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I, without answering, Hold myself quietly concealed, A bit to tease him, and a bit so as not to die At our first meeting: and then, a little troubled, He will call, he will call: 'Dear baby-wife of mine, dear little orange-blossom! The names he used to call me when he came here. . . ." Eric had allowed his cigar to go out.
Yes, she would demand real orange-blossom and everything that went with it.... He got as far as wishing that Sissie might grow into an old maid, solely that he might be spared the wearing complications incident to the ceremony of marriage as practised by intelligent persons in the twentieth century. His character was deteriorating, and he could not stop it from deteriorating....
Sidonie, with her eyes cast down, bowed without replying, while an imperceptible shudder ran from the tip of her satin shoe to the topmost bit of orange-blossom in her crown. But honest Risler saw nothing. The excitement, the dancing, the music, the flowers, the lights made him drunk, made him mad. He believed that every one breathed the same atmosphere of bliss beyond compare which enveloped him.
The hero should be handsome and brave and good, with a curling moustache; and the heroine should be beautiful and true, with an extensive wardrobe; and the clouds would come only to roll by, and the story should die away in an odour of orange-blossom, and in a music of marriage-bells.
Indeed, if I were ever to get married, I am at a loss to know which way I should choose, George Muncaster's way or the old merry fashion, with the rice and the old shoes and the orange-blossom.
The duchess, being a true conservative, early began mentioning veils, orange-blossom, and white satin; but Jane said: "My dear Aunt! Fancy me in orange-blossom! I should look like a Christmas pantomime. And I never wear veils, even in motors; and white satin is a form of clothing I have always had the wisdom to avoid."
'What's that? he asked sharply, of a salesman in white. 'Order for orange-blossom, sir. A single sprig only. Rather a curious order, sir. 'You can supply it? 'Without doubt, sir. 'Who is the customer? 'Mr. Francis Tudor, replied the salesman, looking at a paper. 'No. 7, the Flats. 'Ah yes, he said; and thought: 'My life is over.
Manella Soriso, pale as a white arum lily, her rich dark hair adorned with a single spray of orange-blossom gathered from the garden, stood trembling beside the bed where lay stretched out the immobile form of the once active, world-defiant Roger Seaton.
Sidonie, with her eyes cast down, bowed without replying, while an imperceptible shudder ran from the tip of her satin shoe to the topmost bit of orange-blossom in her crown. But honest Risler saw nothing. The excitement, the dancing, the music, the flowers, the lights made him drunk, made him mad. He believed that every one breathed the same atmosphere of bliss beyond compare which enveloped him.
Silver can't ring like it; and the good-nature in every note of it you want to kiss her little feet for it. We are going, going. Don't mind the untidy smudges, and envy yours, M. The letter was in fact bespattered all over, and smelt of orange-blossom ... two white petals had stuck to the paper.
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