" "You mean...." "I mean that the mysterious Frenchman may very possibly have been an emissary of Monsieur X. Madame may have betrayed the secret to him in an unguarded moment.

I sent for word, and I learned that Jack Landis had betrayed his trust, fallen in love with some undesirable woman of the mining camp, denied my claim to any of the gold to which I had sent him.

His eyes were dark, and he betrayed scarcely any emotion at the sight of his father in this lamentable plight.

Unlike Mr. Dodge, he had betrayed no peculiar interest in the baronet, being a man too shrewd and worldly to set his heart on trifles of any sort; and Mr. Bragg no more hesitated about replying to Sir George Templemore, or Mr. Effingham, than he would have hesitated about answering one of his own nearest associates.

They burst into a guffaw of laughter, and Abe, not even conscious that he had betrayed a sacred confidence, sputtered and laughed with the rest.

Jack betrayed not the least sign of excitement, and insisted on going down into the grub-room to feed two white mice before setting out for the "front."

Of a sudden, while standing there not daring to breathe lest I should betray my presence, a strange sound fell upon my eager ears.

He longed to ask Crewe how he had obtained possession of the handkerchief, but he could not trust his voice to frame the question without betraying his feelings, so he picked up the revolver and examined it closely.

His red nose betrayed the fact that he constantly .

" I hope I did not betray my surprise, but for all that it was staggering.

Must we compel a man to betray his master?

Many of the priests went about, both before and after Caporetto, trying to betray their country.

She endeavoured to appear surprised, but her sudden pallor betrayed her inward anxiety at the question.

An outrage may certainly be done those social rights which have been established by common consent, and then it may be proper to resent it; but beware betraying a consciousness of your own inferiority, by letting every one see you are jealous of your station.

" "When one betrays a profound ignorance of his own country, it is a fair presumption that he cannot be very acute in his observation of strangers.

" "An excess of malice betrays its own origin," exclaimed the least practised member of the Inquisition.

Thus the poor spirits were profanely maltreated, nay, sometimes severely punished, and even miserably flogged in effigy, when they betrayed symptoms of disaffection, or want of implicit fealty.

Had the latter betrayed the cause I had been led to believe he was ready to risk his life to defend?

But the old and infallible instinct warned him not to betray that weakness.

But the discovery that he had betrayed his best friend, in a way that a pure-minded woman regards as the most dishonourable way possible, was a fresh revelation to her of human infamy.

Jacob asked, in a whisper, not daring to trust his voice lest it should betray the fear in his heart.

But he was resolved she should die; else (as he said) she would live to betray more men, as she had done him.

O messire Beltane, spare my life nor think I will betray thee, outlaw though thou art!"

" He paused a moment, and I could see what a strenuous effort he was making to avoid betraying knowledge.

" Under the fear of betraying my thoughts, I hurriedly closed my eyes.