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"When I think, sir," he exclaimed, as they[Pg 405] breakfasted, "what a few syllables of applause signify in the mouth of such a man as the hero of the Nile, I feel as if I could spring overboard and drown myself when I reflect that my unhappy son quitted the glorious Service under ignoble circumstances, and that by remaining he might have come under the command of Nelson, and gained the splendid renown which scarce a sea officer who has served under that great man but has won.","Hinton," Landon's weak voice broke in on his thoughts, "you haven't given me the neighborhood news. Have they found out who robbed the store yet?","Still, in case," she insinuated with a giggle. "I don't think it would be such a bad sort of thing, do you, Norn?","Tell me why you hesitated in your speech a while ago. Talking of Rodney's giving you the will, you said he offered to give it you if—if——What did the 'if' mean?",Griffin looked sadly in the direction of the voice.,“Yes, Aunt Grenertsen.”,"I must say, Elinor," she began, in response to a question, "that it's very different from what you girls led me to expect.",She says this in such perfect good faith that Mr. Rodney roars with laughter.,“Do you live here?” she questioned with an irrepressible shudder.,“Moses, here with that pie,” called the gratified Mrs. Wopp, “Yer par wants some.”,"I hate women with common sense. In plainer language it means no heart.","Assuredly. She confessed as much. Her grandmother came from Ashantee, where this devil-stick is used for the purpose of destroying people. Dido inherits a knowledge of the family secrets, and knows how to make this poison. It cures nervous headaches--that is, the perfume of it does--and Dido made some with which she saturated a handkerchief to bind round the head of her young mistress.".