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'You have grown much older, she said abruptly. 'You look as if you had suffered but what of that? C'est comme tout le monde. She withdrew her look a moment, with a little bitter gesture, then she resumed, drawn on by a curiosity and emotion she could not control. 'Are you married? 'Yes, but my wife is dead. She gave a start; the first part of the answer had not prepared her for the second.
Night fell like the abruptly loosened folds of a great curtain. The air became vibrant with the shrilling of insects. Fireflies filled the darkness with a twinkling mist, so that the immense spangle of the purple sky seemed to have invaded the purple ambiguities of earth.
The door opened; it was my old friend. I went toward him, with outstretched arms; and he pressed my lips in a long, delicious kiss. "'All of a sudden, a slight sound, a faint rustling, that mysterious sensation which indicates the presence of another person, made us start and turn round abruptly. Jean, my son, stood there, livid, staring at us. "'There was a moment of atrocious confusion.
The Bishop turned abruptly and followed his secretary to the door. Mark heard them go down the steps. He listened as the door of the car slammed; then he heard the chugging of a motor, and they were gone. The noise grew fainter and fainter. There was silence. Father Murray never moved. Ann clattered in from the kitchen, calling back an order to one of her assistants.
Meanwhile, would you kindly tell the two champions that the fight will have to be put off." The clerk stared for some seconds as if at a demon and vanished. "What authority have you for what you say?" asked Lord Pooley abruptly. "Whom did you consult?" "I consulted a bandstand," said Father Brown, scratching his head. "But, no, I'm wrong; I consulted a book, too.
March. The pivotal girl came in sight, tilting and turning in a rare moment of isolation at the corner of the music-room, and he bowed abruptly, and hurried off to join her. Miss Triscoe did not linger; she alleged the necessity of looking up her father, and went away with a smile so friendly that Mrs.
"Elsie," he said abruptly, "what ever became of your niece?" She looked up in surprise. "You mean Harriet White? She's living with the Norrises in Prairieville." "Wouldn't you like to have her here?" he asked suddenly. "It doesn't seem just right decent to let strangers look after your own relations." Her eyes opened wider. He had never seemed to think whether it was decent or not until now.
Carey, he turned to Lionel and abruptly asked what salary she wanted just as if Lionel had brought him some automaton and made it work. "I think you ought to give her a very good salary," the young man said, in an undertone; "she has studied under Pandiani at Naples.
In fine, there is here a normal, physical phenomenon. Some are constituted to live a life outside of themselves, others, to live a life within themselves. As for me, my exterior associations are abruptly and painfully short-lived, and, as they reach their limits, I experience in my whole body and in my whole intelligence an intolerable uneasiness.
He took away with him a letter to Rowland, which was to introduce the brother, clergymen to each other. As he shook Mr Prothero by the hand, he thanked him warmly for his hospitality, and then abruptly added, 'Take care of that young girl Gladys. She will surely prove a blessing to you, and repay you for any kindness you may bestow upon her,
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