Word: fussed
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...little miscellaneous mischief by the way-ruining a peasant girl, or the emperor's finances. When the attempt finally fails, he turns the laugh against the other side, which has been so earnest to prevent him, by showing how little he cares for what they make such a fuss about. "The holy ones triumph, but the evil one-whistles...
...what is there so horrible about this first fact? Such an accident happens often to the best house-keepers. From the fuss that the writer makes over it, one would think that instead of the evil's being discovered in time by the very persons whose business it was to discover it, the unfortunate writer had been forced to eat the whole of said meat...
...heard papa read out of the paper last night (of course you know I never read newspapers; mamma says very few English girls do) - now what was I writing about? Oh, yes. I heard papa read that Oscar Wilde had arrived. Now whatever do they make all this fuss of him for? I don't care one speck about seeing him, but I know some of the girls are just crazy to. I've seen his picture, and think he's horrid ugly. He looks like a Yale senior does when he asks you to waltz - sort of frightened...
...Darn the fuss...
...trough of the sea, and pitching heavily, and she begged me to row to land; and reminded me of how I had just desired even to lay down my life for her sake. I believe that I said something about hanging her if she didn't stop her fuss; and assured her that I only wished that I could die for my own sake then and there...