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He could always sympathize with the wistful little flowers, and trees lonely in their crowds, and wild, sad seabirds. In these things he recognized the great yearning, the ache outwards towards something, with which he was ordinarily burdened. But with Helena, in this large sea-morning, he was whole and perfect as the day. 'Will it be fine all day? he asked, when a cloud came over.
Far below the timber would dwindle, the ridges would flatten into round knolls and lose their verdure; then would come the dust and lava slopes, and beyond the desert. A wistful light came into the horseman's eyes. "Home, Juniper, hoss," he said softly.
"Better stick to the Scotch," said Jerry, and put the decanter on the mahogany. Bleak drank two slugs hastily, and turned to his friends with an almost wistful air. "Come again and stay longer," he said. "I see so many strangers, I get homesick for a friendly face." He called Quimbleton aside. "Does Mrs. Quimbleton keep up her trances?" he whispered. "Not recently," said Virgil.
And the hill-people, who had supposed him gone for ever, swarmed up and about the cave to assure themselves. "Alas!" said the holy man, gazing out upon the twilight when at length all had departed, leaving him in peace. "Cannot a man be anywhere alone with God? And yet," he added, "I was something wistful for their love."
"I can imagine myself in Sunday-school now and our dear teacher among us. When do you expect her, Mrs. Montgomery?" The bright eyes had a wistful look and gave the piquant face a thoughtful tone. "I cannot say, my dear, but we hope we may expect her soon." The eager eyes favored the portrait with occasional glances while the white fingers ran over the keys of the piano.
Forget that horses ever existed except as means of locomotion, and Bertha got up and walked towards the window as if restless with pain, then came back. 'I shall get rid of all I can and come to live as near as I can to Whitechapel, and slum! I'm free now. Then looking at her cousin's sorrowful, wistful face, 'Work, work, work, that's all that's good for me.
So saying, she hurried on past Ravenslee, down the dark stairway, while Spike leaned over the balustrade to whisper: "Good-by, Maggie an' good luck, Kid!" At this she paused to look up at him with great, sad eyes a long, wistful look, then, speaking no more, hurried on down the stair down, down into the shadows, and was gone.
Then why, pray, did you address me?" "Because I am a man, I suppose. I could not sit tamely down and see you go." She looked at him with a slight access of interest. A man? Perhaps he was, after all. And his well-bred, bony face looked very determined, albeit the eyes were wistful. Suddenly she felt sorry for him; and she had never experienced a pang of sympathy for a suitor before.
I wanted to have the dear little fellow in my own arms, he had such a bright, intelligent face, and his smile was so sunny; but I could not muster courage to go and ask for him. Mrs. Flaxman probably noticed my wistful look, for she presently returned to her own seat bringing him with her.
He could only look up with loving, wistful eyes that were almost blind, and thump his tail gladly. So glad was he that his faithful heart broke for joy, and before Odysseus could pat his head or speak a kind word to him, old Argos rolled over dead. There were tears in the eyes of Odysseus as he walked past the body of his friend.
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