given satisfaction, sir?
30439Have you any symptoms for me?
30439Have you brought something to read to us, Cousin Homer?
30439Have you ever seen Leory Pitcher, Homer?
30439Have you left anything to Mary Jaquith-- Mary Ashton?
30439Have you tried again, James?
30439He could n''t foresee that she was going to be, could he? 30439 He died here-- hey?"
30439Help her? 30439 How are you, Virginia?"
30439How did she run?
30439How do you do, Direxia?
30439How do you do, Ithuriel?
30439How do you do, James?
30439How do you do, Keziah? 30439 How do you do, Thomas Candy?"
30439How long, have you been-- a-- feeling like this?
30439How old_ is_ that bird, Miss Vesta, if I may ask?
30439How would you propose to word them resolutions, Brother Rock?
30439I ben visitin''with Mis''Tree this mornin'',he added, benevolently;"she''s aunt to you, I believe, ai n''t she?"
30439I dono as he did it to obleege us, did he?
30439I trust you are quite well, Malvina, and that the deacon''s rheumatism is giving him less trouble lately?
30439I''ll come once a week, if you do n''t take care, and then what would you say? 30439 Is it so?"
30439Isaac Weight? 30439 Isick, be you there?"
30439It''s all right, is it?
30439Let me hang it for you, wo n''t you?
30439May I ask if the sonnet is your favorite form of verse?
30439Mr. Homer( no one ever said"Mr. Hollopeter,"nor would he have been pleased if any one had),"I have been here six months, have I not?
30439My dear Vesta, if she does not mean what she says at her age, the question is, when will she mean it?
30439My fingers are unaccustomed to twine any garlands save those of-- a-- song; but I think that looks well, William?
30439New folks, new faces? 30439 Now, John, why should you stop?"
30439Now, what do you want to hear?
30439Now, what is going on here?
30439Question is, who to have?
30439Red? 30439 See anything to beat the State of Maine?"
30439See things, hey?
30439Shall I knock?
30439Shall we perhaps change the subject?
30439She does n''t wish it; is n''t that reason enough? 30439 So long as what?
30439Speaking of bearers,said Abram Cutter,"had n''t we ought to pass a vote of thanks to Isr''el, or something?"
30439Surely you_ will_ answer it?
30439Then-- then, Mr. Homer, may I have a day off to- morrow, please? 30439 Then-- what will you say to Maria, Aunt Marcia?"
30439There''s nothing improper in it, is there?
30439Vesta, Vesta, how''s Phoebe?
30439Want to see Mary Jaquith?
30439Was I?
30439Was he in red velvet and feathers?
30439Was it sudden?
30439Was she?
30439Was she?
30439Well, Uncle Ithe, how goes it?
30439Well, ai n''t I goin'', quick as I can? 30439 Well, then, why ca n''t you let my health alone?
30439Well, what is it? 30439 What about him?"
30439What are you doing to that window, Direxia Hawkes?
30439What boy?
30439What can I do for you?
30439What did you say you wanted done with this skirt?
30439What do we need of an assistant? 30439 What do you want here?"
30439What does he look like?
30439What does this mean? 30439 What for?
30439What has happened to distress her?
30439What has happened?
30439What if I carried you off, you inflexible little piece of porcelain?
30439What if-- Vesta,--may I speak once more?
30439What is all this about Isaac Weight and Timpson Boody, the sexton? 30439 What is it?"
30439What is the matter, Malvina?
30439What is the meaning of all this, I should like to know? 30439 What kind of sauce would you like for tea?"
30439What say?
30439What then?
30439What tramp?
30439What''s the matter? 30439 When?"
30439Where is your stepdaughter? 30439 Where''s the use?"
30439Which bowl shall we use for the wine jelly, Sister Phoebe? 30439 Who is it?"
30439Who wants to set hens in the post- office?
30439Who''s gone? 30439 Who''s that?"
30439Why ai n''t you to school, I''d like to know? 30439 Why ca n''t you?"
30439Why do n''t you give up drink?
30439Why do n''t you take her?
30439Why should a change of weather make the water rily beforehand? 30439 Will you have a cup of tea now, Maria, or would you like to go to your room at once?"
30439With Mary-- do you mean my mother?
30439You did n''t want them yourself, did you?
30439You do n''t feel seriously out of trim, I hope?
30439You know we all appreciate it, do n''t you, my good Direxia? 30439 You see this dent?"
30439_ Quousque tandem, O Catilina?_ Vesta, Vesta, do n''t you pester!
30439''Am I Jonathan Tree, or am I that thundering, blundering gogglepate, Ebenezer Weight?''
30439''Who am I?''
30439), what, or where are we?
30439A little more?
30439After all, for whom should we display our choicest possessions if not for our pastor?"
30439All present who want Homer Hollopeter for postmaster, say so; contrary- minded?
30439And here you tell me-- what does it mean, Prudence Pardon?
30439And now, as I have duties to attend to, shall I show you your room?"
30439And_ how_ is Aunt Marcia?
30439Another pound cake, Mrs. Bliss?
30439Are n''t you ashamed of yourself?"
30439Are there still candied cherries in the sandalwood cupboard?
30439Are we in a Christian country, I want to know, or are we not?"
30439At last--"You asked me that once before, Mrs. Tree,"he said, with an effort;"how many years ago was it?
30439Ben all over, hey?
30439Bliss?"
30439Can it not be managed in some way?"
30439Could it be the man she saw last night?
30439Cousin Homer, may I give you a little more of the chicken, or will you have some oysters?"
30439Dear me, Prudence, the day she married George Jaquith, she seemed to have the world at her feet, did n''t she?"
30439Did you ever see Virginia Dane?"
30439Did you know that she was poor, and blind?"
30439Did you know?
30439Did you lock your door when you came out?
30439Did you not think it charming?"
30439Did you want to take little Darlin''back to- day, Miss Blyth?
30439Do n''t you do any such things, do you hear?"
30439Do you know who I am?"
30439Do you mean to imply that the conversation of gentlewomen of my aunt''s age is apt to be improper?"
30439Do you remember your Uncle Tree''s spankstick, Phoebe?"
30439Do you think he knew you, Willy?
30439Does it not seem so to you, Diploma?"
30439Does the secret of this die with Direxia?
30439Feel better, hey?"
30439George Greenwell, Parsonsbridge, do you hear?
30439Get ideas; is that it?"
30439Had Phoebe aged as much as you have, Vesta?
30439Had this quaint little gentleman really been in love with his beautiful mother?
30439Has she brought a cup for you?"
30439Have you eaten all the almonds?"
30439Have you ever known me to be anything but perfectly well since you were born?"
30439Have you seen her recently, may I ask?"
30439He stood in the door, and cried out in a loud voice,''Thomas Darracott, who am I?''
30439He wanted I should tell you-- what''s this now he said?
30439He''ll talk just as pretty sometimes-- won''t you, Jocko?
