Casaubon's," said Sir James, promptly.
"No, indeed," he answered, promptly.
" "Oh, no," said Peter, very promptly, "not the engine.
" "Nonsense," I answered promptly; "I don't disapprove of the boa-constrictor; on the contrary, I'm interested in his mental processes.
Then we would talk of agents and the offers they had obtained for us; of editors and the sort of contributions they welcomed, how much they paid a thousand, and whether they paid promptly or otherwise.
" The Mole vanished promptly through a window; and the Badger bade the other two set a table on its legs again, pick up knives and forks and plates and glasses from the débris on the floor, and see if they could find materials for a supper.
Suddenly, without giving warning, he dived; but the Rat was on the alert, and promptly followed him down the tunnel to which his unerring nose had faithfully led him.
From this Lady Caroline concluded that she had been extravagant, and promptly countermanded the cream.
" The flat drifted under the bridge and then promptly sank in midstream.
Anne promptly turned her glass to the wall.
Lynde he went accordingly, and that good lady promptly took the matter out of the harassed man's hands.
Allan Anne fell promptly and wholeheartedly in love.
Marilla had a sneaking interest in politics herself, and as she thought it might be her only chance to see a real live Premier, she promptly took it, leaving Anne and Matthew to keep house until her return the following day.
The latter, however, were supplied before Anne reached the main road, for being confronted halfway down the lane with a golden frenzy of wind-stirred buttercups and a glory of wild roses, Anne promptly and liberally garlanded her hat with a heavy wreath of them.
Not that Matthew complained, to be sure; he listened to it all with a wordless smile of enjoyment on his face; Marilla permitted the "chatter" until she found herself becoming too interested in it, whereupon she always promptly quenched Anne by a curt command to hold her tongue.
" Anne promptly departed for the sitting-room across the hall; she failed to return; after waiting ten minutes Marilla laid down her knitting and marched after her with a grim expression.
" "'God is a spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth,'" responded Anne promptly and glibly.
'I'll acquaint Judge Simmons with the facts to-day; and the matter will be put through as promptly as possible.
"The Mobile Chronicle came," she said promptly.
She supposed the proprietor wanted to cover up his negligence in not getting the book in promptly.
