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With a shrug of the shoulders, the young man accepted the inevitable and obeyed. Brightman leaned out of the window, gave a direction to the driver, and the taxicab was driven slowly in through the assembling crowd. Richard leaned back in his corner and glared at his two companions. "Say, this is nice behaviour to an officer!" he exclaimed truculently. "I am on my way to catch the leave train.
Stuart put him in the way of a chair and of abundant chances of conversation, and then left him with a shrug of her shoulders and a whisper, 'The beauty is shockingly late! Tell me what I shall do if all these people are disappointed. In reality, Mrs. Stuart was beginning to be restless.
'Money is there? quoth Hamilton, respectfully. 'And there's wit, added Sir John, 'if he has half his sister's talent. 'Astonishing woman! Hamilton chimed in; adding, with a shrug, 'But, egad! 'Well, we don't want him to resemble his sister, said Lady Jocelyn. 'I acknowledge she's amusing. 'Amusing, Emily! Mrs. Shorne never encountered her sister-in-law's calmness without indignation.
This displeased him, and he made her feel it bitterly, for he was steadfast in everything, even anger, and when he bore ill-will it was not for hours, but months, nor at such times could he be conciliated by coaxing or tears. By degrees Florette learned to meet his discontent with a shrug of her shoulders, and to arrange her life in her own way.
I had come to Valeria as a Major in the American Army. I sought no favors from the Dalbergs here. From which it would seem that a bit of Hugo's stubborn independence had come down to me. As for Courtney, the shrug of his shoulders was very eloquent of what he thought of such independence.
"But only during the last few months," I said. "Does that matter?" said Challis with an upheaval of his shoulders "shrug" is far too insignificant a word for that mountainous humping. "Is any biography founded on better material than you have at command?" He unfolded his bundle of notes. "See here," he said, "here is some magnificent material for you first-hand observations made at the time.
And De Ligne, who is considered the most elegant man in Vienna, actually trembled more than anybody else." "Actors trembling before their manager!" said Kaunitz, with a slight shrug. "Compose yourselves, gentlemen; the King of Prussia is too much absorbed in his own role to take any notice of you." "That is right," cried the emperor. "Encourage the debutantes, prince!"
No hope: both drives had fallen in; the bottom of the shaft was blocked. The crowd melted with a "Poor Bill God rest his soul!" or with a silent shrug. Such accidents were not infrequent; each man might thank his stars it was not he who lay cooling down below.
"What exactly is your Mme. Verdurin? A bit of a bad hat, eh?" said Forcheville to the painter, to whom he had offered a 'lift. Odette watched his departure with regret; she dared not refuse to let Swann take her home, but she was moody and irritable in the carriage, and, when he asked whether he might come in, replied, "I suppose so," with an impatient shrug of her shoulders.
"I have very great power if I choose to use it. Do I understand you to advise me to detain you by force?" The Doctor grinned, gave a little Frenchy shrug of the shoulders, and said: "It would be treason to my country to advise you to do so, sir; but if you permit us to go, surely you cannot blame me for going. I very much prefer to stay, but only absolute force can prevent my going."
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