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But that would not be before the morning; so all of them, fatigued by the extraordinary exertions of the day, finished their suppers of broiled trunk, and went to rest under the protecting shadow of the nwana. Fatigued as they were, they would soon have fallen asleep. But they were not permitted to do so.
A wealth of memories was in the woodsman's eyes as he gazed up at the timber nest, the log camp which his own hands had put up, standing on a narrow plateau, and built against a protecting wall of rock that rose in jagged might to a height of thirty or forty feet. An earth bank or ridge, covered with hardy mosses and mountain creepers, sloped gently up to the sheltered platform.
Already the tan was fading from her face, here in the hut and under the protecting elms; and the whiteness of her skin gave her, instead of a worn appearance, the look of an older woman, firmer, with greater dignity. Her eyes had a deeper, fuller understanding. "I suppose that there is nothing, M'sieu nothing that we can do?" Menard shook his head. "No; nothing."
In pursuing our goals of full employment, better housing, excellence in education; in rebuilding our cities and improving our rural areas; in protecting our environment and enhancing the quality of life in all these and more, we will and must press urgently forward.
Chairs were few, and Polly had taken half of Will's when they drew round the fire. Now she was leaning against him, in a cosy, confiding way, delightful to behold, while Will's strong arm went round her with a protecting air, which said, as plainly as any words, that this big brother and small sister knew how to love and help one another.
"That was the time you should have offered Colonel Pennington a handsome profit on his Squaw Creek timber, pal." "If my hindsight was as good as my foresight, and I had my eyesight, I wouldn't be in this dilemma at all," the old man retorted briskly. "It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and besides, I was obsessed with the need of protecting your heritage from attack in any direction."
In the cloistered galleries of the court-yard Clarence sometimes felt himself borne down by the protecting weight of this paternal hand; in the midnight silence of the dormitory he fancied he was often conscious of the soft browsing tread and snuffly muffled breathing of his elephantine-footed mentor. His relations with his school-fellows were at first far from pleasant.
She was now the finished product. She had the charm of her sex, and she depended on it. She had grace and an overflowing goodness. She had a smooth ease of manner. She was dignified. And, with her furs, and her expensive veil protecting those bright apple-red cheeks, and all the studied minor details of her costume, she was admirably and luxuriously attired.
After a preliminary bombardment, which played havoc with the German barbed-wire entanglements protecting their front line, the British naval troops swept over the line with a rush as if the barriers had been made of straw. The British right rested on the Ancre as they swept across the valley bottom.
"I have been too much occupied with the making and saving of money to bestow a thought upon the higher duties that lay directly in my path the aiding and protecting of my fellow beings." "Well, you'll have your hands full, dad, if you help them all," said young Denton when he had recovered a little from his surprise.
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