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Fortunately, the sole defect of her form was not apparent at a distance: that defect was in the hand; it had not the usual faults of female youthfulness, the superfluity of flesh, the too rosy healthfulness of colour, on the contrary, it was small and thin; but it was, nevertheless, more the hand of a man than a woman: the shape had a man's nervous distinctness, the veins swelled like sinews, the joints of the fingers were marked and prominent.
Some of the girls interested various societies in their home towns to hold fairs and bazaars for the benefit of Briarwood Hall. Personal appeals were made directly to every girl on the alumni list and some of those "girls" now had girls of their own almost old enough to attend Briarwood. By these methods the dormitory fund was swelled.
Uncle Dan fell to counting the twinkling eyes, and his heart swelled within him. There must be close upon a hundred people here, drawn hither, held fast, by his little Polly. There she stood, in her sulphur shawl, unrecognisable, to be sure, but natural and self-possessed as if she had been singing in her own parlour.
His great chest swelled with his effort, the muscles of his neck knotted, sweat steamed down his face. "No use," he gasped, "no use, Goodwin. It's like trying to lift yourself by your boot-straps like a fly stuck in molasses." "Ruth," cried Ventnor once more. As though it had been a signal the block darted forward, resuming the distance it had formerly maintained between us.
Gladstone's speech failed him in circumstances so novel. The groans died away; the cheers for Mortlake rose and swelled and fell and rose again. Sticks and umbrellas were banged and rattled, handkerchiefs were waved, the thunder deepened.
It seems as if all at once the world had swelled out in size a thousandfold, and that poor me had dwindled down to the merest wee little red-headed atom the most helpless and forlorn and lonesome of atoms at that."
"By Jove!" said Noel. "What did you say?" "I said," Peggy swelled with triumph, "'Lighten Noel's darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord!" "Why, that's what I said!" ejaculated Noel. "Did you?" cried Peggy excitedly. "Did you really? Oh, Noel, then that's how it was, isn't it?" "Quite so," said Noel. He sat on the sofa in Daisy's little drawing-room with his small playfellow on his knee.
The sound rose and fell, and swelled and soared. A silence. Then, in a great burst of melody the chorus of voices within the pavilion answered the call. Again a silence. Again the wonder of the woman's voice flooded the stillness, ending in a note higher, clearer, sweeter than any that had gone before.
Carl moved away from the window, strangely drawn toward her, and her face became radiant with unspeakable joy. Then the passion of her denied motherhood swelled into a cry of longing "My son!" "Mother!" broke from his lips in answer He went to her blindly, knowing only that they belonged to each other, and that, in some inscrutable way, they had been kept apart until it was too late.
In the far distance, ships were rocking on the bosom of the sea and, on the left, was a whole forest of masts mingled with the white masses of the houses of the town. Prom there, a dull murmur is borne out to sea and blending with the sound of the waves swelled into rapturous music. Over all stretched a thin veil of mist, widening the distance between the different objects. "Eh!
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