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The first time I went down to the springhouse, I saw a vividly-colored golden robin or hangnest restlessly flitting about the old elm trees and occasionally bursting into loud-noted song. A few days later I heard and saw him again. He was not so restless, and his song was low-toned and had a rich and more pleasant refrain. His notes were of endless and individual variety.
So there was no one to overhear a low-toned colloquy between the bride and the veiled woman, no one to note or wonder that the veiled woman was speaking, strangely enough, in rapid English. "When I didn't hear from you I had to come, to know if you received the package and letter I sent " With a swift gesture of her little ringed hand Aimée drew from the laces on her bosom that heavy gold locket.
He would have made it last longer, but was unable to bear his own suspense; so he said: 'Before I say any more, tell me: where is Madame Frabelle? 'Madame Frabelle's in her own room. She stays there a good deal, you know. I fancy she does it out of tactfulness. Edith spoke thoughtfully. 'What does she do there? Bruce asked with low-toned curiosity, as he stood up and looked in the glass.
Carysbroke she's to be married. 'Do you? said I, remembering that he had sat beside her for more than a quarter of an hour after tea in very close and low-toned conversation; 'and have you any particular reason? I asked.
The person who has just taken the place opposite to us is not a proper associate even for me, still less for you." And she saw Miss Tourneysee's look of surprise and heard her low-toned exclamation: "Why, it is Mr. Worth! I have danced with him often!" "I am sorry to hear it.
Only think when I had eaten my own bread I found yours between my teeth quite unexpectedly but now " Klea, thus addressed, glanced at the empty platter and interrupted her sister with a low-toned exclamation. "Oh! I was so hungry."
Lydia went at once to the door whence there came to Anne, listening with a worried intensity, a subdued runnel of talk. The colonel, who had sat down by the library window with a book he was not reading, as if he needed to soothe some inner turmoil of his own by the touch of leathern covers, apparently did not hear this low-toned interchange.
Bulstrode was a feminine smaller edition of her brother, and had none of her husband's low-toned pallor. She had a good honest glance and used no circumlocution. "You are alone, I see, my dear," she said, as they entered the drawing-room together, looking round gravely. Rosamond felt sure that her aunt had something particular to say, and they sat down near each other.
Coventry lay watching her by the dim light that burned in the room, and she sang on as easily as a bird, a dreamy, low-toned lullaby, which soothed the listener like a spell. Presently, looking up to see the effect of her song, she found the young man wide awake, and regarding her with a curious mixture of pleasure, interest, and admiration. "Shut your eyes, Mr.
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