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"You paint yourself worse than you are, dear Mrs. In order to guard against accidents or surprises,
watchmen, or scouts, (as they were styled,) were stationed at the three main
outlets of the sanctuary ready to give the signal in the manner just described:
bars were erected, which, in case of emergency; could be immediately stretched
across the streets: doors were attached to the alleys; and were never opened
without due precautions; gates were affixed to the courts, wickets to the gates,
and bolts to the wickets. "
O'Higgins threw out his chest, gave it a pat, and smiled. "Why, what the devil would you have had me do!—make myself scarce, eh? You
should have tipped me the wink. Why, then, did he touch it?
As he climbed heavily into his chair, she was able to note the little beads of
sweat under the cracked nether lip. “I thought you were coming right across the Park. “I am so sorry to have startled you,” she said, “but I was startled myself. You don’t understand the fix I
am in. Grace, confidence, the power of movement even, seemed gone from her. “Troubles, my friend,” she exclaimed lightly. During that period she has
been a model of propriety. I was reduced to
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a fool, for there were many pretty women from all walks
of life in that teeming city. ’
‘The word of whom?’ came scoffingly from the pretty lips.
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