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"I answered what questions were asked. Besides, when the sahib left the camp the Captain-sahib was alive." At this moment Mr. Travers leaned across to the prosecuting counsel and said: "It will all be made clear when Mr. Thresk goes into the box." And once more, as Mr. Travers spoke these words, a rustle of expectancy ran round the court.
He started to his feet, for there was a bound and a rustle just below us, as a rabbit suddenly found it was in danger, and darted away to find out a place of refuge lower down the hill.
He was terrified at the voluptuousness revealed to him by the unveiling of the mystery of his soul. They are human beings after all, those members of the nobility, he exclaimed with a feeling of personal triumph. They throw themselves away; they meet some slippery imp, and fall; they lose control of themselves as soon as they hear a skirt rustle.
It was the Indian's quick hearing that caught a suspicious sound, and then heard a stealthy rustle. He reached for his gun, and his eyes roved sharply around the little circle. The sound came from nearly opposite. The fire was low, but his sight was keen, and presently he espied two glaring eyes drawing nearer Wanamee and her charge.
Bernard, ushered in by Mr. Peckham, made his appearance in the great schoolroom of the Apollinean Institute. A general rustle ran all round the seats when the handsome young man was introduced. The principal carried him to the desk of the young lady English assistant, Miss Darley by name, and introduced him to her. There was not a great deal of study done that day.
But every night as twelve o'clock struck the dog came down the attic stairs. He was suddenly alert and cheerful, and trotted by an invisible gown. Some said you could hear the faint rustle of silk lapping from stair to stair, and the dog would sometimes bark sharply as in his days of puppyhood, and leap up to lick a hand of air.
Relief came at last from the tea party for the voice of a lady suddenly fairly shrieked for a "boy." After this explosion the tension of the situation was relieved, and there was a sound as of chairs hastily pushed back and the patter of little feet and the rustle of sarongs, which led X. to infer that there had been some sort of a retreat.
"I wanted you to feel that you see we have been good friends, and it would be too bad to let a thing like this don't you understand?" Harvey leaned forward and impulsively extended his hand. She drew back. "Just shake hands," said Harvey. He clasped hers firmly, releasing it with a quiet "Thank you." They were drifting down stream under the trees with no sound save a faint rustle from overhead.
He did not, however, succeed in meeting her eyes. "Mademoiselle," he said, "I beg of you most humbly most respectfully to come through the garden with me toward the house, so that Paul may at least know that you are here." He moved away and stood for a moment with his back turned to her, looking toward the house. The crisp rustle of her dress came to him as she rose to her feet.
I wonder if she married that fellow Hawker?" "I fear there's but little doubt of it," I said. "Try to forget her, James; you'll make all your life unhappy if you don't." He laughed. "That's all very well, Jeff, but it's easier said than done. Do you hear that? There are cattle down the gully!" There was some noise in the air beside the evening rustle of the south wind among the tree-tops.
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