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As he remembered this, he had a sort of fierce satisfaction in enduring this retributive justice; though there were moods when he felt the torture so acutely, that it seemed to him as if his brain would turn if he saw them depart, and was left behind to this distracting doubt. The day had come, on which they were to take their first stage, as far as Vicenza, and his last hopes were fading.
Raymount was by this time tolerably familiar with her husband's moods, but she had never before seen him look just so, and was puzzled. The fact was he had never before had such a pleasant surprise, and sat absorbed in a foretaste of bliss, of which the ray of March sun that lighted up the delicate transparencies of the veined crocuses purple and golden, might seem the announcing angel.
I did not deceive myself; I did not accept the slightest intimation of hope; I gave her up. And then for a time regret, remorse, pain, darkness worked their will with me. I came out of it all bitter and callous and sore, in the most fitting of moods to undertake a difficult and deadly enterprise.
I wondered if it were accident or design that brought Miss Darrell across my path the next day. I had just left the Lockes' cottage, feeling somewhat tired and depressed: Phoebe had been in one of her contrary moods, and had given me a good deal of trouble, but the evil spirit had been quieted at last, and I had taken my leave after reprimanding her severely for her rudeness.
He is the most quotable of authors; his Pilgrim's Scrip is stuffed full of precious sayings, expressing many moods of emotion and interpreting the world under its varied aspects of romance, beauty, wit and drama. "Strength is the brute form of truth." There is a French conciseness in such a sentence and immense mental suggestiveness.
There was some trouble in convincing her husband that it was only the servant's rough manner no real disrespect was intended; the incident put him into low spirits for the day, and turned many a backward thought upon the wealth of his youth. He would say, in these downcast moods, that Canada was no place for the gentleman emigrant; but could he point out any colony more suited?
And now you may both go away, and send Bradley to me, for I'm tired, and want to have a little sleep. 'Indeed, Lady Cumnor will you believe me? I do not think Cynthia was ever engaged to Mr. Preston. There was an old flirtation. I was afraid 'Ring the bell for Bradley, said Lady Cumnor, wearily: her eyes closed. Lady Harriet had too much experience of her mother's moods not to lead Mrs.
Sally thought of the business, of her future, of Toby from whom she had received several letter reflecting his moods of ferociousness and resentment, and of the bonds which kept her tied to the house. She knew during all this time no peace. She grew thinner, and began to take less care of herself. She was not aware of the beginning of a loss of self-respect, but it was there.
They did not say, however, that they would not go. When they were asked their answer was: "In a little while perhaps." This was very unsatisfactory to Bob in his anxious frame of mind. But he had learned that Eskimos must be left to bide their time, and that no amount of coaxing would hurry them, so he tried to await their moods in patience.
There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods violent spring flashing white on almond-blossom through the purple clouds; a snowy, moonlit peak, with its single star, soaring up to the passionate blue; or against the flames of sunset, an old yew-tree standing dark guardian of some fiery secret.
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