30439He''s a tramp, I tell ye, and the toughest- lookin''--""Will you show him in here, or shall I come and fetch him?"
30439How are you, Virginia?"
30439How are you?
30439How dare you kiss me, Willy Jaquith?"
30439How do you do this morning?"
30439How do you do, Prudence?
30439How do you do, Thomas Candy?"
30439How do you like tramping, now?"
30439How do you think Vesta is looking, James?"
30439How is your mother, Will?
30439How long is it since I have really been in this garden?
30439How many times does that make?"
30439How should I be?
30439How''s Mother gettin''on, Seth?"
30439How''s the baby?"
30439I ai n''t all Weaver now, be I?"
30439I do n''t suppose you''d want him converted red, would you, Miss Vesta?
30439I gave her my diamonds; did she tell you that?"
30439I know she has been an angel of tenderness and goodness to my mother ever since-- why does she stay away so long?"
30439I recall one day I was out in the medder behind Darracott House-- you know that gully that runs the len''th of the ten- acre lot?
30439I s''pose Homer''d ought to have it, had n''t he?"
30439I said,''How''s Mis''Butters now, Ithuriel?''
30439I suppose you have an express frank?
30439I suppose-- I believe it is the custom-- a-- in short, am I at liberty to choose an assistant?"
30439I think the color shows best in this plain one with the gold stars; or do you prefer the heavy fluted one?"
30439I-- I confess--""Well, what''s the matter?"
30439I?"
30439Is he sick?
30439Is it Direxia?
30439Is n''t it a calamity?''
30439Is n''t there any gossip in this tiresome place?"
30439Is she in?"
30439Is that anything to cry about?"
30439Is that right, you dear old thing?"
30439Is this you?
30439It is never too late to be happy, is it, Mrs. Tree?
30439Let me take your bunnet, Maria, may n''t I?"
30439May n''t I say''Aunt Tree''now?"
30439Mis''Tree to home, I presume likely?"
30439My dear Vesta, what can you mean?
30439My dear soul, what brings you out so early in the morning?
30439My dear, did you think I would let you be really alone for five minutes?"
30439Next question is, who''ll he have for an assistant?"
30439No?
30439No?
30439Not that Doctor Strong back again, just when they were well rid of him?
30439Now where are you going?"
30439Now, Direxia Hawkes, what are you crying about, I should like to know?
30439Now, what do you want?"
30439Now, who do you s''pose he means?
30439Oh, Doctor Stedman, it ai n''t true, is it?"
30439Oh, girls, ai n''t it awful?"
30439Oh, where is Doctor Stedman?"
30439Part with one of those pictures?
30439Real seasonable, ai n''t it, this mornin''?"
30439Remember the day he bit you for stealing his apple, and served you right?
30439Remember, hey?
30439Said he''d done all he could do, and the critter did n''t seem to be gettin''no better, and what did I advise?
30439Say something for Mis''Weight, wo n''t you, Beauty Boy?"
30439Seen the hull consarn?"
30439She has n''t come here, to this house?"
30439She ought to have absolute rest, mind, body, and soul, and, instead of that, here comes this--""Catamaran?"
30439She said she should n''t be alone while I lived, hey?
30439So long as I am alive, hey?"
30439Stuffy, is n''t it?
30439Surely you remember her?"
30439TOMMY CANDY, AND THE LETTER HE BROUGHT"How do you do, Thomas Candy?"
30439Tell me something, ca n''t you?
30439That seems about square, do n''t it?
30439That was n''t very sensible, was it?"
30439That''s the deacon''s eldest brat, is n''t it?"
30439The return of a youth, always cherished, but-- shall I say, Cousin Phoebe, a temporary estray from the-- a-- star- y- pointing path?"
30439Then shall we return to the parlor?"
30439Things do fade so, do n''t they?
30439Think mebbe there ai n''t no sech hurry about that letter for Leory Pitcher, do ye, Homer?
30439This would be ceasing on the midnight without pain, would n''t it?"
30439Tree?"
30439Tree?"
30439Tree?"
30439Walk in, wo n''t you?
30439Was it Miss Vesta, gentle Miss Vesta, who answered?
30439Was n''t there a boy and girl attachment between her and Willy Jaquith?
30439Weight and Mrs. Pryor, eh?
30439Well, has n''t Mary Jaquith had a sight of trouble, for one so good?
30439Were you with her?
30439What are you thinking of, Tommy Candy?"
30439What brings you in to- day, Ithuriel?"
30439What can I do for you?
30439What did you say this mountain was?"
30439What did you say to her, Prudence?
30439What do you mean, Malvina Weight?"
30439What do you say?"
30439What do you say?"
30439What do you want of me, my lady?"
30439What do you want?"
30439What else have you got to say?
30439What has put you about to- day?"
30439What is the good word with you?
30439What is the matter?"
30439What is your pleasure in this matter?
30439What say?"
30439What shall I do?"
30439When did Arthur die, Mrs. Tree?
30439Where are you going, James?
30439Where is he?
30439Where is he?
30439Who could it be?
30439Who is with you?"
30439Who told you Mrs. Tree was dead?
30439Who wanted him to come back?
30439Who were-- oh, Keats and Shelley?
30439Whom have we here?"
30439Why can you not tell me, Mrs. Tree?
30439Why could n''t he stay where he was, and poison the foreigners?
30439Why is she brought into it?
30439Why, Penelope, what have you done to him to make such a difference in these few days?
30439Will you tell Mrs. Tree that I have come, please?"
30439Without Woman, sir, what, or where, should we be?
30439Wo n''t he, Darlin''?"
30439Wo n''t see her, eh?
30439You have n''t forgotten Mis''Weight, Malviny Askem as was?
30439You knew that Phoebe Blyth was dead?"
30439You know how he opens his mouth and sort o''squinnies up his eyes?
30439You remember?
30439You set this table, Vesta?"
30439You surely would not think of dyeing a living bird?"
30439You were saying-- something about Lily Bent?"
30439You will not mind if I move the furniture about a little?
30439You wo n''t mind now, will you, Mis''Weight?"
30439_ quousque tandem, O Catilina?_ Helen was a beauty, Xantippe was--""Hold your tongue!"
30439anything for out our way?
30439do you hear?
30439feel faint, hey?"
30439feel pretty well, hey?
30439how many years is it since I have been in this house?
30439it''s one of my little boys, but where''s the other?
30439my naughty, wicked, delightful dear,"she murmured,"how shall I ever forgive you-- or thank you?"
30439obstinate as ever?"
30439replied Mr. Butters,"How''s the folks?
30439she said, faintly;"where is James Stedman?"
30439she said,"have you anything else to say, Vesta?
30439six months to- morrow?"
30439turnin''up his toes?"
30439what can you mean?
30439what did she say to you?
30439what has happened?"
30439what was I sayin''the other day?
30439what''s that?"
