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Meadows, in his quiet manner, was just as much concerned in unraveling the thing as Sir Henry.
The hostess, though she may not be able to unravel the mystery, should be gracious and attentive.
From there he watched the government unravel the web of conspiracy he had been so busy weaving.
The succession to that estate will offer a pretty tangle for somebody to unravel some day, Adrian.
Lydia, as she spoke, sat down with a troubled expression, as if trying to unravel her thoughts.
It is the task of the student of human evolution to unravel the tangled threads of human histories.
Possibly it may, whilst in a dream, unravel an intricate problem, incapable of solution in the waking state.
Here was a double mystery which I felt bound, though a little shaken in my nerves, to unravel.
While she was trying to unravel it all, one pair of the hurrying feet halted before the entrance.
It may be some help, or possibly some comfort to you, if I am about, until we unravel this mystery.
Pee Wee, having gotten hold of one end of the thread, unraveled the whole piece in short order.
The influence of Scriptural traditions on the myths of various nations it is probably impossible to unravel satisfactorily.
We are not naturally immortal, but our life depends on a secret which no human being can unravel.
A thousand confused doubts succeeded to each other, which I had neither time nor indeed power to unravel.
Tam reached his room, closed and locked the door and sat down to unravel a confused situation.
Come, my good friend, unravel the mystery, and the grateful thanks of your Matilda will reward you.
This is unlike anything I ever saw before, and looks as if it would be mighty hard to unravel.
Circumstances, however, had already occurred to unravel the web of difficulty that had been cast around them.
Facts, in such cases, will not unravel themselves without much patience on the part of the investigators.
The strands of that fine mind will begin to unravel, unless she is wonderfully supported from above.'
In one night you have unraveled a mystery that has bothered the life out of me for two weeks.
"When Fred came over ahead of time I knew something was up, and I'm all unraveled with curiosity."
Yet, so great was his desire to unravel their secret that beyond question he would have risked it.
As the plot unravels, Dan is led to believe that he may have murdered his wife's lover, Jack.
Edward Davies, who by the help of such syllables expected to unravel the mysteries of all languages.
The soldier's death destroyed my last hope of unraveling the mystery that hung over that fatal night.
Bending over her work she withdrew her hook and started to unravel the chain she was making.
Slowly, sitting there in her place and looking straight before her, she began to unravel the puzzle.
He took few things into consideration, and always acted on reasons so futile that they were difficult to unravel.
There were times, however, when in deep meditation, that his eyes seemed resting afar off on some unraveled future.
There must be a secret there to fathom, a mystery to unravel, before we would undertake its serious pursuit.
And it is also my hope that, if I have a fair trial, I shall be able to unravel this mystery.
I should try, dear, and if I fail there is a clever friend of mine who can unravel anything.
At this stage the successive, or contemporary Lords of these manors become too complicated a tissue to unravel here.
Pulling the curtain open, the boys gazed out, determined to unravel the mystery once and for all.
Nevertheless, we must view the matter calmly, and consider what steps we should take to unravel the mystery.
He probably has something more important to do than to unravel the meaning of a flag in a tree top.
"Better leave your mother here," he said, when she told him of her determination to unravel the mystery.
Geography has no more wonderful tale than that dealing with the unraveling of the mystery of the Niger.
For the Examining Magistrate, the drama in which he was about to unravel the mystery was to begin.
It took me twenty-four hours to unravel the various tangles, and I finally gave up the idea of photographing him.
His moves on both continents are difficult to follow and have not been clearly unraveled by any biographer.
His keen perception showed him every aspect of an affair, and his patience in unraveling difficulties never failed.
We left them to unravel the puzzle and passed as quietly among the trees as needles into cloth.
However, in the morning we can stroll in the sand and unravel the secrets of the previous night.
His aim is to widen the basis of all revealed religions and to unravel the mysteries of their scriptures.
The spies were endeavoring to unravel the secret, tempted by the heavy reward offered for Court's head.
In her life there was an unraveled plot; and he felt that unraveled it would eternally remain to him.
The first day the weather was so hazy that it was in vain we endeavored to unravel the obscurity.
I have never been able to unravel this conspiracy, since I did not know the actors in this drama.
