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"I saw him last at the ruffle at Poictiers some ten years back, when he bore himself like a man. He is the master of the King's horse, and can sing a right jovial stave, though in that he cannot come nigh to Sir John Chandos, who is first at the board or in the saddle. Three martlets on a field azure, that must be one of the Luttrells.
We were steaming to the westward, towards the spot where the sun, glowing like a disc of molten copper, was slowly nearing the horizon. It had been one of those hot, breathless sort of days with no breeze; and now, near sunset, nothing but an occasional cat's-paw stole gently across the sea to ruffle its glassy surface in irregular-shaped patches.
"Halt all!" he said, "and tell me if in very truth I see what I see!" "Go on!" said St. Clair. "Item No. one, a pink dress of some gauzy, filmy stuff, with ruffle after ruffle around the skirt." "Correct." "Item No. two, a pink slipper made of silk, perchance, with the toe of it just showing beyond the hem of the skirt." "You observe well, my lord."
A pang went through her heart. She tightened her arm about him. "Teddy! You are all I have, dear!" His small warm hand played with the ruffle of her blouse. "But how about Uncle Cliff, and Uncle John, and all?" he asked. Martie was silent. "Are you going to marry them?" he added, with a child's hesitation to say what might be ridiculous. "No, Ted," she answered honestly.
It added moreover to the optimism that for an hour could ruffle the surface of her deep diplomacy, ruffle it to the point of making her forget that she had never been safe unless she had also been stupid. She in short forgot her habitual caution in her impulse to adopt her ladyship's practical interests and show her ladyship how perfectly she understood them.
And at last Ancaios shouted, 'Endure a little while, brave friends, the worst is surely past; for I can see the pure west wind ruffle the water, and hear the roar of ocean on the sands. So raise up the mast, and set the sail, and face what comes like men.
She breathed deep. It was easy to see she looked upon him as a regiment. "Of course," Vigo answered, as if there could be no other way. I said in pure devilry, to try to ruffle him: "Vigo, you said you were here to guard Monsieur's interests-his house, his goods, his moneys. Do you desert your trust?" Mademoiselle turned quickly to him: "Vigo, you must not let me take you from your rightful post.
No longer, fond of the sun and breeze as a beautiful bird, was Venetia seen, as heretofore, glancing in the garden, or bounding over the lawns; too often might she be found reclining on the couch, in spite of all the temptations of the spring; while her temper, once so singularly sweet that it seemed there was not in the world a word that could ruffle it, and which required so keenly and responded so quickly to sympathy, became reserved, if not absolutely sullen, or at times even captious and fretful.
The gleam of spring sunset was bright in her hair, and in the soft garnish of health on her cheeks, and the vigorous play of young life in her eyes; while the silvery glance of the sloping shore, and breezy ruffle of the darkening sea, did nothing but offer a foil for the form of the shell-colored frock and the sky-blue sash.
Around the island, there is the little ruffle of a breeze; but where the sail-boats are, a mile or more off, the sea is perfectly calm. The crickets sing, and I hear the chirping of birds besides. At the base of the lighthouse yesterday, we saw the wings and feathers of a decayed little bird, and Mr.