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This was perhaps the first time, in an acquaintance of more than six months, that he had ever found himself alone with Violet Tempest, without hazard of immediate interruption. "Miss Tempest," he began, with a firmness of tone that startled her, "I want to know why you are so unkind to me." "I hardly know what you mean by unkindness. I hope I have never said anything uncivil?"
Pearl punishes me too! See ye not, she is the scarlet letter, only capable of being loved, and so endowed with a million-fold the power of retribution for my sin? Ye shall not take her! I will die first!” “My poor woman,” said the not unkind old minister, “the child shall be well cared for!—far better than thou canst do it!”
He, Georgey, unkind that you are! he does not distrust me; but always advises and helps me: Merthyr waits for me. I cannot be instantly ready for every meaning in the world. What I want to do, is to see Wilfrid: if not, I will write to him. I will tell him that I intend to break my promise." A light of unaffected pride shone from the girl's face, as she threw down this gauntlet to sentimentalism.
For Tristram, afraid of the smallest unbending, maintained a freezing attitude of contemptuous disdain, which she could not yet pluck up enough courage to break through to tell him she knew how unjust and unkind she had been.
"Yes, while other men have escaped dangers by being made prisoners." By that unkind remark she lost a large part of her advantage. "As you say," he returned, wincing under her cruel thrust, but persistent, "but we are not discussing me now, but Lacy." "Speaking of wickedness, you would better discuss yourself, I think, than him." "I will not be put off in this way, Miss Fan "
The yearning of jealousy was sternly reproved and forced down, and told that Ermine had long been Colin Keith's, that the perpetrator of the evil had the least right of any one to murmur that her own monopoly of her sister was interfered with; that she was selfish, unkind, envious; that she had only to hate herself and pray for strength to bear the punishment, without alloying Ermine's happiness while it lasted.
Such was the purport of her mind as she stood opposite to him in his room. 'I hope they will be kind words, she said. 'As we are to part so soon, there should be none unkind spoken. 'I do not know much about kindness, he replied. Then he paused and tried to think how best the thunderbolt might be hurled.
My thoughts were unjust, unkind, so my world was unkind, unjust. I made it." "The light which is Aton," Michael said. "If we wish to enjoy happiness, we must sit in the light. We must make our own happiness." "In the fullness and glory of Aton." "God, I suppose you mean," Margaret said.
"Journalism has taught you sarcasm." "No, no! please do not be so unkind. I spoke in earnestness. I have only just been dismissed." "Dismissed!" she echoed incredulously. "I thought the Flag was your own?" He grew troubled. "I bought it but for another. We he has dispensed with my services." "Oh, how shameful!" The latent sympathy of her indignation cheered him again. "I am not sorry," he said.
If you are unkind to me like this, there may be reason why I should be sorry. I shall, indeed, be very sorry. Since I first saw you, I have hoped that you would be my wife." "I never can be your wife, Mr. Newton." "Why not? Have I done anything to offend you? Being here as one of the family you must know enough of my affairs to feel sure, that I have come to you the first moment that was possible.
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