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Only the little birds were just the same, singing gaily as if nothing had happened, and the morning breeze was brushing the myrtle trees as they did every spring morning when the sun was making the country look glad.
Some degree of familiarity therefore might be excused, and the formal Sophia would now and then expand a little in her intercourse with Warman. One night, a very little while before Lady Geraldine's wedding-day, the cautious Warman, while brushing Miss Granger's hair, ventured to suggest that her mistress looked out of spirits.
However, they got it cheaper for that, and instantly set about brushing it up, fitting proper shelves for the business, and making the dwelling-house habitable. Luke Peterson was always asking Margaret what he could do for her. The answer used to be in a sad tone, "Nothing, Luke, nothing." "What, you that are so clever, can you think of nothing for me to do for you?" "Nothing, Luke, nothing."
Beauty I think comes next, even with men who do not care for mere beauty. I do not think we should be indignant at this. But can beauty be cultivated? Good health does something for the complexion. Care of the teeth adds another point of beauty. Even rough hair may be made beautiful by constant brushing. A good carriage and a gentle voice are points of beauty that depend partly on ourselves.
A score of convalescents lingered in the hospital, but they were improving hourly. There had been but one more death that of the man whose brother had wailed over him instead of brushing the flies away. On the morning of the fourth day of his fever, Sheldon lay on the veranda, gazing dimly out over the raging ocean.
That one, the most beautiful of all creatures look at her, and say if she is not! sat bathing her lovely cheeks and stately neck in the morning dew, and brushing off the stray drops with the white lily of the lake.
They reached its side and slid down the slant to the ground. "Well!" ejaculated Dave. "Yes, and what?" inquired Hiram, brushing the loose bits of shavings from his soaked tarpaulin coat. "Business strictly and quick," replied Dave promptly. "And leave the Racer where she is?" "Can you find a better place, Hiram?" "Well, no, but "
He practised before the looking glass making stylish bows, and every morning looked at his Sunday suit, and tried to hide the shabbiness of his coat by brushing some black color over it. The invitation had caused a great revolution in his mind It was for him a greeting from the promised land of joy, which he, like Moses, had never seen but from afar.
You may give my hair a good brushing while I read." A tap at the door came at this moment, and Phoebe ran to open it. "Mrs. Tempest wishes Miss Tempest to come down to the drawing-room directly," said a voice in the corridor. "There now, miss," cried Phoebe, "how lucky I didn't take your hair down. It never was nicer."
She stood a little to one side he could only just see her, as the sergeant was holding up the lanthorn for Mme. la Duchesse to see her way into the coach. M. le Comte went on to give a few directions to the coachman. "Mademoiselle Crystal!" murmured Victor softly. And he made a step forward so that now she could not move toward the carriage without brushing against him. But she made no reply.
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