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But he made no gesture of any sort, and after a moment she asked, in a tone responding to the courteous deprecation of his attitude: "Is there any one you wish to see?" "I came to see Mr. Boyne," he replied. His intonation, rather than his accent, was faintly American, and Mary, at the familiar note, looked at him more closely.
"The lady gone?" repeated Colville, taking this to be part of the red mask's joke. "La bambina pareva poco lene." "The little one not well?" echoed Colville again, rising. "Are you joking?" The mask made a deep murmur of polite deprecation. "I am not capable of such a thing in a serious affair.
It was all a game; why should I not accept advances at my enemy's hands, and match dissimulation with dissimulation? When I refused his arm, he smiled comically, and raised his shoulders in deprecation. "You forget your dignity, monsieur," I said presently as we walked on, Gabord meeting us and lighting us through the passages; "you voted me a villain, a spy, at my trial!"
They're fools enough to believe that a snub or a jilt from a So'th'n girl would pay them back for a lost battle or a ruined plantation!" For the first time Miss Sally saw Courtland's calm blood fly to his cheek and kindle in his eye. "You surely do not expect ME to tolerate this blind and insolent interference!" he said, rising to his feet. She lifted her ungloved hand in deprecation.
We shall, of course, go through a form of election; but I don't mind telling you that it is practically certain what the result will be." He looked down for a moment modestly. "It is almost a settled thing that I am to be Thursday." "My dear fellow." said Syme heartily, "I congratulate you. A great career!" Gregory smiled in deprecation, and walked across the room, talking rapidly.
Acton, who straightened herself in her chair, watched him steadily while he made his confession. He paused with a gesture of deprecation. "In one sense, it is a preposterous folly, but I am not quite sure that folly is not now and then better than wisdom," he added. "It has certainly proved to be so in my case." "No doubt." Mrs. Acton's tone was suggestive.
Some of the old landmarks had disappeared; there were new and aggressive office buildings, new and aggressive residences, new and aggressive citizens who lived in them, and of whom my mother spoke with gentle deprecation.
The two looked at each other, Elaine genuinely worried now. Just then, the Chinaman entered and stood a moment gazing at them. They turned and Elaine recoiled from him. Long bowed. "Oh sir," cried Mary, "We've made a mistake. Can't you tell us how to get out?" Long's only answer was to spread out his hands in polite deprecation and shrug his suave shoulders.
I bought it at Waterloo House after the season was over, said Mrs Gibson, touching the very handsome gown she wore in deprecation of Lady Cumnor's angry voice, and blundering on to the very source of irritation. 'Again, Clare!
What they think of their enemies, goodness knows, is bad enough; but I'm still more struck with what they think of their friends. Milly's own state of mind, however," she went on, "is lucky. That's Aunt Maud's security, though she doesn't yet fully recognise it besides being Milly's own." "You conceive it a real escape then not to care for him?" She shook her head in beautiful grave deprecation.
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