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He spoke so energetically, in spite of his jesting tone, that Mlle.
2
Therefore he now said in that language in a conciliatory but jesting tone:
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One fine morning Liza comes in to me and says in a jesting tone:
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Her jesting tone gave me courage; I felt myself on surer ground, and answered:
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He was so serious that Maurice dropped his jesting tone.
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Have I not proved my uselessness? This was said in a tentative, half- jesting tone.
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The jesting tone of the chief restored my courage.
8
In spite of Flint's jesting tone there was a hint of bitterness in his voice.
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But ten minutes later, when the dripping jungle was behind, he dropped his jesting tone.
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She started in surprise at my jesting tone.
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I could get rid of it in Geneva or Paris, he went on in a jesting tone.
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There was not the least need for the half- jesting tone in which Maurice clothed his air of authority.
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He had spoken in a half-serious, half- jesting tone, tinged with the playful melancholy that was natural to him.
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His jesting tone made her impatient.
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He was a girl's ideal.... And then came Nan Lawton, with her jesting tone, and sly, half-shut eyes.
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The countess had congratulated him too, in a jesting tone, on the importance of this event in his life.
