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The mighty city that had been to him the universe, was dropped and lost, like a thing that was now nobody's, in far indistinguishable distance; and he who had lost it had climbed upon the throne of the world. The air was still; when a breath awoke, it but touched his cheek like the down of a feather, and the stillness was there again. The stillness grew great, and slowly descended upon him.
Bébée doing her work, singing, thinking how good God was, and dreaming over a thousand fancies of the wonderful stories he had told her, and of the exquisite delight that would lie for her in watching for him all through the shining hours, Bébée felt her little heart leap like a squirrel as the voice that was the music of heaven to her called through the stillness, "Good day, pretty one! you are as early as the lark, Bébée.
It was very dark, and not a sound broke the stillness of the night; but the smugglers were too cunning to believe that the coast was clear, for they knew that the enemy would resort to every possible means to effect their capture. Three of the smugglers were directed to get into Mr.
He flung himself into a long stride and dashed across the wide basin, across the mouth of the canyon, into the shadow of the hills again. Breathless, he slackened his pace with thirty excited horses around him, mad swirling clouds of dust all about, and before him the oppressive stillness of the desert. They were safely past the danger zone. He pressed on at a slow canter.
But the farms lay in that direction, so they had skirted the base of the hill, keeping within the fringe of woods and heading back for their morning trail, till the red flag caught their eye again, and strong curiosity had halted them for another look. Thus the long hunt ended at twilight within sight of the spot where it began in the gray morning stillness.
With this one exception of her appearance there, the most perfect stillness and silence pervaded the steward's residence from basement to chimney. Not a shutter was open; not a twine of smoke came forth. Underneath the ivy-covered gateway she stood still and listened for two, or possibly three minutes, till she became conscious of others in the park.
"Ah!" exclaimed the young man, throwing the priest down and giving him a slap in the face. And leaving Father Salvi, he turned quickly and went toward the house. Laguna de Bay, surrounded by mountains, sleeps tranquilly in the stillness of the elements, as if it had not joined the chorus of the tempest on the night before.
The solitude and the stillness of the long dormitory could not be borne any longer; the ghastly white beds were turning into spectres the coronal of each became a death's- head, huge and sun-bleached dead dreams of an elder world and mightier race lay frozen in their wide gaping eyeholes.
The softened electric light suffused a glamour of glowing color over the rich brocade of the walls of Marcus Gard's library, catching a glint here and there on iridescent plaques, or a mellow high light on the luscious patine of an antique bronze. The stillness, so characteristic of the place, seemed to isolate it from the whole world, save when a distant bell musically announced the hour.
And they took a mighty oath: on human blood. We went on another mile and a half; I began to feel thirsty. 'Sit down a little while, said Yegor: 'I will go for water; there is a well not far from here. He went away; I was left alone. I sat down on a felled stump, leaned my elbows on my knees, and after a long stillness, raised my head and looked around me.
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