"Curtly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Then, fool," she said curtly, "link up that tippet of mail across your face, go down to Osric the Sheriff himself, beg to be allowed to fight, and see what he will ...
— A Thane of Wessex • Charles W. Whistler
... the lines she had in the whole three acts. It didn't take a minute. He nodded curtly. "You've got the idea." He added, just as she turned away, "You were quite right to suggest ...
— The Real Adventure • Henry Kitchell Webster
... marched to the dining-room door, his gold-headed cane marking time like a drumbeat. He nodded curtly to Keziah, who answered the knock, and ...
— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln
... Captain Bors said curtly, "Majesty, the first of the four liners is in. Two more will arrive tomorrow and the last at sunrise the day after. The Mekinese will be here ...
— Talents, Incorporated • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... came round in a few minutes and Grandma put her hand in her pocket, suddenly turned pale, opened her big satchel and turned out all its contents, stood up and shook her dress, looked on the floor, and when Mrs. White said in amazement, "What is the matter, mother?" she answered curtly, "I've ...
— Junior Classics, V6 • Various
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