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She had been to the "up-stairs room" during recess and brought down the cyclopedia, and, happily, had found a page and a half regarding Giunta Pisano therein, which she was copying verbatim. To be sure, there was no word in it about Cimabue, or the relation of the one to the other, but this was not taken into account. There were plenty of words in the article, and that was the chief end just then.

Once she passed the open door of the parlor, by the window of which sat Miss Annie and Lawrence, deeply engaged, their heads together, in studying out something on a map, and as she went up-stairs she grimly grinned, and said to herself: "If that Null could look in and see them now, I reckon our young man would wish he had the use of all his arms and legs."

When Swithin had been up-stairs a minute or two however, he altered his mind, and coming down again ate all the pudding, with the aspect of a person undertaking a deed of great magnanimity. The relish with which he did so restored the unison that knew no more serious interruptions than such as this. 'Mr.

It must have been after twelve, for orderly call and mess had sounded in front of the adjutant's office, when one of the hospital attendants came floundering up the row from Lanier's, and made his way to Sumter's door, a little note in his hand. He would wait, he said, for an answer, and the maid bade him step inside while she ran up-stairs. Mrs.

Wheeling about like a cat, he trotted off, turning his head from side to side, and frequently glancing at his pursuer. His flight brought him into the field of vision of Tom Gordon up-stairs, who had been mystified to understand what was going on below. "I'll finish him this time," was his conclusion, as he flung up the window, thrust the barrel of the weapon through, and dropped on one knee.

Mr Flintwinch, who had cast his eyes towards the portrait, twisted himself about again, and again found himself the subject of the same look and smile. 'Yes, Mr Blandois, he replied tartly. 'It was his, and his uncle's before him, and Lord knows who before him; and that's all I can tell you of its pedigree. 'That's a strongly marked character, Mr Flintwinch, our friend up-stairs.

Alice, I have nothing to ask from you, nothing." "Anything that you should ask, I would do for you." "I have nothing to ask; nothing. But I have one word to say." "George, do not say it. Let me go up-stairs. Let me go to Kate." "Certainly; if you wish it you shall go."

'Why, Nanny has been busy ironing this evening; but I think I'll take him to her now. And Mrs. Barton glided towards the kitchen, while her husband ran up-stairs to put on his maize-coloured dressing-gown, in which costume he was quietly filling his long pipe when his wife returned to the sitting-room.

"I daresay the play may be very bad," she said, "but it can hardly be so bad as real life." Lizzie, when Lord George had left her, crept up-stairs, and sat for awhile thinking of her condition, with the key of her desk in her hand. Should there come a knock at the door, the case of diamonds would be in her pocket in a moment.

"She knows what will please The Teacups in the way of reading as well as I do how many lumps of sugar the Professor wants in his tea and how many I want in mine." The company was so urgent that Number Five sent up-stairs for her paper. Number Five reads the story of her dream. It cost me a great effort to set down the words of the manuscript from which I am reading.