The angels made no attempt whatever to penetrate into the strife of the world or to unravel its troubles.
Ministers and private members once more made futile attempts to unravel the tangled web of the Land Tenure question.
Some way, these questions, thus surging upon him, became a call to live, to fight, to unravel their mystery.
Do you wonder that I long to unravel the mystery that you are all so determined to keep from me?
That, and not the mere tangle of race that in time must unravel itself, is the question of the age.
These attributes, while they do not account for his genius, help us to unravel the charm of it.
If I tried to unravel all those lines to all their endings, I should keep you here beyond your patience.
It was the stroke of a relentless sword across the Gordian knot which she had sought to unravel.
To tell the truth, words had added a new incentive to my great wish to unravel the mystery.
There was mystery here which she resolved to unravel before she allowed the unfortunate young man to depart.
In order to unravel this past history the geologist accepts, with some reservations, three basic principles or laws.
With the two of them jointly accused and jointly tried I am certain we could unravel the mystery.
In truth, his mind is wandering to that last little speech of hers, and is trying to unravel it.
There was a tangle somewhere, but he was getting his fingers on the ends: he needed to unravel it.
This latter quality she possessed in an unusual degree, and yet Laura found it difficult to unravel her character.
Only to unravel the mystery of your fate, and the mystery of your flight, what would I not give?
Was he then about to unravel the mystery of the tattooed cross which had puzzled him for so long?
Here was the riddle of the mysterious voice unraveled; here was the secret of her physical sorrows made clear.
All the principal people wore robes woven of foreign silk, which had been unraveled for working into native patterns.
If you make a mess of it in trying to unravel the plot, she will essentially aid you in that direction.
Jonathan lay very quietly, trying to decide what should be his next move in the unraveling of the mystery.
Only a personal teacher can help him unravel the good from the bad, the true from the false.
Is a question that I think is more frequently asked than words can answer, language describe, or man's wisdom unravel.
There is truth in it, though, and a moral mixed up with it which you may unravel if you please.
France has long since been deprived of those statesmen whose penetrating genius could unravel the most distant events.
How can your child know men, when he can neither judge of their judgments nor unravel their mistakes?
She did not trouble to unravel them now; they would straighten themselves out as the afternoon went on.
Who built this temple, and how was it built, and when, are mysteries that may never be unraveled.
From the rear it looks as if they were weaving some intricate fabric that unravels as fast as it is woven.
How dreadful it is, dear Edgar, to endeavor to unravel a mystery when a woman is at the bottom of it!
I feel myself too thoroughly caught in the meshes of our social fabric to presume to unravel it for other people.
On the assumption that two brains are better than one, you permit two boys to unravel the sense together.
At the very best that might be like unraveling through the night what we have spun through the day.
As a matter of fact, his greatest joy was to labor at a tangled case, and successfully to unravel it.
I have attempted to unravel the correspondence carried on under the disguise of banking transactions, but I could never succeed.
There they were, with about as pretty a complication of mischief to unravel as two men could wish to have.
They still hung there, wilting in the sun; some, unraveled and trailing, shed dying blossoms at every step.
I believe I can unravel the whole of this mystery, but I don't want to show you the raw material.
I forgot my hunger in unraveling the mysteries of the silent village, but my companion showed no such inclination.
A good detective, with time and money, can unravel the mystery and fix the responsibility upon the guilty party.
This, though now cleared up, was a mystery to his friends then, and Roberts was anxious to unravel it.
I would camp where I was, and next morning, with a clear head, would try to unravel the puzzle.
I still think, as I thought before, that the packet which Gray keeps so carefully concealed would unravel all.
He prefers to try to unravel a long string of variations and combinations, in which he will mostly lose his bearings.
Tong wars are of frequent occurrence, crime and its punishment being so mixed up that an outsider cannot unravel them.
I commission you, my son, to unravel this whole scheme to the Emperor, and to petition him for his countenance.
I hope that my attempt to unravel these long and tangled threads will be found to make them fairly clear.
It is inconsistent with your story, but it must be founded on some mistake, which I am, at present, unable to unravel.
Assigned to the task of unraveling the Darrow death mystery, Lees ran true to form by getting busy at once.
I hope by this time that the Gordian knot shows some inclination to unravel; and that the worry is diminishing.