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"Up in the studio," Polly said with a shrug of her shoulders, which meant to convey the idea that Lois had taken up her permanent abode there. Mrs. Baird frowned. "She must not work so hard," she said, finally. "She should be out on such a glorious day. I'll speak to her about it." "Oh, she'll come out in a little while," Betty hastened to say. "She's just talking to Miss Crosby." "Oh, well!
After a moment Ramon it was he resumed a conversation in Spanish: "I do not know, señor, who the man was. I could but listen; it was not well to inquire nor to show too much interest. His name, yes; Jim Starr, but who he is " I could imagine the shrug. "It is of no importance." "It is of importance that the other man still lives," broke in Hooper's harsher voice. "I will not have it, I say!
A look, a word can tarnish it; a scornful smile, a significant shrug can do me more harm than any blow; for I am a woman friendless, poor, and at the mercy of his tongue. Ah, better to have died, and so have been saved the bitter pain that has come now!"
It was her contemptuous way of indicating that the situation was, in fact, no situation at all, but merely a rather boring conversation. As, though I appreciated her attitude, I couldn't agree with her, I repeated my question. Hobart added to his smile a shrug. Love and truth are the only things that count.
"I will not excuse every thing that took place to-day," said the deputy, with a shrug. "But confess at least, madame, that the people conducted themselves very well." "Sir, the king and I are convinced of the natural good-nature of the people; they are only bad when they are led astray."
As the sweep of the arm and the shrug of the shoulders betrayed only too plainly the fact that the hospitable gentleman was very much in a state of nature, except for the lather on his face, Esther took fright and bolted out of the gate, inwardly execrating the Gallic race and their amorous propensities. One more chance gone, she thought in a panic of dread, five minutes more wasted.
The Professor, who was the lawyer's junior by some thirty years, turned away with a shrug of the shoulders, and stepped across the room to the small escritoire near the window. There opening, without hesitation, and with the manner of a man familiar with the place, a small concealed drawer, he called the lawyer to him. "Just come here and look at the contents of this drawer, Signor Fortini.
The Syndic hated her for the hour of anguish through which he had just passed, hated her for the price he shuddered to think of it which he must now pay for his life. He hated her for his present humiliation, he hated her for his future shame. She seemed to blame for all. "You took it," Basterga answered, acknowledging her words only by a disdainful shrug, "and gave it to your mother.
I do want to preach to you. I want you to lead such a life as will make the world respect you. I want you to have a clean name and a fair record. I want you to get rid of the dreadful people you associate with. Don't shrug your shoulders like that. Don't be so indifferent. You have a wonderful influence. Let it be for good, not for evil.
"The searching of servants' belongings is invariably a useless proceeding," added the man in the corner, with a shrug of the shoulders. "No one, not even a latter-day domestic, would be fool enough to keep stolen property in the house. However, the usual farce was gone through, with more or less protest on the part of Mr. Shipman's servants, and with the usual result.
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