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Good nights were being called from the steps to the street below. Then the door was opened and closed quickly. Some one came rapidly down the hall. There was a swift rustling of skirts, the low humming of an air from "Pinafore." David was on his feet in an instant, visibly excited by the impending encounter. Christine came into the library.
I was very much alarmed, but I controlled my feelings, and instead of running shrieking from the room, I deliberately closed the blinds, shut the windows, adjusted the curtain, all the time carelessly humming a tune, and taking up my lamp I slowly left the room. Once outside the door, I ran in all haste to Mr. Williams, and told him what I had heard.
A low humming sound was heard in the distance, which rapidly increased in volume, and left no room to doubt that a course of rapids was below. At Guy's suggestion Forbes relieved Sir Arthur of the torch, and scarcely had this change been effected when the current carried them into a swirling mass of spray.
This jovial individual began humming an air which was the rage of the moment. The dark young man interrupted with another question: "What is your native country, Tommy?" "Oh, I am a Belgian.... And you, Butler?" The dark young man, who answered to the name of Butler, gave what had to pass for an account of himself. "I ... I'm Canadian just come from Canada hardly three months ago."
Nearer, nearer, circling and darting and swooping the gigantic humming grew louder louder still it swept about her thunderously, so close that she clapped her hands over her ears, but she stood her ground, exultant and undaunted. Oh, louder still and then suddenly the storm broke.
And lightly humming a little tune she jumped up from the window-seat and plunged madly into the unpacking. "As long as this is Saturday, would you mind, Grandmother, if I had the girls in this afternoon?" Blue Bonnet inquired at the breakfast-table next morning. And Mrs. Clyde replied: "Not at all, dear. They will be so busy in school during the week.
"If the rope should break or come undone!" thought the boy, as he turned cold and dropped upon his knees to reach over and grip the knot with both hands, while his lips moved as he muttered a prayer, feeling the thin cord quiver and jerk as if it were a strange nerve which connected him with his father, who was below there somewhere in the darkness jar, thrill, and make a humming noise like the string of some huge bass instrument, but so faint that it would have been inaudible at any other time.
Then followed the leave-taking the thanks and disclaimers the promises of future meetings and at last the lovers moved out into the crowd M. Cartel, cheery and brisk, humming the tunes of 'Les Cloches, the little Jacqueline clinging to his arm, smiling up into his ugly face. Max watched them for a moment with a deep intentness, then wheeled round swiftly and caught Blake's arm. "Ned!
He babbled with the returning jazzers for a quarter of an hour or so, tactfully circumvented Peter into offering him the loan of a car since he had to go into New York, and intimated that he would drop back and in at the Rackstraws' dance as soon as possible, after many apologies for daring to leave at all. Then he went slowly upstairs, humming loudly as he did so. Elinor met him outside his door.
Here and there a spectator nodded drowsily; others conversed under their breath not of the bard of Avon. The air was full of that insect humming which is nature's music at high summer-tide. Upon the final applause followed welcome refreshment. A table laden with dainties gleamed upon the sward.
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