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The envy of this man had, in fact, become so intolerable, that he had let the cat out of the bag.
It was kept a little secret by the orders of my employers, but we are so close to the spot now that I don't think it will matter if I let the cat out of the bag.
She was about to say, "I thought I had destroyed it," and that would have let the cat out of the bag with a vengeance.
"And now, young ladies, if my judgment is worth anything, I think it is about time to let the cat out of the bag."
I did not mean to let the cat out of the bag, but now that she is out you need not scare her all over the neighborhood, so that everybody will know that she is out.
Now, though the relation between a Cabinet and its advisers ought to be secret, in the present case each side has let the cat out of the bag.
Claudius thought she was angry, and when you arrived and let the cat out of the bag the Countess thought you were trying to amuse yourself by surprising her, and she was angry too.
He was in a corner where he must either tell a lie of some sort or let the cat out of the bag.
Patience's remark, if it had not absolutely let the cat out of the bag, had at least opened the bag.
I was a little scared up myself for fear Evan might get real good and mad, and let the cat out of the bag; I was, for a fact.
"So you have let the cat out of the bag at last, my young friend," said Sergeant Hyde, quietly.
He let the cat out of the bag and showed in the boldest terms how theory becomes an instrument of practice.
At this question the good man nearly let the cat out of the bag by explaining that everything had long since been in readiness for their coming.
I had begun to think him quite a genuine good fellow, and my heart was warming to him, when he let the cat out of the bag.
Grant had finished searching for him in Albany, and whether Miss Fanny had "let the cat out of the bag" yet.
It would never do, after having managed the party so successfully, to let the cat out of the bag after the affair was over.
"I guess she hasn't had any easy time of it since she let the cat out of the bag to me about Linda."
From the warmth of her embrace he probably divined that he had let the cat out of the bag, for he rode off at once on irony.
I didn't mean to say a word about it to you or anybody else until I had gone a little further with my investigations, but now I've got to let the cat out of the bag.
Considering that a secret is a pig, it is singular that betraying one should be called letting the cat out of the bag.
Perhaps I have let the cat out of the bag; perhaps you see already where my hopes were pointing, and begin to blame my inconsistency.
The boys would hardly admit him to a partnership in their plans of mischief, so sure was he inadvertently to let the cat out of the bag,' etc., etc.
However, I suppose the same is true of grown people, too, sometimes, though they are usually more careful as to what they say, so that they do not let the cat out of the bag.
"Jill is going to see Miss Grant in the morning," said Jack with dignity, and not perceiving he had let the cat out of the bag.
I as near let the cat out of the bag coming over that last business in the book without being ready for it, as anything could be.
Irene let the cat out of the bag, and told me you were here, and that Eli had borrowed Random for you.
Some of them might have an idea that one of their race had, in their own way of thinking, peached, turned traitor to their blood, and let the cat out of the bag.
"Don't show yourself on the top of the hill, Tom; for that might let the cat out of the bag," added Deck.
If the commodore knew that I had let the cat out of the bag, it would be a case of an explosion bigger than those over there.
I pretended not to believe him, and in his effort to convince me that he really was protected, he let the cat out of the bag.
Either he, or someone else, let the cat out of the bag about the gentlemen in the organ, and a most diligent search was set on foot.
The girl's yarn don't hold together, and it was Sixty himself who let the cat out of the bag.
She declared it was the last thing she was in a hurry about, and that she believed there was no danger, but her great argument let the cat out of the bag.
However, since my tongue has let the cat out of the bag, you may take the creature, and make the most of her!
As Walk went home with his father, he had no opportunity to let the cat out of the bag, even if he had been so disposed.
Some fellow has let the cat out of the bag, and if Gus doesn't have a fight on his hands before he goes to bed I am no prophet.
Askew, and therefore must be ignorant that the free-spoken sailor had let the cat out of the bag.
The mystery remained one until after dinner that night, when our host let the cat out of the bag, under solemn vows of secrecy.
It was not until a reply had been drafted and submitted to the Commanding Officer of the depot that Dixon let the cat out of the bag.
These two fellows were quite bursting with the great secrets of the day, and had to rush out as soon as breakfast was done, in order to keep from "letting the cat out of the bag."
"I may as well let the cat out of the bag," laughed Braun, taking a deep draft of the golden wine.
This writer indeed commits himself very strangely on this subject, or, as the phrase is, lets the cat out of the bag, without intending it.
I'll be letting the cat out of the bag, and I'm not going to have lies on my conscience even for you, Agatha.
Harris must be put under an arrest for this, though I hear the colonel let the cat out of the bag, at the Lt.