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That is what I shall come to if anything should thwart my plan; if, after stooping to the dust of provincial life, prowling like a starving tiger round these tradesmen, these electors, to secure their votes; if, after wrangling in these squalid cases, and giving them my time the time I might have spent on Lago Maggiore, seeing the waters she sees, basking in her gaze, hearing her voice if, after all, I failed to scale the tribune and conquer the glory that should surround the name that is to succeed to that of Argaiolo!
Stooping to recover his Alpine hat, which was lying near the cross at the head of the grave, he passed out through the gate before Millicent was clear of the wall. He made off with long, uneven, but rapid strides, leaving her hot with annoyance that a mere peasant should treat her so cavalierly. Though she did not understand all he said, she grasped its purport. But her soreness soon passed.
They tended to be depressing these visits: the married sister was living in a small way; the first cousin seemed to have got into a rut; the uncle and aunt were failing, with a stooping, trembling, old-fashioned kind of decrepitude, a rigidity of body and mind, which somehow one didn't see much over home.
The group opposite was moving on now; the footsteps he had heard behind him, those of a man, drew nearer, the man passed by and the box of matches in Jimmie Dale's hand dropped to the ground. He reached to pick them up, and in his stooping posture, without seeming to turn his head, flung a quick glance behind him up the street.
Nep had already dug a deep hole, and on looking into it, his master saw, to his surprise and satisfaction, a number of eggs as large as those of a swan, of a red brick colour. Stooping down, he eagerly picked up one of them, which he broke and found that it was perfectly sweet. Here was a storehouse, which would supply him with an abundance of excellent food.
Suddenly stooping to pick up stones in the darkness, he began to throw them at Febrer, each time receding a few steps as if to defend himself against a new aggression. The stones, flung by his forceless arms, fell into the shadows or rebounded against the porch. The Minstrel's friends surrounded him and led him away. His cries could be heard in the distance, shouting defiance, swearing vengeance.
In the midst of it Nelly entered, carrying little Harry in her arms. At the sight of him every trace of ill-humour vanished from Letty's face. Running to meet them she clasped her arms round her little brother. "Where are his shoes, Nelly?" she said, stooping to kiss his rosy little feet. "What a sweet child!" exclaimed Christie. "I hope he won't be afraid of me."
"I will come back to you if I find I can." It was final, and she knew it. She held out her hand to him in silence, and he, stooping, pressed it dumbly against his lips. Thereafter they walked back to the house together, and parted without a word. Capper looked round with a certain keenness that was not untouched with curiosity when Nap unexpectedly followed him to his room that night.
Your grandmother is over the worst now " Suddenly he was on his knees, his back round and shaken with sobs. "Lilly Lilly can't you see?" "See what? Is anything wrong? Harry," she cried, stooping to shake him by the shoulder, "has anything happened again? Are you in trouble?"
"How happy the girls must be who have real mothers," Bessie thought, and then as if the regret for the mother reflected upon the father, who was so much to her, she went up to him by the fire, and stooping over him kissed him tenderly.
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