30439you are alive, you know, after a fashion; where''s the use of pretending you are not?"
28517A what?
28517Am I seriously injured?
28517Am I to consider this a proposal of marriage, Jonathan?
28517Am I to understand that you''re just fadin''and pinin''away for love of me? 28517 And how many of them are''in society''?"
28517And what''s that, I''d like to know?
28517And why in the name of conscience do n''t you get a thimble, Jonathan? 28517 And you sell it to her?"
28517And you would n''t feel ashamed of me if I handled a shovel or dug in the street?
28517Anything on your mind, Virginia? 28517 Are you exaggerating just the least bit?"
28517Are you in the habit of gettin''beer here, child?
28517Are you sure that you know which is the business end of a nursing- bottle? 28517 Be you sure you can shovel stone then?"
28517But I suppose the tea helps to get people together and be more sociable?
28517But Mrs. Burke,Mrs. Betty interposed,"ca n''t you give me a little credit for''picking out''Donald, as you say?"
28517But do n''t you believe in sending them useful things?
28517But do n''t you ever visit relatives?
28517But how shall I begin? 28517 But suppose I did n''t have a nice time,--what''d I say?"
28517But suppose your house caught fire while you were away?
28517But this is a saloon, and it''ai nt just what you might call respectable for ladies to be sittin''in a saloon, now, is it?
28517But, Mrs. Burke, do n''t you think a clergyman ought to be a married man?
28517But-- but,wailed the repentant Virginia,"what can I say about the tent?
28517Danny,Maxwell inquired after a momentary silence,"do n''t you suppose that a man labors with his brain as well as with his muscles?
28517Did anybody say they would?
28517Did he ever give you any plain indication that he wanted to marry you? 28517 Did n''t you enjoy your visit?"
28517Did none of''em know you, then?
28517Did that clear up all your difficulties?
28517Did you wish to see me?
28517Do n''t you ever get lonesome yourself, Hepsey?
28517Do n''t you ever get tired of seeing the same twenty or thirty all the time? 28517 Do n''t you know you''ll ruin your reputation if you''re seen sittin''in a saloon?"
28517Do n''t you think a clergyman is better off married?
28517Do n''t you think it would be better to let Maxwell take care of his own affairs?
28517Do you know, you seem to me a bit illogical?
28517Do you think that I would talk about such a delicate matter before others?
28517Do you want me to tell you?
28517Do? 28517 Does he?
28517Dull? 28517 Got your hay all in?"
28517Hepsey Burke, do n''t you know who I''m alludin''at? 28517 Hepsey Burke, what in the name of all that''s decent are you doin''in a place like this?"
28517How are you feelin''to- night?
28517How did you raise all that, Nickey?
28517How do you calculate that relationship?
28517How do you know he does? 28517 How do you know it would n''t?
28517How do you know she does?
28517How does she impress you?
28517How is it now, Danny?
28517How old are you?
28517How so?
28517However did the house get furnished?
28517I did n''t say whiskey, did I? 28517 I do n''t seem to be worrying much about it, do I?"
28517I ought certainly to call on Mrs. Maxwell and thank her-- but-- under the circumstances----"What circumstances?
28517I presume I may put it to the meeting that the amount, when collected, be paid over to the rector by a committee formed for that purpose?
28517I wonder where the money is coming from to complete the work? 28517 I, contemplate matrimony?
28517In what way? 28517 Is Bascom making you any trouble?
28517Is it for a revival stunt? 28517 Is that one for Miss Bascom?"
28517Is your wife with you?
28517It''s a bother, is nt it? 28517 Linger?
28517Might I inquire,asked Miss Bascom meekly,"what you would send?"
28517Next?
28517No, dear; but why are n''t you asleep?
28517Now Hepsey, what is the use of beating around the bush like this? 28517 Oh did you?
28517Oh, suppose that some respectable widower with a tidy sum in the bank should ask you to marry him; what would you say, Hepsey?
28517Probably as well as your customers are doin'', I should imagine? 28517 She did n''t linger long?"
28517So that''s where the idea for this''Carnival of Wild West Sports''originated, eh?
28517So you are going to get married, are you?
28517Sure she did n''t say I was tighter than the bark on a tree? 28517 Then I understand that you propose to stay where you are, in defiance of Mr. Bascom''s orders?"
28517Then why do n''t they''tend to the property? 28517 Then you think it would be inadvisable to propose to Miss Virginia immediately, do you?"
28517Then you think that a clergyman ought not to marry and bring his wife to a place like Durford?
28517Then you think that a parson does n''t labor?
28517Well, I suppose his marryin''''ai nt none of our business anyway, be it?
28517Well, of course sewin''''ai nt just a man''s business, anyway; and when he has just got to do it----"Why do n''t you let Mary McGuire do it for you? 28517 Well, what do you do with your napkin when you first sit down to the table?"
28517Well, what''d I have to do? 28517 Well, what''s Mary been up to now?"
28517Well, who is it, then?
28517Well,Mrs. Burns inquired,"what do you propose to do about it, if I may be allowed to inquire?"
28517What book are you talking about, Nickey?
28517What did you say to that?
28517What does he want for this place?
28517What for, I''d like to know?
28517What has all this to do with Mr. Maxwell, may I ask?
28517What have you got?
28517What in the name of conscience is a jack- pot?
28517What in the name of heaven are you working with these men for, if I may ask?
28517What in the world can you be thinking of?
28517What is it, Hepsey?
28517What sort of a missionary tea do you mean?
28517What sort of a visitor is that?
28517What''s all this about? 28517 What''s the matter with you?
28517What''s the matter, Jonathan? 28517 What''s the use of bein''a widower,"he continued,"if you ca n''t even have your own way in your own house, I''d just like to know?
28517What''s the use shuttin''bureau drawers when you''ve got to open''em again''fore long?
28517What''s the use? 28517 When does the Senior Warden propose to eject his rector, if I may be allowed to ask?"
28517Where am I?
28517Where are we going with this?
28517Where did it all come from?
28517Which did the throwing?
28517Who told you? 28517 Who''ll be the first to sit down to the table?"
28517Why do n''t you open the parlor occasionally and let the air in? 28517 Why not borrow a few babies from the mothers in town, Virginia?
28517Why, Nickey,exclaimed Virginia, entranced, and gingerly possessing herself of James McCarthy,"however did you get him?"
28517Why, ca n''t you guess? 28517 Why, pray?
28517Why, that must be near Willow Bluff, Mr. Bascom''s place, is n''t it?
28517Will I?
28517Will you kindly state it?
28517Would you call Miss Bascom one of my lambs?
28517Yes, I understand,Mrs. Roscoe- Jones retorted dryly;"but under the circumstances, that is----""Under what circumstances?"
28517Yes, but what if they are n''t your kind? 28517 You do n''t care to visit in the city, then?"
28517You do n''t for one moment suppose that I would intrude myself, or press myself on his attention, do you?
