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"What's the matter with you, Fred?" she demanded curiously. "You haven't spoken a pleasant word for two days." A faint smile sketched itself about the corners of Frederick's lips. "Aren't you stretching that a little, my dear?" he evaded half-playfully. "Well, perhaps a wee bit," laughed Madelene, ruefully.
Beauchamp presented himself at Mount Laurels next day, and formally asked Colonel Halkett for his vote, in the presence of Cecilia. She took it for a playful glance at his new profession of politician: he spoke half-playfully. Was it possible to speak in earnest?
Fifine at the Fair, like Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, is one of Browning's apologetic soliloquies the soliloquy of an epicurean who seeks half-playfully to justify upon moral grounds an infidelity into which he afterwards actually falls. This casuist, like all Browning's casuists, is given many noble outbursts and sincere moments, and therefore apparently the poem is called cynical.
But as she steadily gazed up the path a crimson flush suffused her smooth brow and cheek, and she rose gracefully, and with a smile of delight, welcomed Glenn to the cool and refreshing shade of the majestic elm. "You have come too late. William has already said his lesson, and I'm sure he knew it perfectly," said Mary, half-reproachfully and half-playfully. "Mary don't know, Mr.
"Let me loosen the clasp for thee," said Gethin; but Morva, remembering the touch of the brown fingers, quickly reached the door. "No no, I must show them to mother." "Hast thanked Gethin, lass?" said the old man. "Not much, indeed," she answered, turning back at the door, "but I thank thee, Gethin, for remembering me," and, half-playfully and half-seriously, she made him a little bob curtsey.
"Doth it become one so to speak the message of his King, with visor down, Sir Knight, to the bride whom his Majesty would honor?" she answered half-playfully yet a little bashful in her first speech in the Grecian tongue which she had striven to make her own.
Beauchamp presented himself at Mount Laurels next day, and formally asked Colonel Halkett for his vote, in the presence of Cecilia. She took it for a playful glance at his new profession of politician: he spoke half-playfully. Was it possible to speak in earnest?
"You are not very polite to me, Mr. Vivian!" she said, half-playfully, half-pettishly. "I do not wish to share any secret that you and Mr. Hugo Luttrell may have between you," said Rupert, with emphasis. Kitty's face changed a little. "Don't you like him?" she said, in a rather timid voice. "Before I answer I should like to know whether you are engaged to marry him," said Mr. Vivian.
They had necessarily seen a great deal of each other, and liked each other after a certain fashion; but Maurice had thought Bella too flighty, and inclined to fastness; and Bella had been half-seriously, half-playfully disposed to resent his judgment of her. But now, either because of the complete change in her character which the last few months had wrought, or from some other cause, Mrs.
That doctrine of obedience to her husband had been accepted by her in full. When disposed to run counter to the ladies at Manor Cross, she always had declared to herself that they bore no authority delegated from "George," and that she would obey "George," and no one but George. She had told him more than once, half-playfully, that if he wanted anything done, he must tell her himself.
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