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They were starving, and thankfully accepted a piece of bread. They had a wounded companion in a wheelbarrow, who continually shook his fist in the direction of the "mystic drunkard," and plaintively moaned forth the only French word he knew, "Misérable, misérable!"
But, in spite of her resolution to avoid the subject, Dolly could not help drifting back to Ralph Gowan. "Griffith," she said, plaintively, "you are very jealous of him." "I know that," he answered. "But don't you know," in desperate appeal, "that there is n't the slightest need for you to be jealous of anybody?" "I know," he returned, dejectedly, "that I am a very wretched fellow sometimes."
John had told her once that his ideal girl wore something white or blue, and had her hair parted, and was connected in his mind some way with a wood fire. And he had talked and acted as if she was that girl. She'd had on the little blue dress that she'd bought, and made look modern with a fichu of Mrs. Hewitt's.... Clarence's voice interrupted her thoughts, rather plaintively. "Dear Joy!
Whereupon Betty sneezed again, and Grace jumped about a foot in the bed. "Please take her away, somebody," she wailed plaintively, while Betty regarded her out of wide and sleep-brilliant eyes. "I heard a doctor say the other day that at the second sneeze it was time to go to the hospital."
It was Beth's little ivory hand mirror! We started off. Miela had wound the filmy scarf about her shoulders again with a pretty little gesture. "I need not use wings, Alan, when I am with you. We shall go together, you and I on the ground." And then, as I started off vigorously, she added plaintively from behind me: "If if you will go slow, my husband, or will wait for me."
The Duke of Parma, melancholy, disappointed, angry stung to the soul by calumnies as stupid as they were venomous, and already afflicted with a painful and lingering disease, which his friends attributed to poison administered by command of the master whom he had so faithfully served determined, if possible, to afford the consolation which that master was so plaintively demanding at his hands.
There were scraping sounds on the stone nearby. Footsteps. Don Loris appeared, gazing uncertainly about. "Fani!" he said plaintively. "Hoddan? Our guests are going to the spaceships. I want to speak privately to Hoddan." "Yes?" said Hoddan. Don Loris peered blindly about. He kissed Fani again. "I've been thinking," said Don Loris fretfully.
Prohack produced his familiar latch-key, scraped round the edge of the key-hole, savagely pushed in the key, and opened the door. There was still no light nor sign of life. Mr. Prohack paused on the threshold, and then his hand instinctively sought the electric switch and pulled it down. No responsive gleam! "Machin!" called Mr. Prohack, as it were plaintively. No sound.
I do not; and I have told him so; but of course he needs the full conviction that she alone can give him. 'Poor Cynthia! My poor child! said Mrs. Gibson, plaintively. 'What she has exposed herself to by letting herself be over-persuaded by that man! Mr. Gibson's eyes flashed fire. But he kept his lips tight closed; and only said, "That man," indeed! quite below his breath.
From that day forward she had refused to be content with other playmates. Against this uncompromising preference Mrs. Hansen was wont to protest rather plaintively; for there were social grades even here, and Mrs. The profound distinction, however, was not one which the children could appreciate; and on Mrs.
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