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'Shut that door! Isaac commanded from inside. She obeyed, and came back into the kitchen. There she moved restlessly about a minute or two, followed by his frowning look the look, not of a husband but of an enemy. Then a sudden animal yearning for rest and warmth seized her. She opened the door by the hearth abruptly and went up, longing simply to lie down and cover herself from the cold.
Now that I have dared to make the test, pray do not send me away." Her horse turned restlessly and brought her face to face with Chauvenet. "Steady, Fanny! Don't come near her, please " this last to Chauvenet, who had leaped down and put out his hand to her horse's bridle.
The very chairs, the chairs ranged about the room, began to disquiet me because their long shadows, that stretched behind them exaggerating the height of ceiling and length of wall, moved restlessly like souls in the agonies of death. And especially there was a half-open door that led into a very dark hall, which in its turn opened into a large empty parlor absolutely dark.
"It's the most marvelous school in the world," said Aneta with enthusiasm. "I do wish you would send Cicely and Merry there. They would have a good time." "Is your aunt in?" said Mr. Cardew, a little restlessly. "Oh yes; she'll be down in a minute." Lady Lysle now hurried into the room. "How do you do, Cyril?" she said. "I didn't expect to find you in town just now.
Anna shook her head. "She will take her risk," she answered. "I am sure of it. If he recovers he may not accuse her. If he dies she is safe." He paced the room for a minute or two restlessly. "There are some people," he said at last, "who seem fated to carry on their shoulders the burdens of other people. You, Anna, are one of them.
One dull day in early December, when the sky had not lightened even at noon, a monotonous day in the Hinds House, since there had been no impromptu concert and the cards had been running with unsensational evenness, while every thread-bare topic seemed completely talked out, Uncle Bill walked restlessly to the window and by the waning light turned a bit of "rock" over in his hand.
It weighed upon my spirits, and even Nick's, and we wandered restlessly under the trees, seeking for distraction. About two o'clock a black line came on the horizon, and slowly crept higher until it broke into giant, fantastic shapes. Mutterings arose, but the sun shone hot as ever. "We're to have a hurricane," said Nick. "I wish we might have it and be done with it." At five the sun went under.
And the shorter the engagement the better! Don't let anybody in the house know till you're married." She sighed, put her cheek into the pillow, and moved her bound wrists for a few seconds, restlessly. "If you turn the gas down," she finished very wearily, "I dare say I may get off. If only they'd stop that piano upstairs!"
I pause now and ask myself, whether the most virtuous existence be not that in which virtue flows spontaneously from the springs of quiet everyday action; when a man does good without restlessly seeking it, does good unconsciously, simply because he is good and he lives. Better, perhaps, for me, if I had thought so long ago!
What with her dress; what with the air and sun; what with being made so much of; what with this, that, and the other; her merits really attracted general notice. He made a short pause. Her eyes wandered restlessly over the distant prospect, and she bit her nether lip to stop that busy mouth.
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