28517You do n''t? 28517 You have no authority to raise money for the church; I believe the Warden will concur in that opinion?"
2851762"Nicholas Burke, what in the name of conscience does all this idiotic performance mean, I''d like to know?"
28517Again there was a pause; and as no one volunteered, Hepsey continued:"Sylvester Perkins, how much will you give?"
28517And how did the light shine?"
28517And would you be holdin''back your subscription to the church, and seein''that others held back too?
28517And you do n''t hold that you''re disgracin''your profession ridin''with me, and shovelin''gravel?"
28517Any more business to come before the meetin''?
28517Are you High Church?"
28517Are you sure that you did n''t make any remarks yourself, Virginia?"
28517Are you_ lookin''_ for a situation?
28517As they were busily going through the garments, Virginia remarked,"Are all these things to go to the missionaries at Tien Tsin?"
28517Bascom insisted:"But you''re not such a dum fool as to think that a contract legally made between two parties is not binding, are you?
28517Bascom?"
28517Be you comfortable in them clothes?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517Burke?"
28517But after all, it hardly seems worth while to go out and snatch nursing infants from their mother''s breasts just to fill a long- felt want, does it?
28517But do we always limit our spending money to necessary clothes and food?
28517But if you wo n''t move your sittin''-room to the other side of your own house, why do n''t you move it over to my house?
28517But it does n''t take so long, and it will soon be over, wo n''t it?"
28517But say, why do n''t you swat the Bishop one, and get your pay?"
28517But what could her scheme be?
28517But what made you think you wanted to marry?
28517But where are the babies?
28517Ca n''t you come down to business?
28517Ca n''t you make up your mind to be obliging?"
28517Could you put a safety- pin where it would do the most good?
28517Could you wash a baby without drownin''it?"
28517Did he ever ask you to marry him?"
28517Did he ever play the mandolin under your window at midnight?
28517Did he ever steal one of your gloves, or beg for a rose out of your bouquet, or turn the gas out when he called?"
28517Did he ever tell you?"
28517Did n''t you know that Donald Maxwell was engaged to be married before he ever set foot in Durford?"
28517Did you call your father, or rise hastily and leave the room, or what did you do?"
28517Did you do it yourself?"
28517Did you ever see the like of this?
28517Did you know that the rectory was heavily mortgaged, and that Bascom holds the mortgage?"
28517Did you think we were tryin''to reform Virginia or Alaska by absent treatment?"
28517Did you wish to see me on business?"
28517Did you?
28517Do n''t I look like the real thing?"
28517Do n''t it keep you awake nights, or take away your appetite, or make you want to play the banjo, or nothin''?"
28517Do n''t you ever get away from Durford for a few weeks?"
28517Do n''t you like scarlet?"
28517Do n''t you think she''s handsome?"
28517Do n''t you think you''d like to get married, if you had a right good chance, now?"
28517Do n''t you want to go with me and pay your respects to the Senior Warden?
28517Do you say you painted it blue?
28517Do you suppose that a contract with a carpenter or a plumber or a mason is binding, while a contract with a clergyman is not?
28517Do you suppose that there''s anybody else in the world would have done that for me?
28517Do you want to spoil my nervous system?
28517Does it look gray- like to you, Hepsey?"
28517Excuse me-- my diplomacy''s of the hammer- and- tongs order; you''re not gettin''your salary paid?"
28517For a moment Maxwell was too astonished to speak; then he began:"Mr. Bascom owns this house?
28517For a moment a vestige of color appeared in Bascom''s face, and he whispered hoarsely:"Why did n''t you take me home?"
28517For a moment or two the Senior Warden made no answer; then in a hoarse whisper he inquired:"Where am I?
28517Gazing serenely down at his mother, he replied:"How''d I know the blamed missionary push was goin''to meet on the front porch, I''d like to know?
28517Had she miscalculated on the very first move?
28517Have n''t you ever suspected anythin''yourself, Jonathan?"
28517Have n''t you ever suspected nothin''?"
28517Have n''t you finished that wretched old missionary sermon yet?"
28517Have you a headache?"
28517He was just raising the glass to his lips when Hepsey stepped up briskly, and extending her hand, exclaimed:"How do you do, Martin?
28517Hepsey gave her visitor a quick, sharp glance, and inquired:"What would you consider a right good chance, Jonathan?"
28517Here I am a widower, and here you are a widowess, and we''re both lonesome, and we----""Who told you I was lonesome, I''d like to know?"
28517His mother began:"Nicholas Burke, what in the name of conscience does all this idiotic performance mean, I''d like to know?"
28517His voice quavered with mingled embarrassment and resentment as he replied:"What difference does it make, Hepsey?
28517How are the folks at home?
28517How could a man make love to a woman after she had acted like this?
28517How many people are there in the town?"
28517How''d you like to ride through the town with nothin''on but your swimmin''trunks and drippin''with bluin water, I''d like to know?"
28517However shall I make it right again?"
28517I suppose the Irish trade''s valuable to a grocer like yourself; but you surely ca n''t do less for your own church?
28517I wonder why a man ca n''t do that kind of thing like a woman can?
28517IS ANYBODY DEAD IN THE FAMILY, OR''AINT YOU FEELIN''WELL THIS MORNIN''?"]
28517Is Mrs. Burke employin''your services as a matrimonial agent?
28517Is anybody dead in the family, or''ai nt you feelin''well as to your head this mornin''?"
28517Is anybody dead in the family, or''ai nt you feelin''well this mornin''?"
28517Is business prosperin''now- a- days?"
28517Is he good lookin'', Jonathan?"
28517Is he real smart and clever?"
28517Is it any wonder that it makes the rich man sour on subscriptions and philanthropies?
28517Is n''t that reason enough to go on with?
28517Is n''t that your own view?
28517Is that a symptom of ritualism?"
28517Is there a rake- off anywheres?"
28517Is your father improving satisfactorily?"
28517Jonathan advanced towards her deliberately, and clinched the matter:"Well, Hepsey, seein''that we''re engaged----""Engaged?
28517Jonathan responded promptly, and anxiously inquired:"Hepsey, be you ill?"
28517Let me just say a word or two, will you?
28517Let your parish go to----""Danny, do n''t you think it looks like rain?"
28517Maxwell hesitated a moment and replied:"What do you mean by''High Church?''"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maxwell?"
28517Maybe we might get the money; but who''s to subscribe the babies?"
28517Mrs. Burke gazed sternly at Virginia for a full minute and then inquired:"Well, do you want to know why?
28517Mrs. Burke rose and started for the door; but Jonathan called out to her:"Hepsey, ca n''t you stay to dinner?
28517Now Jonathan, why do n''t you lay aside your sewin'', and invite me into your parlor?
28517Now suppose you dropped a fork under the table, what''d you say?"
28517Now what will you wear when we go to the rectory?"
