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"If I did undertake it," Mannering said, "it would be to leave unsaid the things which you would naturally expect from me, and to say things of which you could not possibly approve. I am very sorry. You can command my resignation at any moment, if you will. But my views, though in the main they have not changed, are very much modified." Lord Redford nodded.
He lingered a little after shaking hands with his host, trying the violin case as if to see that it was secure, and fidgeting in his saddle, and holding back on the start. Macdonald could see that there was something unsaid in the little man's mind which gave him an uneasiness, like indigestion. "What is it, Banjo?" he asked, to let it be known that he understood.
For a long, long time I sat thus, but finally my mind began to flow again, and I thought how fine it would be if I had some good friend there with me to enjoy the perfect surroundings some friend who would understand. And I thought of the Vedders with whom I had so recently spent a wonderful day; and I wished that they might be with me; there were so many things to be said to be left unsaid.
He dropped his head upon his hand a moment, and those to whom he was visible saw his lips move earnestly for a moment or two. "I can go on without any trouble, I think," he said, in a voice of gentle earnestness, referring to his unsaid table. "You needn't say any more unless you would like to," returned Wilkins; "I am sure you know it." "I would rather," said Guly, firmly.
A little forced smile parted her lips. She looked at me kindly. "I have said a great deal more than I meant to, Mr. Ducaine. I think that it would have been better if I had left most of it unsaid. You must go your own way. I only wanted to guard you against disappointment." "Disappointment! You think, after all, then " "No, that is not what I meant," she interrupted.
I thank you for all you have said to me, though I would rather you had left it unsaid; and I would wish to be friendly, as we have always been," she answered, firmly. "Is that the only answer you can give me?" exclaimed Eban. "I can give no other," replied Nelly. "Do you never intend to marry, then?" asked Eban. "I am not compelled to tell you my intentions," said Nelly.
It was to come in a look or a word; and both would remember it afterwards for ever. In the evening Grannie, and Auntie Louie, and Auntie Emmeline, and Auntie Edie, and Uncle Morrie, and Uncle Bartie came up to say good-bye. And in the morning Nicholas went off to France, excited and happy, as he had gone off on his wedding journey. And between Frances and her son the great thing remained unsaid.
There are some things which, for the credit of America, should be left unsaid, perhaps; but these very things happen sometimes to be the very things which, for the real benefit of Americans, ought to have prominent notice. While we stood looking, a wart, or an excrescence of some kind, appeared on the jaw of the Sphynx. We heard the familiar clink of a hammer, and understood the case at once.
She had behind her garishness a gift for sympathy and a keen intuition, delicacy, and allusiveness. She knew what to say and what to leave unsaid, when her heart was moved. "My darling," she said now, "you are not quite happy; but that is because you don't allow yourself to get well.
Remember, also, that in this letter I must condense when I might easily be prolix, and that after all is written, probably I shall have left unsaid the very thing I most wished to say. But these three words will tell it all and bear repeating: I love you. And this from my sensible cousin! What would it be if her heart were not balanced by a wise head?
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