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But, farther on, the tapers beamed forth afresh, rising heavenward by an intricate path, which incessantly diverged and then started upward again. At last, however, the time came when the lights no longer ascended, for they had reached the summit of the hill and had begun to disappear at the last turn of the road. Exclamations were rising from the crowd.
The residence was of peculiar build, having more the appearance of the Queen Anne style of architecture than any else, and was probably the only house in that section of country where the constructor had diverged from the accepted style for a country residence, hence, even in its isolated situation, it was known far and wide.
The monk was talkative and eloquent, and soon diverged from the subject of Columbus, to one which he considered of infinitely greater importance the miraculous image of the Virgin possessed by their convent, and known by the name of "Our Lady of La Rabida."
He mechanically put spurs to his horse; she followed. They presently struck into a trail that soon diverged again into a disused logging track through the woods. "This is the short cut to Prince's, by two miles," he said, as they entered the woods. As they were still galloping, without exchanging a word, Christie began to slacken her speed; George did the same.
But our ways diverged later in life. I found him unchanged a kind heart always a kind heart. He attempts to conceal it, as many do, under a flippant, almost a profane, manner of speech. Brutum fulmen. But I saw through it I saw through it." And the rector beamed on Loo through his spectacles with an innocent delight in a Christian charity which he mistook for cunning.
Comparative anatomy states as we have learned that the amphibia as a class have evolved from and have out-developed the fishes, that reptiles have progressed still higher, and that birds and mammals have originated from reptilian ancestors along roads that have diverged beyond the immediate parent class.
His path had run side by side with mine for a little while, but always with a great barrier between us; and now they had diverged, and must grow farther and farther apart, never to touch again. Yet, how my father would have loved him had he known him! How securely he would have trusted to his care for me! But stop! There was folly and wickedness in thinking that way. Let me make an end of that.
He wondered which of the sisters it was Kate or Helen. He was confident it was one of them. He would soon find out. With a tumultuously beating heart he promptly diverged from his course, and set off straight for the house. It was always his way to act on impulse. Rarely did he give things a second thought where his inclinations were concerned.
"He's going up town now!" said Reggie Van Nostrand, when the car had diverged from the congested district to an open avenue which ran north and south. The machine turned and sped along merrily toward Harlem. "We're willing," said Burke. "I want to track him to his headquarters." Block after block they followed the taxicab.
Harlan lowered his hands, resting them on the pommel of his saddle, and rode on, taking, as advised, a narrow trail that diverged from the other a short distance from where he had met the man. As he struck the other trail he heard the man coming behind him on a horse. There were no further words. Harlan kept to the trail, riding slowly; the man behind him following at a short distance.
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