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It reminds me of the young man who was asked to call again, and came back in half an hour, said Hyacinth. 'I didn't quite see my way to waiting till Monday, he answered. 'We're going away the end of the week. Janet says she needs a change. 'It would be more of a change if you remained in town alone; at least, without Aunty.
We get light enough for the first stage; and when it is traversed, the second will be plainer. The man with the water-pot reminds us how little we may be aware of the Hand which guides us, or of our uses in His plans. 'I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me, how little the poor water-bearer knew who were following, or dreamed that he and his load would be remembered for ever!
Take, he says, this book of the Law and put it in the side of the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God. Still we must not push this idea of costly bookcases too far. This reminds me that Richard of Bury is not the only medieval book-lover with whom we might spend a pleasant evening. Judah's subject is, however, the care of books rather than the solace derivable from them.
"It reminds me of the scripture, which teaches us to profit: 'Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. These little birds first attracted your attention by their open mouths, which they had stretched to receive what their poor mother was preparing to put into them.
What can it matter to me, Letty, whether they call me a lady or not, so long as Jesus says Daughter to me? It reminds me of what I heard my father say once to Mr. Turnbull, when he had been protesting that none but church people ought to be buried in the churchyards. 'I don't care a straw about it, Mr. Turnbull, he said.
Why are we any of us doing what we have to do?" "Oh, you're all right. But Irving!" "I don't agree with you," I said. I was growing a little angry by this time. "Besides, who would you have play Romeo?" "Well, it's so obvious. You've got Terriss in the cast." "Terriss!" "Yes. I don't doubt Irving's intellectuality, you know. As Romeo he reminds me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle.
The letter proceeded, in these words: "And, as for poor Miss Silvester, though she felt, as she reminds me, some misgivings still, she never could have foreseen, being no lawyer either, how it was to end. I hardly know the best way to break it to you. I can't, and won't, believe it myself. But even if it should be true, I am quite sure you will find a way out of it for us.
No man could tell where to look for the coming splendor. The glory dazzled all eyes, yet few saw their way the clearer by such fitful flashes. Wilson, in some of his phases, reminds us often of a great glorified child, rejoicing in an eternal boyhood. He had the same impulse, restlessness, glee, zest, and abandon. All sport was serious work with him, and serious work was sport.
The first-named presents a wonderful appearance, from whichever side you view it; the second reminds one of the beautiful double spires at Tours; while the last resembles the tapering spire of a cathedral, rising from a long roof, covered with delicate towers, fret-work, and angles. In Wide Channel we felt really compelled to stop again to admire some of the unnamed mountains.
On Sundays I am all things to all men. As for Sabathier, by the way, I do want particularly to have another go at him. I've been thinking him over, and I'm afraid in some ways he won't quite wash. And that reminds me, did you read the poor chap? 'I just grubbed through a page or two; but most of my French was left at school.
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