"You are already sworn in, and I desire that you shall remain where you are." "I cannot possibly excuse you, Mr.Elder," remarked the judge, in a tone of surprise, "the case has progressed too far already for any excuse.

Continue, Lieutenant Shackleford," he continued, speaking to Harry.
"As I was observing," Harry went on, "this soldier departed for Virginia, and shortly after his departure, a villain, who had addressed his wife in former years and been rejected, assumed the sheep's garb and resumed his acquaintance with her.

Many were the kindnesses he extended towards her, and the delicate manner in which he performed those little acts of courtesy, that lend a charm to society, disarmed any suspicion of his sincerity of purpose.

But under the guise of friendship, the villain designed to overcome a lonely woman.

With that subtlety and deception which every _roue_ possesses, he ingratiated himself in her confidence and favor until she began to regard him in the light of a brother.