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... going, perhaps, but enough to tell that the horse had acknowledged a master. That was all Jack asked for at first, and, satisfied, he relaxed his muscles, and as the rope slackened the horse turned and faced him; and the marvel was how quickly it ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... darkies was awake, and he broiled a steak and made us some coffee in no time, and just as they were ready Albert Cullen appeared, so we made a very jolly little breakfast. He told me at length the part he and the Britishers had borne, and only made me marvel the more that any one of them was alive, for apparently they had jumped off the car without the slightest precaution, and had stood grouped together, even after they had called attention to themselves by Lord Ralles's shots. Cullen had ...

— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds

... 'I marvel that he should have been permitted to persist so long a time as he has in his course of contumacy towards the Church. Have we not evidence enough in his writings alone to convict him of heresy? The carelessness of the bishop upon such a matter ...

— Antonina • Wilkie Collins

... but you are a marvel!" I cried, with enthusiasm. "But," I added, my ardor cooling a little, "won't it ...

— Mrs. Raffles - Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman • John Kendrick Bangs

... years of his absence. His father used to walk to the church through the Rectory garden, and across a small intervening field. He had been used to walk in a tall hat, his Master's gown, and wearing a pair of Geneva bands. Ernest noticed that the bands were worn no longer, and lo! greater marvel still, Theobald did not preach in his Master's gown, but in a surplice. The whole character of the service was changed; you could not say it was high even now, for high-church Theobald could never under any circumstances become, but ...

— The Way of All Flesh • Samuel Butler

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