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Then we saw them, of course, half lost under rank grass, like dents in a green velvet cushion made by a sleeper who has long ago waked and walked away. From a distance the glistening gray roofs of Meaux were like a vast crowd of dark-winged doves; but as we ran into the town it opened out into dignified importance, able to live up to its thousand years of history.
May I hope that we shall meet again, never to part, never?" Kenelm's voice trembled as he spoke, tears stood in his eyes. A melancholy vague, unaccountable, overpowering passed across his heart, as the shadow of some dark-winged bird passes over a quiet stream. "You have never yet felt this?" asked Lily doubtingly, in a soft voice, full of tender pity, stopping short and looking into his face.
This fellow stood up with his eyes shut and his shoulders stooped forward a little, and looked as if he had his hands under his coat tails. Such tranquil stupidity, such supernatural gravity, such self-righteousness, and such ineffable self-complacency as were in the countenance and attitude of that gray-bodied, dark-winged, bald-headed, and preposterously uncomely bird!
But as he put his hack into a canter, that he might get the sooner home, and tell the good news to Rosamond, and get cash at the bank to pay over to Dover's agent, there crossed his mind, with an unpleasant impression, as from a dark-winged flight of evil augury across his vision, the thought of that contrast in himself which a few months had brought that he should be overjoyed at being under a strong personal obligation that he should be overjoyed at getting money for himself from Bulstrode.
She let him keep it, thinking him noble for forgetting that another had pressed it before him. Some minutes later the letters were delivered. One of them contained Juliana's dark-winged missive. 'Poor, poor Juley! said Rose, dropping her head, after reading all that was on the crumpled leaf with an inflexible face. And then, talking on, long low sighs lifted her bosom at intervals.
You will find many hawks with which you must do battle. The fiercest and most dangerous are those you must encounter every day. Huge dark-winged birds of prey passionate temper, hatred, discontent, jealousy; an ugly list, I will not go on with it. Fight against them as bravely as Pussy fought with the hawk which tried to carry off her kitten.
May I hope that we shall meet again, never to part, never?" Kenelm's voice trembled as he spoke, tears stood in his eyes. A melancholy vague, unaccountable, overpowering passed across his heart, as the shadow of some dark-winged bird passes over a quiet stream. "You have never yet felt this?" asked Lily doubtingly, in a soft voice, full of tender pity, stopping short and looking into his face.
"Are you ready, my darling?" said Hubert. His thoughts were so confused at the time, that he had paid little heed to the messenger or noticed what he had brought to Gerelda, or what their conversation was about, or that the boy fled like a dark-winged shadow down the corridor after he had executed his errand. She took her place by his side.
This fellow stood up with his eyes shut and his shoulders stooped forward a little, and looked as if he had his hands under his coat tails. Such tranquil stupidity, such supernatural gravity, such self-righteousness, and such ineffable self-complacency as were in the countenance and attitude of that gray-bodied, dark-winged, bald-headed, and preposterously uncomely bird!
She let him keep it, thinking him noble for forgetting that another had pressed it before him. Some minutes later the letters were delivered. One of them contained Juliana's dark-winged missive. 'Poor, poor Juley! said Rose, dropping her head, after reading all that was on the crumpled leaf with an inflexible face. And then, talking on, long low sighs lifted her bosom at intervals.
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