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The patriarch, twisted round the pump, made no reply, so I ventured to suggest to the bellman that he might find the gate easier. "Is there a gate?" said Snecky, in surprise at th...

started by xemma789 on 25 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

In a little while she opened her eyes and looked at him--so pitifully! The tears rose and flowed from her grey wrinkled cheeks, but she said never a word. She closed her eyes again, but the tears k...

started by xcandy002 on 25 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

"I daren't say, Diamond," I answered. "But at least there is one thing you may be sure of, that there is a still better love than that of the wonderful being you call Nor...

started by xketh147 on 25 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

The Khania need not be described. She was as she had been in the chambers of the Gate, only more weary looking; indeed her eyes had a haunted air and it was easy to see that the events of the previ...

started by xlisa123 on 06 Dec 14 no follow-up yet

What followed I will not describe, but never shall I forget the scene of those two heaps of worrying wolves, and of the maniac Khan, who yelled in his fiendish joy, and cheered on his death-hounds ...

started by xtiffany1599 on 06 Dec 14 no follow-up yet

Moreover, the present Khania, our hostess, was the last of the direct line of rulers, her husband and cousin having less of the blood royal in his veins, and as such the people were attached to her...

started by xcandy002 on 06 Dec 14 no follow-up yet

There was a good deal of hanging in those days; and yet the authorities had an ugly way of reprieving condemned men on whom the sight-seers had been counting. An air of gloom would gather on my old...

started by xred456 on 28 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

What could it matter what people called him, so long as he did nothing he ought not to do? And, besides, God's baby was surely the best of names! Well, my little man, and what can you do?"...

started by xketi156 on 29 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

"Then there's Jack and Mr. Stonecrop, and, deary me! not to have mentioned Mr. Coleman and Mrs. Coleman, and Miss Coleman, and Mrs. Crump. And then there's the clergyman that spoke to me i...

started by xcute489 on 29 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

Then came a turn to the left, and ten more paces of passage, and lastly near certain steps running to some place unknown, another sharp turn to the right which led to our old chamber. Down the long...

started by xtiffany1599 on 29 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

The poll released today was commissioned from independent firm Franklin, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates - FM3, for the Natural Resources Defense Council. It was conducted among 802 voters f...

started by linda55236 on 14 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

"Because of this we cannot predict precisely how these processes will operate in the future as climate changes. For society to better manage carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, we need to be a...

started by viet77896 on 14 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

We are nowhere near the commitments necessary to stay below 2°C of climate change, a level that will be already challenging to manage for most countries around the world, even for rich nations."Pol...

started by fiona3322116 on 14 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

This partnership on renewables is one more step in our journey." Building on DuPont's strategic advantages in agriculture, biotechnology and processing technology, the commercial-scalability of cel...

started by xowen11158 on 14 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

The oxygen is released into the air, and the lithium ions are stored in the battery as lithium metal after capturing the electrons.When the battery discharges, it chemically consumes oxygen from th...

started by xlisa123 on 14 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

"We can't predict whether a major slowdown in crop growth will actually happen, and the odds are still fairly low," said Tebaldi. "But climate change has increased the odds to the point that organi...

started by xdora2211133 on 14 Nov 14 no follow-up yet

I will tell him. You may be sure he will come. My father thinks you a very kind gentleman, and I know he is right, for I know your very own self, sir.Mr. Raymond smiled, and as they had now reached...

started by fiona3322116 on 04 Dec 14 no follow-up yet