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But after Daniel had fought his battle o'er again to every auditor within his reach, he found the seclusion of his chamber rather oppressive, without even the usual week-days' noises below; so after dinner, though far from well, he came down and wandered about the stable and the fields nearest to the house, consulting with Kester as to crops and manure for the most part; but every now and then breaking out into an episodical chuckle over some part of last night's proceedings.
Harney laughed: "Well as much as it's anybody's. I come here to sketch occasionally." "And to receive Miss Royall's visits?" "When she does me the honour " "Is this the home you propose to bring her to when you get married?" There was an immense and oppressive silence. Charity, quivering with anger, started forward, and then stood silent, too humbled for speech.
You thought I might be going down to bury some one? 'That may have been the connexion of ideas, sir, with your clerical character, but I was not conscious of it. Then you are not, sir? A man with a very odd manner indeed, and with a lurking look that was quite oppressive. 'No.
Again?": until the first speaker, the speaker seated near the corner of the table, launched into the oppressive lull the unhesitating reply: "That of which you speak may be taken to have been a punishment by God for sin." "What? The accident happened of his pulling down a lamp upon himself, and of my wife seizing him, and herself being burnt to death.
The brewing of the rain made the air very oppressive and heavy for three weeks, but now it is as light as possible. I must say good-bye, as the mail closes to-morrow morning. Easter in autumn is preposterous, only the autumn looks like spring. The consumptive young girl whom I packed off to the Cape, and her sister, are about to be married of course.
They had a description of his person, which, though, as I afterwards found, it disagreed from mine in several material articles, appeared to them to tally to the minutest tittle. The intelligence that the whole proceeding against me was founded in a mistake, took an oppressive load from my mind.
"Our road passed through a jungle, wild and desolate, where we might perhaps disturb a tiger, but could hardly expect to come upon a man. The air was hot and sultry, it seemed to me more oppressive than I had ever before experienced. Everything around us was still, and as we trod along the sandy road even our footsteps made scarcely a sound that could be heard.
The oppressive excitement under which I had been labouring passed away; tears of emotion welled up into my eyes, and my heart went up to God in a brief, silent, fervent prayer for mercy and forgiveness; that if I were about to die I might be pardoned for Christ's sake and received into everlasting life.
The silence and stagnation of the old house was oppressive, as if the life had really gone out of it at last; and Aunt Viney, after waiting impatiently for the young people to come in to chocolate, rose grimly, set her lips together, and went out into the lane. The gate of the rose garden opposite was open. She walked determinedly forward and entered.
The sun still looked dim and suffused with mist; and during the time of the earthquake the air was close and oppressive, but by degrees it became more clear and fresh. It was about three o'clock when Jesus expired.
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