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They show by their gestures that they hardly think themselves good enough to sit by us; they apologize for their presence; they conceive it to be their duty to be lowly in their gesture. The question is which is best, the crouching and crawling, or the impudent, unattractive self-composure. Not, my reader, which action on her part may the better conduce to my comfort or to yours.
He sat biting his lip, trying to think, trying to make up his mind, trying to gain sufficient self-composure to finish his interview with Daly with some appearance of resolution and self-confidence, but it was in vain; when the attorney returned, his face still plainly showed that he was utterly unresolved, utterly unable to resolve on anything.
The man at the desk started up, and turned round. It was Hill. When he saw Rolfe he looked as though he would fall. He made as if to step forward. Then he stood quite still, looking at the officer with ashen face. "Hill," said Rolfe quietly, "what does this mean?" The butler had regained his self-composure with wonderful quickness.
Broun put her hand on my arm in sympathy, but I annihilated her with a look as I swept back to my seat, and soon my guests were once more in their places. Then it was that Antony exerted himself to amuse this company. With the most admirable tact and self-composure, he kept the whole party entertained for half an hour.
Mathers was not yet so hardened as to laugh and look back defiantly at his son. He, however, recovered his self-composure, tried to make himself believe that he was in his perfect right, and in a well-feigned voice "Well?" he said interrogatively. Not a word came from the son's lips; a deep sigh escaped him. He stepped forward and walked out of the greenhouse, leaving his father there alone.
We used to call him Dashing Jerry. That ere youngster we went arter, by Mr. Bofort's wish, was a pall of his. Scuze the liberty I take. While Lord Lilburne held this effusion to the candle, and spelled his way through it, Captain Smith, recovering his self-composure, thus proceeded: "Imposture, my lord! imposture! I really don't understand.
During this interesting comedy the "audience" are fairly shaking in their rags with suppressed merriment; and when the taciturn individual himself who has thus far retained his habitual self-composure growing restive under the hateful imputation of being a Muscov and my supposed bellicose sentiments toward him in consequence, finally repudiates the part thus summarily assigned him, the whole company bursts out into a boisterous roar of laughter.
Nevertheless, she did not discover that she held me in her arms till she saw her sister standing laughing beside the bed. "This is a fine trick," said she, "you are two charmers indeed!" This quiet reception gave me back my self-composure, and I was able to play my part properly. "You see," said I, "I have had a kiss from my sweet Hebe." "I thought I was giving it to my sister.
What if it were the hand of her betrothed husband's murderer? Alexandrine started forward at Margie's exclamation. Her cheek was white as marble, her breath came quick and struggling. "Margie! Margie Harrison!" she cried, "what do you mean?" "Nothing," answered Margie, recovering herself, and relapsing into her usual self-composure. They searched all that night, and found nothing.
"Sairtainlee," answered the captain, with perfect self-composure, changing the form of speech from the Italian to the English with a readiness that proved how strong he felt himself on this point; "one cannot fail to speak ze tongue of his own muzzair."
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