" "She was looking through an old escritoire," he explained; "Jack Charteris had suggested that some of my father's lettersduring the War, you know.

Acquiesce Ambidextrous Inoculate Divulge Proper Appropriate Omnivorous Voracious Devour Escritoire

The latter examined it carefully and deposited it in his pocket-book; then, unlocking an escritoire, took thence a letter and gave it to the Prefect.

Papers were scattered over the floor: the drawers of an old escritoire had been jerked out of place and their contents strewn far and near.

Then slowly she arose and moved to her escritoire, drawing a sheet of paper toward her and beginning to write.

With a sigh of relief that ran into the chuckle of a child absorbed in mischief, Sofia threw the cloak across a chaise-longue, and bore her prize in triumph to the escritoire.

Seating himself at an escritoire, Victor opened the envelope with a display of languid interest.

It lifted readily, without tearing, its gum was wet and more abundant than usualin fact, it felt confoundedly like library paste, a pot of which, in an ornamental holder, was among the fittings of the escritoire.

And in the great hall is an escritoire, and in it a drawer."

Rene the banker went to his escritoire, took paper, and shook his fountain pen.

The Squire said that was a good subject; and then going to his escritoire took out some papers, placed them on the mantel-piece, and informed Mr. Rushton that those were the documents he desired.

Here," she continued, turning to her escritoire, "here are the twenty thousand crowns you intrusted to me when you departed.

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There were only eight hundred francs in the escritoire of Monsieur Chaudey, and he appropriated the eight hundred francs.

Near the beginning of an act, some one spilt a bottle of red ink, and mopped it up with his (or her) handkerchief, leaving the handkerchief on the escritoire.

The act proceeded from scene to scene, and the handkerchief remained unnoticed; but every one in the audience who knew the rules of the game, kept his eye on the escritoire, and was certain that that ink had not been spilt for nothing.

" Saying this, Mr. Collins rose, and took it from a private drawer in his escritoire.

Then he sat himself in his large arm-chair before his escritoire, and began transacting his affairs with the usual

Instead, therefore, of tearing it in pieces, and throwing it into the water, she folded it carefully up, and placed it in the pretty corset of white satin, which seems the natural escritoire of a shepherdess in her teens.

All there was to remind one of the "Napoleon of the Suffrage Movement" was a large escritoire covered with documents in the usual state of confusionMiss Anthony never could keep her papers in order.

An Arm Chair (Louis XVI.) Carved and Gilt Settee and Arm Chair A Sofa En Suite A Marqueterie Escritoire (Jones Collection)

An excellent example of a piece with cabriole legs is the charming little Marie Antoinette cylinder-fronted marqueterie escritoire in the Jones Collection (illustrated below).

[Illustration: Marqueterie Escritoire.

" [Illustration: Lady's Escritoire, In White Wood, Carved with Rustic Figures.

She rose, scarcely knowing what she did, and moved across the room to her escritoire.