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Long streamers of crape floated through her fingers. She stood still a moment, then threw open the door and rushed in. The hall floor was covered to muffle the tread; not a sound reached her save the stirring of the China trees outside. Her hand was on the balustrade to ascend the steps, but her eyes fell upon a piece of crape fastened to the parlor door, and, pushing it ajar, she looked in.
She's fair and forty just about Buntingford's age quite good-looking quite clever lives by herself, reads a great deal runs the parish you know the kind of thing. They swarm! I think she would like to marry Cousin Philip, if he would let her." Mrs. Friend hurriedly shut the door at her back, which had been slightly ajar. Helena laughed the merry but very soft laugh Mrs.
Turning the corner, and walking off into the shadows along the side of the huge church building, Theron noted, almost at the end of the edifice, a small door the entrance to a porch coming out to the sidewalk which stood wide open. A thin, pale, vertical line of light showed that the inner door, too, was ajar.
Out of doubt and chaos, blood and labour, had come at last the judgment that the lower should not swallow the higher, that the world is for the man of the twentieth and not of the seventeenth century. After a fortnight of fighting the weary troops threw themselves down that night with the assurance that at last the door was ajar and the light breaking through.
Then I will come out to the honeysuckle arbour and sit with you while you smoke. And we need not mind being late; because the dear ladies, not knowing we have returned, will not all be sleeping with doors ajar. But oh Jim, you must however late it is plump your boots out into the passage, just for the fun of making Miss Susannah's heart jump unexpectedly." "Myra! Oh, I say! My wife "
I seemed to be still driving in the coach, where I had been dreaming of a castle in the moonlight, and of an old witch and her pale daughter. I sprang hastily out of bed, dressed myself, and, looking about my room, perceived in the wainscoting a small door, which I had not seen the night before. It was ajar; I opened it, and saw a pretty little room looking very fresh and neat in the early dawn.
They however soon pacified him, by turning his attention to the strength of his own fastenings, and scoffing at my fruitless attempt. But this incident induced him to change his mode: he stood no more with the door ajar to watch me, but, after sending in the boy, locked and bolted it upon us.
But she was gone the brightness had disappeared; the flowers no longer appeared like flames, although still as beautiful as ever. The door stood ajar, and from an inner room sounded music so sweet and so lovely, that it produced the most enchanting thoughts, and acted on the senses with magic power. Who could live there?
I'm only a housekeeper now, though, of course, I was once very different very different indeed. But, of course, anybody has only to look at you to see you are a lady, and, besides, Mr. D'Arcy says you are a lady, and that is quite enough." 'At this moment there came through the door it was ajar Mr. D'Arcy's voice from the distance, so loud and clear that every word could be heard. "Mrs.
Without an instant's delay the captain turned the knob and they entered the battery room, switching on the light at the same time. Apparently not a thing had been touched, but the outer door was ajar. The lieutenant jumped to it and peered out, but no one was to be seen. He closed and locked the door and began an inspection of the batteries.
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