28517Now will you be a real good Samaritan and help me a little, as I have no maid?
28517Now will you clear out of this location, or wo n''t you?"
28517Now will you go ahead?"
28517PAGE"You have n''t seen anything that looked like a parson, have you?
28517Shall I put you down for two dollars?
28517Shall we have lettuce or chicken sandwiches at our next meetin''?
28517She burst out abruptly:"Say, Jonathan Jackson, why in the name of conscience do n''t you paint your porch a Christian color?
28517She busied herself examining the stoles again, and asked:"How much did these things cost, if you do n''t mind my askin''?"
28517She introduced herself in the most cordial and sympathetic of tones, saying:"How do you do, Mr. Bingham?
28517She planted herself squarely across the walk and began:"Good morning, Thomas; where are you going, if I may ask?"
28517Silas Bingham''s move is a sassy challenge to us: are we goin''to lie down under it?"
28517So that''s the young woman, is it?
28517That''s better, is n''t it?"
28517That''s certainly rather pronounced, is n''t it?
28517That''s square,''ai nt it now?"
28517Then she laughed heartily, and asked:"Confess now; do n''t you think it''s beautiful?"
28517Then she suddenly exclaimed with suppressed wrath, and in her penetrating tones:"What is the matter with you men, anyway?
28517Then turning to Maxwell, she said:"Why did n''t you tell me?
28517Then why in the name of conscience do n''t you pay your parson?
28517Then, looking up with the expression of a deaf- mute, he asked colorlessly:"Well, Mrs. Burke, what may I do for you?"
28517There was no one in sight but the station- master, who called out from the ticket office:"Did you want to go to the village?
28517There''s no law against a woman goin''to a saloon, is there?
28517Think you can make yourself pretty comfortable here?
28517To my life-- you will understand?"
28517Virginia brightened considerably at this suggestion, exclaiming excitedly:"Oh Mrs. Burke, do you really think you could?"
28517Was he going to treat the whole affair with lofty disdain?
28517Was it remorse, or penitence, or self- reproach, or indigestion?
28517Was n''t it all fun-- and were n''t they all splendid?"
28517Was there much sport last year?"
28517We have been so unlucky, have we not?"
28517What are you talking about?"
28517What are you thinkin''of?"
28517What did it all mean?
28517What did you find?"
28517What do you mean?
28517What do you mean?
28517What do you mean?"
28517What do you think about it?"
28517What does Mr. Maxwell say?"
28517What else can you tell''em?
28517What has happened?"
28517What has that rascal Bascom been doin''?
28517What is the matter with you, anyway?"
28517What luck did you have the second time?"
28517What more could a man want?
28517What shall I say when people ask me if he is engaged to Virginia Bascom?"
28517What was it?"
28517What was the secret of his antagonism?
28517What will you ask me to be doin''next?"
28517What will you say next?"
28517What''s got into the man, all of a sudden?
28517What''s that you say?
28517What''s the difference, I''d like to know?
28517What''s the use of tryin''to mix each other up?
28517What''s up now?"
28517When she''s well dressed she has a sort of style about her; but is n''t it merciful that we none of us know how we really do look?
28517When you goin''to begin?"
28517Where did you get''em?"
28517Which happenin''do you mean?
28517Who else could it be?
28517Who is responsible for all this, I''d like to know?
28517Who taught you to pick out just the right sort of wife, I''d like to know?"
28517Who''ll be the next?"
28517Who''s goin''to head the list?"
28517Who''s goin''to pay the bills?"
28517Who''s to take care of the babies?"
28517Why do n''t you drop over occasionally, and approach the matter gradually?
28517Why do n''t you get married?
28517Why do n''t you get up a parson''s Union and go on strike?
28517Why should a doctor reach his highest professional value at seventy, and a parson be past the"dead- line"at forty- five?
28517Why should n''t he take Mrs. Betty''s advice and marry?
28517Will you do it?"
28517Would he be predisposed in Maxwell''s favor, or prejudiced against him?
28517Would you like to see some of it?"
28517Would you say that a dog''s tail was false and misleadin''just because it is n''t the whole dog?"
28517You are not afraid of proposing, are you?"
28517You do n''t mean that he made love to you and proposed to you through a phonograph?
28517You do n''t suppose I did it on purpose, do you?
28517You do n''t want to marry a liar, do you?"
28517You have n''t seen anything that looked like a parson, have you?
28517You''ai nt goin''to live there, are you?"
28517You''ve had experience of married parsons here: what do you think?"
28517You''ve seen''em cast shoes at the carriages of brides and grooms, have n''t you, Hepsey?
28517Your father''s cold- blooded ejection of the Maxwells from their house, or Mr. Maxwell''s warm- blooded sacrifice to save your father''s life?
28517[ Illustration:"NICHOLAS BURKE, WHAT IN THE NAME OF CONSCIENCE DOES ALL THIS IDIOTIC PERFORMANCE MEAN, I''D LIKE TO KNOW?"]
28517a friend of yours, eh?
28517but was n''t I disgusted?
48199About Catherine-- Cousin Catherine-- whom I thought you disliked with all your heart?
48199And does it always happen that the bubbles burst?
48199And is that how Edward loses his head?
48199And it_ was_ really so?
48199And who is the lady?
48199And why not?
48199And why should he?
48199And why should not I speculate,said Hester,"if I had any money?
48199Are you come to that?
48199Are you quite sure? 48199 But do you mean-- tell me-- that it is simple speculation-- that this is all that makes you anxious?"
48199But my father himself?
48199But who,said Hester, with a little scorn,"is so silly as to buy things_ when they are dear_?
48199But why should she not have a young man too?
48199But why?--but why? 48199 Can any subject be more important?"
48199Could n''t you divine that I wanted you? 48199 Did I ever doubt what you said to me, Edward?"
48199Did n''t I tell you, Aunt Catherine? 48199 Did n''t she say she would come out for a walk?
48199Did n''t you mean me to do so? 48199 Did you say_ bear_ it better?"
48199Do n''t you think it will only be polite to wait till Catherine comes back?
48199Do n''t you think that a woman could do all that-- and yet that it would be easier for her if she understood what it was, and why it was?
48199Do n''t you_ know_ that I would bear it all if I could? 48199 Do you mean speculation, Edward?"
48199Do you mean to say you did not know-- the man that was such a fool, that left it a ruin on Catherine''s hands? 48199 Do you mean to say you''ve put yourself in Ned''s hands?"
48199Do you often-- take a walk-- so late?
48199Do you really say so?
48199Do you really think,she said,"that the charm of inspiring, as you call it, is what any reasonable creature would prefer to doing?
48199Do you think I want,she cried,"to end my days in peace?
48199Do you think she makes the old people happier? 48199 Do you think we are going to have a storm, Edward?"
48199Eh? 48199 Emma is very amusing, being so frank, but she is right enough when you come to think of it; for what can she do if she does not marry?
