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The Englishman would have been checked and tongue-tied by the sense that he was plucking laurels for his own brow. That noble attitude of the British people, that gallantry without pose or self-glorification, that valour without vain glory, that recognition that pity and truth must be shared by the conqueror with the conquered all were maintained by our people in war as in peace.
"Now tell me quickly," he cried, as I faltered, tongue-tied from very richness of matter. "Mademoiselle?" "Ah, mademoiselle!" I exclaimed. "Mademoiselle is " I paused in a dearth of words worthy of her. "She is, she is!" he agreed, laughing. "Oh, go on, you little slow-poke! You saw her? And she said " He was near to laying hands on me, to hurry my tale.
He champed a chop, and seemed to Archie to avoid his eye. It was not till lunch was over and they were smoking that he unburdened himself. "Archie!" he said. "Hallo, old thing!" said Archie. "Still there? I thought you'd died or something. Talk about our old pals, Tongue-tied Thomas and Silent Sammy! You could beat 'em both on the same evening." "It's enough to make me silent." "What is?"
But on this occasion poor Birotteau felt he was tongue-tied, and he resigned himself to eat a meal without engaging in conversation. After a while, however, the thought crossed his mind that silence was dangerous for his digestion, and he boldly remarked, "This coffee is excellent." That act of courage was completely wasted.
Then he would resolve to sit still and not say a word till Arthur began; but he was always beat at that game, and had presently to begin talking in despair, fearing lest Arthur might think he was vexed at something if he didn't, and dog-tired of sitting tongue-tied. It was hard work.
Wondered if y'd mind pur-chasin' it." Then down upon the kitchen table he tossed a number of crisp, green bills. Stunned at sight of so much money, paralyzed with emotion, and tongue-tied, Johnnie could only stare. Afterward he remembered, with a bothersome, worried feeling, that he had not thanked One-Eye before the latter took his leave along with Father Pat.
She meant to give her hand, to speak in warm eulogy of his action, but his pale face and cold glance as he entered chilled her. She felt tongue-tied in the presence of the strangers who sat near the table smoking. Merwyn started slightly on seeing them, and then she explained, hastily, "These gentlemen are assisting my father in a way you understand."
Cherry was suddenly stricken as tongue-tied as Helen Louise. George himself came nearer to losing his equilibrium than ever he had in all his years of efficient service, when he saw what his young lady had in tow; but he concealed his agitation with real credit to his training. "Is Mother in, George?" "She's in the music room, Miss Arethusa." Then Arethusa remembered Something, all at once.
How tongue-tied he would have been, sitting on the black haircloth sofa in the Wentworth parlour and gazing at the open soapstone stove! "Oh, men are such fools!" cried Nancy, smiles and tears struggling together in her speech, as she sat down suddenly in her own pew and put her hands over her face.
She fixed her eyes on me with an intent unvarying gaze that under other conditions would have been intoxicating, but was now no more than disquieting and embarrassing. As I was still tongue-tied, she returned to her point with resolute insistence. "Come, Colonel Annesley, how long is this to go on? I want and will have an explanation. Why have you formed such a bad opinion of me?"
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