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It is a fact that when the Maalem lashed our animals with his tongue they made haste to improve their pace, if only for a few minutes, and Salam, listening with an expression of some concern at the sad family history of the beasts he had a stinging tongue for oaths himself assured me that their sense of shame hurried them on.
Often while their minds are full of really useful and noble schemes, they neglect their business, their families, their common duties, till they cause misery to those around them, and shame to themselves.
"I heard that shortly afterward Alppain came into that land for a few hours daily. Broodviol grew melancholy, and died. "His prophecy came true before we reached home, I knew the meaning of shame.
His lips closed tightly; little red spots flew to his cheeks and then disappeared, leaving his face white and cold; his heart throbbed painfully with the mingled emotions of shame and anger. For a moment he dared not speak. "I have reason to feel thankful that you are to be engaged," he said at last, calmly, without taking his eyes from hers.
There are cases in which the girls are driven to such a life by their parents, who either wish to rid themselves of their child's support, or to profit by her earnings. We have known cases where the girls have voluntarily supported their parents by the wages of their shame.
What I wanted to say, Kenrick, was only this, and it was a great shame of me not to tell you before; but I see now that I've been a poor tool in the hands of those fellows. Jones made you believe, you know, that Evson had told him all about your home affairs, and about the pony-chaise, and so on," said Tracy, hurrying over the obnoxious subject. "Yes, yes," said Kenrick impatiently.
Astonishment and doubt first seized them; and a shortly succeeding ray of common sense added some bitter emotions of shame. She could not be mistaken as to the room; but how grossly mistaken in everything else! in Miss Tilney's meaning, in her own calculation! This apartment, to which she had given a date so ancient, a position so awful, proved to be one end of what the general's father had built.
Not even yet can I think without a gush of anger and shame of my visit to Brotherton.
He took a step toward her again, but Sammy held him off at arm's length, as she repeated, "No no you must not; not now." Young Stewart was helpless. And the discovery that she was stronger than this man brought to the girl a strange feeling, as of shame. "How strong you are," he said petulantly; ceasing his efforts.
He seemed to feel more shame at the exposure than at the guilt, more despair at the failure of success than gratitude at escape from crime. In a word, the nature of a whole life was not to be remodelled at once, at least by an artificer so unskilled as I.
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