48199Gets to look a little absurd, do n''t it, this sort of thing, when you have a deal on your mind?
48199Gracious goodness, what can be going to happen? 48199 Has Mr. Edward gone out?"
48199Has he everything he wishes for?
48199Has it not that effect upon you?
48199Have you come back to us, Hester?
48199Have you seen Catherine Vernon lately? 48199 He is coming back?"
48199How can I explain to you,he said,"here?
48199How can you talk as if it were a matter of business?
48199How do you know what the way is until you hear?
48199How do you know? 48199 I am sure you will mean to be kind, Harry; but tell me quick-- what is it?"
48199I do n''t understand business,she said;"but how can you buy without spending a penny?
48199I felt that you were annoyed; but what could I do? 48199 I like young men to go to balls,"Mrs. John said;"where could they be so well as amusing themselves among their own kind of people?
48199I never said so,cried Hester; and then, after a pause,"but if I did, what does that matter?
48199If I send to you, you will see me, Hester?
48199If I should be killed, what would it matter? 48199 If it will hurt her-- more?
48199If you love any one is it only while he is good?
48199If you think that_ you_ will get a look from her, when she has_ him_ at her feet?
48199Is anything going wrong?
48199Is he wanted-- so much?
48199Is it for this,he said,"that I have been devising delicate operations for you, and explaining all my mysteries?
48199Is it known who it is? 48199 Is it noble to cast him from you because he has gone wrong?
48199Is it not too much for you, Aunt Catherine? 48199 Is she going by the midnight train?"
48199Is she ill?
48199Is that all? 48199 Is there anything that can upset me more?"
48199It is Edward Vernon; may he come in?
48199It is too far for me,said he,"but what does that matter?
48199Mamma, you are very tired, do n''t you think you had better go to bed?
48199May I go with you?
48199Might I speak to Hester?
48199Mr. Ashton, what do you mean by it?
48199Myself? 48199 No?
48199Oh, Aunt Catherine, where is he? 48199 Oh, is it you, Mr. Edward?
48199Pardon me; but do n''t you think that is far less than what you have in your power? 48199 Should I_ not_ have told you so much?"
48199Still with the lady? 48199 That was so?
48199Then you have really given it up?
48199To tell the truth, all I was thinking of was buying and selling,she said;"for business means that, does n''t it?
48199Was this what you were thinking of when you asked me to dance the Thursday before last? 48199 Well, my dear, are you ready?"
48199Well?
48199What are you talking of?
48199What can I say to you beyond what I have said,she cried,"if you heard what we said?
48199What can I say?
48199What can you do? 48199 What do you do on the Stock Exchange?"
48199What does all this mean?
48199What does it matter about fashion? 48199 What emergency?"
48199What has happened? 48199 What is he doing away so often?
48199What is it? 48199 What is it?"
48199What is that about Edward Vernon?
48199What is there to be frightened for?
48199What merit is that?
48199What was there to be misinformed about?
48199What was this great event?
48199What?
48199When will this bondage be over? 48199 Where could I have seen her last night?"
48199Where is he?
48199Who is it?
48199Why can not it be? 48199 Why did n''t he take his share of the work and understand matters?
48199Why did not you tell me you were going out?
48199Why did you come here if you had not made up your mind? 48199 Why did you leave everything in one person''s hands?
48199Why do you want to take Emma away?
48199Why for half an hour, Captain Morgan?
48199Why not?
48199Why not?
48199Why should God bless me for that? 48199 Why should he not be hot and eager?"
48199Why should n''t it happen again? 48199 Why should we be enough for them?
48199Will you come with me to the door? 48199 Will you play for us, Ashton?
48199Would you be glad of an alternative?
48199Yes, which was that?
48199You are sure you are not keeping anything from us about poor dear Catherine?
48199You are tired of your life too, I suppose?
48199You are very young,she said,"not twenty yet, are you?
48199You mean Harry, I suppose? 48199 You think after all he was in the right perhaps?"
48199You will excuse me for my anxiety, sir,he said,"but will you tell me if Miss Vernon is there, and what is going on?"
48199You wo n''t think of proprieties? 48199 You''ll do it for me, Aunt Catherine?
48199--she did not like these pleasantries--"why do you talk so wildly?
48199A fortnight hence what would the mother be thinking, where would the daughter be?
48199A girl ca n''t live without friends, can she, Mrs. John?
48199Am I likely to insist upon anything which would make an end of myself first of all if it went wrong?"
48199And Edward he was aware had paid her furtive"attentions"at Ellen Merridew''s parties; but what could Edward do?
48199And Hester knew that she could confront any danger with him or for him-- but what was it?
48199And after that you will not marry-- for the sake of----""How can I help it?"
48199And how was it unjustifiable?
48199And if I tell you a piece of old news, a thing that everybody knows, is that to make a breach between us?
48199And she was silenced, for what could she say?
48199And then she asked with pleasant expectation--"What was the information, Hester, that you gave Catherine?
48199And was it at her own very door that the tryst was?
48199And was there not cause enough?
48199And what are Circassians?"
48199And what is it, my dear?
48199And what should I do going back to the world, and_ her_ in the arm- chair?
48199And where was he, the cause of it all?
48199And why should we be hampered by imaginary restrictions?
48199And you mean that there was nothing at all, nothing of this-- a mere accident, nothing more?"
48199Anything new would be a blessing; but where am I to look for anything new?
48199Are they nothing-- nothing?"
48199Are you able to do it?"
48199Are you going to see Harry?
48199Are you strong enough to come with me, or must I go alone?"
48199As for all the rest, what did it matter?
48199Besides, do n''t you know I have never been trained to act for myself?"
48199But dear Catherine, used to such large rooms, what could she do in ours, which is the size of a pocket- handkerchief?
48199But how could he do it now?
48199But if she could have looked into the library down stairs, which had been given up to Edward as his room, what would she have seen there?
48199But is it just, is it good, do you think, that you should ask all that and tell me nothing?
48199But sometimes, do n''t you think one likes a person better for not calculating too much, for letting himself be carried away?"
48199But to- day he was as meek as Moses-- What do you think?
48199But what did that matter?
48199But what good will that do to me, to have you work yourself to death, and to be left a widow at my age, with a baby to support?
48199But why did she look so strangely conscious?
48199But why should I try to explain at such a moment-- or you ask me?
48199But why should Vernon''s be affected except to its advantage by really bold speculation?
48199But, after all, he was very young, and he could have had no money to speak of, and what should I have done with him?
48199Ca n''t you understand that this is the very reason?
48199Can not Heaven, can not God, deliver from everything?"
48199Can there be anything wrong with the Captain or old Mrs. Morgan?
48199Could it be Hester, so proud, so reserved as she was, that did this?
48199Dear Catherine, is n''t this long walk too much for you, and on such a cold day?
48199Did Hester think she might yet be carried away by the flood of the other''s will, against her own, that she took her leave so solemnly?
