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At the other end of it was a ponderous and polished desk with an incandescent lamp on it, the light of which was just sufficient to show a slender, well-bred figure in an ordinary medical black frock-coat, whose head, quite silvered with age, was bent over neat piles of notes.
But they would have been improved by some share of his frankness and warmth; and her visit was long enough to detract something from their first admiration, by showing that, though perfectly well-bred, she was reserved, cold, and had nothing to say for herself beyond the most common-place inquiry or remark.
The word is closely allied to the word touch, and a person who has good tact is really one who can touch people gently, carefully, kindly, in all the relations of life. In the animal creation no creature has more perfect tact than a well-bred kindly-treated household cat. You may have seen one of these enter a room where perhaps a circle of people were seated around a stove or open fire.
I like to recall that well-bred, unconscious air of Miss Haughton; I remember Miss Darling as a model of deportment: why, she could do the naughtiest things in a less objectionable manner than that of these girls when acting propriety. I discovered some facts regarding wild roses. Their petals are few and faded, and their thorns many and sharp.
You are perfectly welcome here, and I hope that you feel so." "Oh, I certainly do. But still I would rather earn my own living." That morning Iola applied for the situation, and, being prepossessing in her appearance, she obtained it. For awhile everything went as pleasantly as a marriage bell. But one day a young colored lady, well-dressed and well-bred in her manner, entered the store.
"Do I?" asked Lena ominously. "Is there anything else?" "Well, since you give me the chance to say it, dear," Dick's tone was now apologetic, "I'd a little rather you wore your dinner gowns higher. I know many women do wear things like yours to-night, and your dressmaker has dictated to you; but I think the extremes are not well-bred. Just look at the best women. Look at Mrs. Lenox and Madeline "
Having replaced his pistols, Edward paid his reckoning, and went to the stable, desiring the hostler to saddle his horse and fix on his saddle-bags. As soon as this was done, he mounted and rode off. Before he was well clear of the town, the highwaymen cantered past him on three well-bred active horses.
He had never done a day's work in his life, but, unlike his wife, he had plenty of friends. He was well-bred, a good rider, a straight shot, and an entertaining guest. He knew everyone within a radius of twenty miles, and was upon terms of easy intimacy with the de Vignes and many others who received him with pleasure, but very seldom went out of their way to encounter his wife.
Susan a well-bred young person, thoroughly capable in ordinary cases of saying "For shame, sir!" and looking as if she expected to feel an arm round her waist next trembled with terror under that astounding salute.
"You," replied the other; "who are you staring at?" "You," said Master Nugent, defiantly. There was a long interval, both gentlemen experiencing some difficulty in working up sufficient heat for the engagement. "You hit me and see what you'll get," said Master Hardy, at length. "You hit me," said the other. "Cowardy, cowardy custard," chanted the well-bred Miss Nugent, "ate his mother's mustard.
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