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Egeria leaned against the parapet, the serge of her dress showing white against the background of rock. The hood of her dark blue yachting-cape was slipping off her head, and her eyes were as deep and clear as crystal pools. Presently she began to sing, first, "The Sands o' Dee," then,
The request was complied with, and the fellow drank thirstily, the strong liquor slipping down his throat like water. He passed the flask back and closed his eyes. Then Big Bob, who had evidently been listening to the conversation, beckoned to Fremont. Wondering what the fellow could have to say to him, the boy approached the side of the dying man.
Crouching to avoid the boom, Kirkwood went forward to the bows, and, grasping the mooring cable, drew it in, slipping back into the cockpit to get a stronger purchase with his feet. It was a struggle; the boat pulled sluggishly against the wind, the cable inching in jealously.
She was badly frightened, her nerve was shaken and her strength seemed to be leaving her. She found herself slipping and sliding on the rock. Another look at the riders showed them very near so near that her courage failed her. In a panic she began to climb again. She must reach the little cave before they saw her. She could not fall into the hands of Angel Gonzales.
Then he added slowly: "Fielding, fellows of that kind always flare up a bit according to Cavendish, just before the end. I've seen it once or twice before. It's the last clutch at the grass as they go slip slip slipping down. Take my word for it, Heatherby's near the finish." "I shouldn't wonder. Selamlik, the old leper, 'll lay in wait for him.
The child's blue eyes grew wide. "Like the guns off in the woods?" he asked, in a breathless whisper. "Like the guns a body hears off in the woods, only louder heaps louder," said Yancy. "You fetch out his plunder, Mr. John," he added in a lower tone. "Do it now, please," the child cried, slipping off the bench.
Alban hoisted himself to the aperture and, slipping through, his feet discovered the reeking floor of a dank and dripping subway; and guiding himself now by hands outstretched and fingers touching the fungi of the walls, he went on with confidence until the roof lifted above him and the watch-fires of the confraternity were disclosed.
Opinions were much mingled, on board the Swanne, as to whether the slipping of the knot had been the effect of accident or of an evil turn; however, the boys said little about it, and endeavored, so far as might be, to let it pass as an accident. They felt that the matter between themselves and Master Taunton had already gone too far for their safety and comfort.
My young lady flung her head higher than ever, and made a minuet as well as any dame upon the floor, while I stood very glum at the thought of the prize slipping from my grasp. Now and then, in the midst of a figure, she would shoot me an arch glance, as much as to say that her pinions were strong now.
She now craned over the side of the bed, and examined for herself streams like quicksilver slipping along the dark boards. "Why did you not do something to prevent this, instead of coming in here to break my rest?" she inquired. Captain Saucier extended his hands to lift her, but she lay down again, holding the whip bolt upright. "If I go to the attic, Captain Saucier, my bed goes with me."
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