| 1853 - 936 pages
...now, Esther — never mind, there's a good girl !" Esther liked to be called a girl. "What is it? What do you want me to do ?" " I don't want you to do anything. I only wanted to consult with you — to ask you quietly how I must manage — how I must arrange.... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - Cousins - 1857 - 392 pages
...about, pensioned to swell the vanity of Cheveleigh, neglecting my vows, forsaking my duties — ' ' You unreasonable man ! Is there no way in this whole...Kitty's heart amongst you. That's what I care most about !' When Louis bade his aunt farewell, he threw his arm round her neck, looked fondly at her, and said,... | |
| Mary Bramston - 1872 - 278 pages
...' If you knew all the circumstances of the case you would think differently,' said Arnold. ' "What do you want me to do?' 'I don't want you to do anything, Heaven knows,' said Bertie ; ' I am pleading with you against myself But I do think that when you have... | |
| Beatrice Whitby - 1892 - 370 pages
...My dear Becket, loosen my veil, and don't be cross.' ' I can't help feeling annoyed, ma'am.' ' What do you want me to do ? ' ' I don't want you to do anything.' ' How mysterious you are, Becket. What is the matter with me ? ' ' Well, ma'am, I should like to see... | |
| Frederick Trevor Hill - Businessmen - 1902 - 422 pages
...there 's time yet if it 's done now. That 's why I 've spoken to you." " But, dear Mrs. Parsons, what do you want me to do? " " I don't want you to do anything, Leslie. I tell you the facts and leave them confidently in your hands. If I thought you were the kind... | |
| William Patterson White - American fiction - 1922 - 418 pages
...daughter. Bill Wingo looked at Miss Prescott in injured astonishment. "Do something?" he repeatd. "What do you want me to do ? " " I don't want you to do anything," she denied with unnecessary emphasis. " Haven't you any ambition?" "Plenty." " Then use it, for Heaven's... | |
| Ben Ames Williams - Authors, American - 1927 - 588 pages
...to complain now when I am old and dependent. I'll get out and support myself again, if that's what you want me to do." "I don't want you to do anything of the kind," Henry said. "And you know it!" "I'll make some arrangement," Clem continued, as though... | |
| Christina Dodd - Fiction - 2009 - 406 pages
...about . . . it. She could handle this. Briskly, she returned and seated herself. "As you say. What do you want me to do?" "I don't want you to do anything. I just want you to promise you'll trust to my experience in the performance of our connubial duties."... | |
| Steve Hamilton - Fiction - 2004 - 318 pages
...and I'll talk to you tomorrow." "You're not making this any easier, Alex. Please." "Please what? What do you want me to do?" "I don't want you to do anything," she said. "I just want you to . . ." "What, Natalie?" "We're done," she said, her voice hard again.... | |
| Mary Higgins Clark - Fiction - 2007 - 337 pages
...Krause will move to have the bail forfeited." E Slater swung his legs over the bed and sat up. "What do you want me to do?" "I don't want you to do anything except pray that the judge sees it our way—that Peter didn't know what he was doing. Otherwise you... | |
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