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"So am I," said the bluebell, "and I'll not go to sleep again, either, I promise you." So the flower stayed wide awake the rest of the night, and the rabbit slept on the soft moss, and in the morning he awakened and ate his breakfast out of his valise, and then, saying good-by to the flower and thanking her, he set off once more to seek his fortune.
"Oh, sir," Jane said, going swiftly up to him and holding out her hand, which he raised to his lips; as he did that of Margaret, as she followed her sister; "we have thought of you so often, and have prayed that you should both be rewarded for your kindness to us! How glad I am to see you again, and have an opportunity of thanking you!
On the morrow Eve wrote that her father was dead. To the letter which he thereupon despatched Hilliard had no reply for nearly a week. When Eve wrote, it was from a new address at Dudley. After thanking him for the kind words with which he had sought to comfort her, she continued
And my aunt Flora, who realised that this veiled utterance was Celine's way of thanking Swann intelligibly for the Asti, looked at him with a blend of congratulation and irony, either just, because she wished to underline her sister's little epigram, or because she envied Swann his having inspired it, or merely because she imagined that he was embarrassed, and could not help having a little fun at his expense.
One by one, as they passed out the officers shook hands with Barry, thanking him for the service, and expressing their delight that he was with them again. "What are we going to do with you, Pilot?" inquired the colonel. "I thought I'd stick around with the boys," said Barry. "Well," said the colonel, gravely, "of course, there's no use of your going up to the attack. You would only be in the way.
officers, wrote to the speaker, congratulating him and his colleagues on their restoration to power, and hypocritically thanking them for their condescension in taking up so heavy a burthen; but, at the same time, reminding them of the services of Oliver Cromwell, and of the debt of gratitude which the nation owed to his family. 2.
"Do you know what I was thinking only the other day about it? that you had gone up to London to look for some proper sort of person." "And how did you mean to receive her?" "I shouldn't have received her at all. I should have gone away. You can't do it now." "Can't I?" "What were you thanking the Lord for so heartily?" "For you." "Were you? That is the sweetest thing you have said yet.
So come now, mount thine horse again, and I will lead him for thee. Now Birdalone found speech and said: Knight, for such thou seemest to me, I deem now that I have no need to fare further in this dale, but I will get me into the saddle and turn my horse's head outward again, giving thee good day first and thanking thee for thy courtesy.
He lapped the water quickly and looked up with a human look of gratitude in his eyes, as if thanking his master for that much relief. Then Toby tried to wash the blood from his breast; but it flowed quite as fast as he could wash it away, and he ceased his efforts in that direction, and paid every attention to making his friend and pet more comfortable.
When dangers and toiling are o'er for awhile, In their dugouts we find comfort and welcome their smile. There's a spirit of home, so we go there each night, And the thinking of home makes us sit down and write, So we tell of these folks to our loved ones with pride, And are thanking the Lord to have them on our side. The Toul Sector Again
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