48199Did n''t you know by instinct I was longing for consolation?"
48199Did not he see that it was impossible?
48199Did the boy perhaps think that she would be jealous and stand in the way of his happiness?
48199Did you find the clean things I brought you?
48199Did you know I was coming to- night?
48199Did you never think of coming to London?
48199Did you not get my note?
48199Do n''t you hear steps on the road?
48199Do n''t you see?
48199Do n''t you think you had better leave her with Mrs. Morgan a little longer since she likes to be here?"
48199Do n''t you think you would do better if you warned her, or her mother?"
48199Do you feel able to take some breakfast, dear?
48199Do you hear me, Aunt Catherine, do you hear me?
48199Do you know anything more?"
48199Do you know that every moment I stand here I am in danger?
48199Do you know where Edward is?
48199Do you remember the French boy in Browning''s ballad, Hester, that could not bear it when his Emperor asked if he were wounded?
48199Do you think I could not live in a single room and eat my rations like another?
48199Do you think a man_ ever_ talks to women about these things?
48199Edward had taken it for granted that she was well aware of his love-- how could it be otherwise?
48199Edward, do you know what it looks like?
48199Edward, think of-- Won''t you listen to me?
48199Edward, you are not risking-- other people?"
48199Edward, you can not mean it is play?
48199Father and mother, and home and duty, what were they in comparison?
48199For what could she do?
48199For what, oh Heaven, for what?
48199Go to the White House also and tell Mr. Harry-- What do you think, Hester?
48199Good Lord, what can I do?
48199Goodness me, what would they all say?
48199Had he not gone after all?
48199Had there been no place for Hester at all, nothing but delusion from beginning to end?
48199Has he means enough of his own to go in for it?
48199Has n''t she got enough to bear?
48199He had said it so often that she had no faith in him; and how long was it to go on like this-- how long?
48199He made a little pause, and then he said, looking at her, she felt, severely, with a scoff in his voice--"And where is this explanation to take place?
48199He might have forgotten; it might be fully accounted for-- and, if not, what did it matter?
48199He reflected that the hot water- pipes would be sure to get out of order in winter, and who would now repair them?
48199He told me he was leaving England for ever, and would I come with him?
48199He wanted to know how long Edward had been gone, and where he was, and when he was expected back?
48199Her advice, her intelligent help, her understanding, all ignored, and nothing wanted but a kind of doggish fidelity, an unreasoning belief?
48199Hester said to herself, with fine scorn, that to suppose the question,"Do you love me?"
48199Hester thought to herself, no fear of that-- but how?
48199Hester, tell me,"said the old man, leading her away with her arm in his,"what is this about Catherine?
48199How could he fail to know that as he had looked upon her all those years so she had looked upon him?
48199How could she think of a second?
48199How did you think she was looking?"
48199How long has it been going on?"
48199How long has this been going on?
48199How long has this been going on?"
48199How otherwise?"
48199How should you understand me when I speak of disappearing with my love, getting lost, dying even, if it were together--?"
48199I might have to put your love to the test-- to ask you----""What?"
48199I suppose you gave your mother a hint----""My mother, a hint?
48199I think she must have been dozing, for we could not possibly have gone to Redborough and back in this time, could we, Roland?
48199I will come back in two or three days; but Hester, another time, if it should be for good, would you come?--you would come?--with me?"
48199If Catherine had known that his choice, so far as he had made a choice, had fallen upon Hester, what would her sentiments have been?
48199If Edward did not turn up that night there would be nothing else for it, and what was he to do?
48199If he had been there, would all this page of history have been changed, and wrong become right again?
48199If he had come back, if he was working now at the re- establishment of everything, could Edward ever forgive them?
48199If it had been yours, what would have happened to you?"
48199If you could give me an address where I could telegraph to him?
48199If you had n''t made such a fuss about him, who would have ever trusted him?
48199In what did he lose his head?
48199Is it a doctor?
48199Is it my fault if it was all thrown into my hands?
48199Is it not a partner''s business to look after his own interests?
48199Is it pleasure?
48199Is it to oblige you?
48199Is there anything wrong?"
48199Is there no reason in it when God''s creature lifts a face of anguish to His throne, and asks why?
48199It could not be-- how could it be?
48199It is a long walk for us who are not used to luxury, and what must it be to you?"
48199It was all her self- command could do to prevent her from flinging off from her the girl whose share in all this-- what was it?
48199It was at this moment that a shuffling light step became audible, hurrying along the road, and a voice calling"Catherine-- is it really Catherine?"
48199It would wound them all-- it would break their hearts; and for what reason?"
48199John?"
48199John?"
48199Let me see, is it the right?
48199Match?"
48199No, I confess that was what I thought, and it was a great relief to me to hear-- did you lock the door, Hester?
48199Oh where are you, my boy, my boy?"
48199Oh, Aunt Catherine, if you have any heart at all, where is he, where is he?
48199Oh, how can you have the heart?
48199Or if he had fallen in love-- what then?
48199Perhaps you will come to my room at the bank?
48199Provided always-- but with Edward''s good taste and good sense how could he go wrong in such a choice?
48199Shall I send her word that you are here and staying with me all night?
48199She asked him what he meant, what other sense there was in his words which she had not grasped?
48199She asked in a low, wondering voice,"Did you hear all we said?"
48199She believed him, of course; but yet there was always in her soul a wish to ask-- was he really, really sure that he was true?
48199She did not withdraw her hands, or show any surprise at his confidence; but only whispered"What is it, Edward?"
48199She must lose Edward; had she not lost him now?
48199She opened her eyes and said,"Are you going for a walk, dear?"
48199She said humbly--"Will you tell me what you are afraid of?
48199She thought this almost certain, for had she not turned against him?
48199She wondered sometimes was he in love?
48199Should he go to Ellen''s folly as was his custom?
48199Should n''t you say so Martha?
48199Take my arm-- please take my arm: or wo n''t you come back to our little house and rest, and we''ll send for the carriage?
48199Then what is love or faithfulness?
48199Then why should he take me away?"
48199There is nobody I meet with so original; and is she to stay longer and have her chance?
48199There was a security in their magnitude-- small people could not venture upon them; and what even if it did not succeed?
48199They had no fear that_ he_ would be absent when there was any need for him, but then, when he was present, what could he do?
48199To fly-- how could it be?
48199To make somebody else a hero rather than be a hero yourself?
48199To win a great fortune, or-- to lose-- what?
48199Was he deceiving her?
48199Was it Edward going out notwithstanding his letters?
48199Was it in a sudden fit of passion, which he had repented of?
48199Was it not after all the most likely, the most natural thought?
48199Was it not he who was the virtual head, upon whose judgment and insight everything depended?
48199Was it on the cards still that she might follow him to the end of the world?
48199Was it only last night that all had happened?
48199Was it possible that he thought so?
