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... mad, and Honor shot him," Desmond answered, with cool abruptness. Her manner of parting from Kresney had set the blood throbbing in his temples. "I only had a stick to tackle him with; and she very pluckily came ...

— Captain Desmond, V.C. • Maud Diver

... better acquainted with his brother's character than Newton, took no notice of the abruptness of his remarks, ...

— Newton Forster - The Merchant Service • Captain Frederick Marryat

... Basset. There was nothing passive about her; every thing was of the most active type, and the mood in which she chiefly lived was the imperative. While really under the common height of women, in some mysterious way she appeared much taller than she was. Her motions were quick even to abruptness: her speech sincere even to bluntness. Every body who knew her loved her dearly, yet every body would have liked to alter her character a little. Generally speaking, she seemed to take no part in those softer feminine feelings supposed ...

— Robin Tremain - A Story of the Marian Persecution • Emily Sarah Holt

... expression of her face veiled, but there seemed no response, no softening in the rigid attitude of her figure. She did not care; was only interested in his immediate departure. The change had occurred with such abruptness, West was unable as yet to realize its full significance, but, with no attempt to combat her decision, left the room, closing the door behind him. In that moment his mood changed. The dismissal had been so curt, his pride rose in rebellion. Finding Sexton ...

— The Case and The Girl • Randall Parrish

... the edge of comparatively still water. At the bottom of the falls the river turns an acute angle and flows to the west. At the landing it turns with equal abruptness, and ...

— One Day's Courtship - The Heralds Of Fame • Robert Barr

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