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"Absolutely, Bud, you fell asleep and let Tee-hee get ahead of you." "And meanwhile, what did you do?" Bud inquired pointedly. "I sat in judgment over your suggestions," Cub replied readily. "You fellows needed somebody to decide what your suggestions were worth. That's my function get me? my function." "Well, I was goin' to vote for Tee-hee's idea," said Bud with slight tone of resentment.
"I make you my compliment," said I. "You are able to take care of yourself, and that is a good trait. But, my good man! let us look at this matter dispassionately. You are not a coward, and no more am I; we are both men of excellent sense; I have good reason, whatever it may be, to keep my concerns to myself and to walk alone. Now, I put it to you pointedly, am I likely to stand it?
A weakness for crudely serviceable contrivances that pointedly suggest immediate and wasteless use is present even in the middle-class tastes; but it is there kept well in hand under the unbroken dominance of the canon of reputable futility.
He acknowledged the receipt of their communication and caused the commissioners to be notified, pointedly, that he hoped they would not press him to reply at that time. Mr.
“Resting? Rest is a very good thing. Upon my word, I thought I would find you alone. But you have too much sense. Neither man nor woman has been created to live alone. . . .” After this opening he had all the talk to himself. It was left to him pointedly, and I verily believe that I was the only one who showed an appearance of interest. I couldn’t help it.
"I have no intention of being diffuse," he replied pointedly. "I could confine my entire conversation to one request " "Please," she interrupted pitiably. "I am utterly wretched now. The simplest gentility " she paused, but her wish was clear. He restrained himself with difficulty.
He added pointedly: "I have undertaken certain assignments for my present employers which I mean to put through to the end, and no one aware of my motives could charge me with anything sordid." Dorothy rose, crossed the space between her chair and the small settee where Garrison was seated, took the place at his side, and shyly laid her hand upon his own. It was a natural, wifely thing to do.
Besides, as he pointedly put it, how was he going to get away without funds? "I had forgotten that side of the matter," Beatrice said. "But I am not without friends. There is Mark Ventmore, for instance. If I were to ask him " "You are not to do anything of the kind," Sir Charles said angrily. "How on earth am I going to restore this money to Sartoris when the poor fellow is dead?
Although she was at times approximately oriented, she would say, “I don’t know where I am,” or “I can’t realize where I am,” or more pointedly, “I can’t take in my surroundings.” She often did not answer and sometimes seemed bewildered by the questions. A special feature here is that this occurred immediately after she had been quite talkative, but suddenly had relapsed into a dull state.
She frowned vaguely stirred to irritation by his ill-concealed indifference. "I trust," she rejoined pointedly, "that you are satisfied with your trade in Grenoble." The little shaft was meant to sting, but if Bobby felt any pain he certainly appeared to bear it with perfect good-humour. "I am quite satisfied," he said. "I thank you, Mademoiselle."
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