48199Was it really robbers?--and why was Hester parleying with them?--or were these two of the robbers, and had they made away with her child?
48199Was not Harry there?
48199Was not seeing the humour of it the last thing that remained to the noble soul amid the wonder of life?
48199Was that what they called the natural lot of women?
48199Was there any sacrifice she would not have made for him?
48199We did n''t blame him a bit, did we, Martha?"
48199Well, if you think it really will be better to come back in the afternoon, Hester-- Has Catherine gone out to spend the day?
48199Were these matters to make one''s self unhappy about?
48199Were these the words that would be used?
48199Were you only pretending about Hester?
48199Were you struck with me from the beginning, or only just at the last?
48199What appeal could be more strong than that of those arms so tightly holding her own?
48199What can a young woman desire more than to have such a possibility of choice?
48199What can be nicer for a girl than to have a nice dance to go to, when she is sure of plenty of partners?
48199What can be so important for a girl as settling?
48199What could he have to say that made him come at such an hour-- and was it possible that he ever could get it said?
48199What could you be inspired to do-- make better bargains on your Stock Exchange?
48199What did he expect her to do for him, in ignorance, in blind trust?
48199What did it all mean?
48199What did she mean?
48199What do I care for your maids and their lovers?
48199What do you think about Ned giving up that business all at once, when we both stood up to him about it?
48199What do you think it can be?"
48199What does he deserve, a man that has used a woman like that?"
48199What had an old woman to do with business?
48199What had the crisis been through which he had passed?
48199What has happened?
48199What has he to do with Hester or with Mr. Roland''s business?
48199What has made so great a change in you?"
48199What have you got to do with where we place our money?
48199What if a better thought had struck him?
48199What if, when they all went to the bank, thinking him a traitor, they should find him there, throwing light on everything, putting the wrong right?
48199What is it to me if you have any heart or not?
48199What is it, Edward?
48199What is that?"
48199What is the use, she asked herself, of having a mother if you can not tell her everything, and get her to help you?
48199What is your forgiveness?
48199What is your pride to that?
48199What matter, what matter, she cried, so long as he set himself right, so long as Vernon''s stood by his help and did not fall?
48199What new thing was this?
48199What rival could he have?
48199What shall I do?
48199What time had she to think of Hester?
48199What was he better than the welsher?
48199What was he to her more than Harry was?
48199What was it that turned Medusa into that mask of horror and gave her head its fatal force?
48199What was it?
48199What was she to think?
48199What was the new departure, the burning of the ships?
48199What was the use of it?
48199What was there in that to move a soul?
48199What was this creature to her-- this girl who one way or other had to do with everything that had happened to her, and was the cause of the last blow?
48199What was this test of love that might be required of her?
48199What wonder that a man should think so, when women themselves thought so?
48199What''s that?"
48199What?
48199Where could they meet?
48199Where is Edward?
48199Where was there any one?
48199Whether she lived in the Grange or one of the Vernon almshouses, what did it matter to her?
48199Who are you calling a pack of fools, Harry?
48199Who could say if Hester had not known from the beginning that the attempt would be fruitless?
48199Who could suppose that you and I should meet together a second time in this way?"
48199Who could tell?
48199Who else was there?
48199Who is it?
48199Why should he have made so inappropriate a visit except under the stimulus of having something to say?
48199Why should it be?
48199Why should she be troubled with these anguishes that were beyond her?
48199Why should she suppose evils that had no existence?
48199Why should you say all this?
48199Why was it that this pleasant state of affairs never continued?
48199Why, then, was she made unlike others, or why was it so?
48199Why-- why had he done it?
48199Will you appoint to meet me somewhere with my balance- sheet and my vouchers?
48199Will you come away with me?
48199Will you come with me and be free?"
48199Will you come with me?
48199Will you give up all this for me?
48199Will you let me give you something to restore you, or will you not, before you speak?
48199Will you let us all be sacrificed, every one, only to keep Edward from harm?"
48199Would experience teach him?
48199Would the women gather themselves together, he wondered, soon enough to send after him, to prevent his journey?
48199You are like Hester, you are not at the ball to- night-- but you go generally, I hope?"
48199You are not a-- gambler?"
48199You believe me-- oh, yes; but then you ask me if really-- really I am saying what is true?
48199You can make others do: you can inspire( is n''t that what Lord Lytton says?)
48199You did not know why she hated you?
48199You did not think I was robbing the bank, or killing Catherine?"
48199You do n''t think I went there on purpose, do you?"
48199You do n''t think it is worth making such a fuss about?"
48199You will come too in the morning, Hester, when I send for you?
48199You will help us, you will save Algy, you will pay the money, wo n''t you?"
48199Your mother told us you were there all night, and now to- day----""What do they say has happened?"
48199and was he going to fly from the ruin he had made?
48199and why-- why be so unjust to me?
48199are you sure he has not come back?
48199but do n''t you think, Mrs. Vernon, you who know the world, that for a girl to go away just when a gentleman is coming to the point, is a great pity?
48199but why Hester?
48199danger, what is danger?
48199did I say it--_bear_ it-- Martha?
48199fly, go away, disappear, whatever might be the word?
48199he cried, in a sort of unconscious aside, with a strange laugh; then added, with mock gravity,"that''s all, my darling; not much, is it?
48199he cried;"oh, Miss Catherine, has it come to this?
48199he said;"did you know of this?"
48199how could I dare to say to her-- What would she think?
48199how could you have had a stepmother, and me surviving your poor dear papa all these years?
48199in what way was her imagination to follow him, groping dimly amid scenes she did not understand?
48199is it horse- racing, or that sort of thing?
48199is it worth while to call Harry?"
48199oh, what is the matter?
48199or appoint an accountant whom you can trust?"
48199or was it in mere horror of herself as the instrument of a lie, of him, him whom she would fain have thought perfect, as falsehood incarnate?
48199or will you get up first?
48199poor young man, with such a creature as that laying herself out----""And who was this whom you are so sorry for?"
48199said Hester, her eyes blazing with the keenest interest;"you knew all his affairs?"
48199she drew her hand out of his arm and then put it back again after a moment''s hesitation,"do you want me to look a wretch even to myself?
48199she had asked triumphantly, how could he disengage himself from that?
48199she said,"why not?
48199that this was what she would have to encounter in the life she should spend with him?
48199to find you at the end not in the least interested in my work or in your possible fortune, but considering everything in the light of Edward Vernon?
48199was he his rival?
48199was it ever known that a woman, a girl like you( if there ever was a girl like my Hester), thought of what would be easiest?
48199what is wrong?
48199what room?
48199what was previous virtue, what was truth, and gratitude, and everything else in life, in comparison?
48199what would she have?"
48199where are you going?
48199why was she so pale, so red, so full of abstraction and agitation to- day?
48199you are not going back again, Edward?"
48199you do n''t mean to say that you can not help us, that you can not save us?
48199you will put it right?"