1. Why do you not motion him to leave the room? 2. I have discharged
my man; he is packing up. 3. The words you wrote are spread out in
full, right in the middle of a page in the visitors' book. 4. You are
too plucky to climb down. 5. They have had nothing to do with this
incident. 6. I have always looked my adversaries in the eye. 7. When
you have offended anybody, it is magnanimous to acknowledge yourself
in the wrong. 8. I am very sorry to have left[1] those ill-natured
lines where they may be read by everybody. 9. Go and[2] erase them
of your own accord, instead of making matters worse. 10. Exit major,
saying that he bids them good day. 11. May I make bold[3] to ask you
to bear me in mind if ever you want a man-servant?
[1: laisser.]
[2: Tr.«to.»]
[3: Tr. «Shall I dare.»]
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