Hastened
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Sancho
hastened
to where the basin was, and brought it back with him, and when Don Quixote saw it, he took hold of it and said:"Your worships may see with what a face this squire can assert that this is a basin and not the helmet I told you of; and I swear by the order of chivalry I profess, that this helmet is the identical one I took from him, without anything added to or taken from it."
Sancho was in a fever to get his master out of the town, lest he should discover the falsehood of the reply he had brought to him in the Sierra Morena on behalf of Dulcinea; so he
hastened
their departure, which they took at once, and two miles out of the village they found a forest or thicket wherein Don Quixote ensconced himself, while Sancho returned to the city to speak to Dulcinea, in which embassy things befell him which demand fresh attention and a new chapter.
His friends at once ran to his aid, filled with grief at his misery and sad fate, and Don Quixote, dismounting from Rocinante,
hastened
to support him, and took him in his arms, and found he had not yet ceased to breathe.
The history informs us, then, that before they reached the country house or castle, the duke went on in advance and instructed all his servants how they were to treat Don Quixote; and so the instant he came up to the castle gates with the duchess, two lackeys or equerries, clad in what they call morning gowns of fine crimson satin reaching to their feet,
hastened
out, and catching Don Quixote in their arms before he saw or heard them, said to him, "Your highness should go and take my lady the duchess off her horse."
And now bright smiling dawn came on apace; the flowers of the field, revived, raised up their heads, and the crystal waters of the brooks, murmuring over the grey and white pebbles,
hastened
to pay their tribute to the expectant rivers; the glad earth, the unclouded sky, the fresh breeze, the clear light, each and all showed that the day that came treading on the skirts of morning would be calm and bright.
They
hastened
to the spot, and found that the combatants were but two, who seeing the authorities approaching stood still, and one of them exclaimed, "Help, in the name of God and the king!
Don Quixote left him, and
hastened
to the castle to tell the duke and duchess what had happened Sancho, and they were not a little astonished at it; they could easily understand his having fallen, from the confirmatory circumstance of the cave which had been in existence there from time immemorial; but they could not imagine how he had quitted the government without their receiving any intimation of his coming.
The duke could not make out the reason why the battle did not go on; but the marshal of the field
hastened
to him to let him know what Tosilos said, and he was amazed and extremely angry at it.
Mr. Pickwick having paused to make these observations, to be noted down at a more convenient period,
hastened
to rejoin his friends, who had turned out of the main street, and were already within sight of the field of battle.
'He was seated here, one calm evening, in his old position, now and then raising his head to watch the flight of a sea-gull, or carry his eye along the glorious crimson path, which, commencing in the middle of the ocean, seemed to lead to its very verge where the sun was setting, when the profound stillness of the spot was broken by a loud cry for help; he listened, doubtful of his having heard aright, when the cry was repeated with even greater vehemence than before, and, starting to his feet, he
hastened
in the direction whence it proceeded.
Accompanying these words with a gentle rap on the head of the young gentleman before noticed, who, unconscious of his close vicinity to the person in request, was screaming 'Weller!' with all his might, Sam
hastened
across the ground, and ran up the steps into the hall.
Clerk after clerk
hastened
into the square by one or other of the entrances, and looking up at the Hall clock, accelerated or decreased his rate of walking according to the time at which his office hours nominally commenced; the half-past nine o'clock people suddenly becoming very brisk, and the ten o'clock gentlemen falling into a pace of most aristocratic slowness.
I dressed hurriedly, for I knew by experience that railway cases were seldom trivial, and
hastened
downstairs.
"I feel that time is of value," said he; "that is why I
hastened
here when the police inspector suggested that I should secure your co-operation.
He
hastened
upstairs, and a few minutes later I heard the slam of the hall door, which told me that he was off once more upon his congenial hunt.
She instantly wrote Sir John Middleton her acknowledgment of his kindness, and her acceptance of his proposal; and then
hastened
to shew both letters to her daughters, that she might be secure of their approbation before her answer were sent.
But unwelcome as such a task must be, it was necessary to be done, and Elinor therefore
hastened
to perform it.
To consult with Colonel Brandon on the best means of effecting the latter, was a thought which immediately followed the resolution of its performance; and as soon she had rung up the maid to take her place by her sister, she
hastened
down to the drawing-room, where she knew he was generally to be found at a much later hour than the present.
Tarvin
hastened
to her side, but she put him from her with the imperious gesture that women know in deep moments, and fled to Mrs. Estes.
Kate
hastened
to put on her helmet, while Tarvin amused the two princes by allowing them to inspect his revolver, and promising at some more fitting season to shoot as many coins as they should demand.
We hastened, therefore, to obtain permission to print it, with the view of presenting ourselves someday with the pack of others at the doors of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, if we should not succeed--a very probable thing, by the by--in gaining admission to the Academie Francaise with our own proper pack.
Many citizens, seeing the women flying toward the High Street, leaving their children crying at the open doors,
hastened
to don the cuirass, and supporting their somewhat uncertain courage with a musket or a partisan, directed their steps toward the hostelry of the Jolly Miller, before which was gathered, increasing every minute, a compact group, vociferous and full of curiosity.
"You have sent for me, sir," said Athos to M. de Treville, in a feeble yet perfectly calm voice, "you have sent for me, as my comrades inform me, and I have
hastened
to receive your orders.
M. de Treville scolded his Musketeers in public, and congratulated them in private; but as no time was to be lost in gaining the king, M. de Treville
hastened
to report himself at the Louvre.
As usual, this hotel was full of soldiers of this company, who
hastened
to the succor of their comrades.
Then, as I believed my husband would be at home, I
hastened
hither."
Now, if Aramis had been at home when Planchet came to his abode, he had doubtless
hastened
to the Rue des Fossoyeurs, and finding nobody there but his other two companions perhaps, they would not be able to conceive what all this meant.
He
hastened
to descend into the street, with a frightful beating at his heart; he wished to see if he could find other traces of violence.
We
hastened
to obey this order; for you will please to understand, monsieur, we were disposed to do everything your friend could desire.
Kitty, fearing she was ill,
hastened
toward her and was beginning to open her dress; but Milady started up, pushing her away.
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