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From the little bag in her lap she took out a small sheaf of folded papers, memorandum slips, they seemed to be, and whirled them over in capable fingers. "It ought to be here," she said absorbedly. "Yes, here it is. No, it isn't either. It must be among my club notes. What Galsworthy says about it, you know. He makes it so clear. Just what they mean by it, the French, how you simply go to pieces.
The gambler nodded encouragingly. "Bully," he murmured, turning his eyes just for one moment in the little man's direction. But it was only for a moment. The next he was staring absorbedly out at the bush opposite, like a man lost in some train of thought far removed from the matter in hand. His beady eyes stared unsmilingly, but with curious intentness.
On his way to the last door at the right Jock glanced into each tiny office, glimpsing busy men bent absorbedly over papers, girls busy with dictation, here and there a door revealing two men, or three, deep in discussion of a problem, heads close together, voices low, faces earnest.
If I ventured to describe that attitude, there would be a fine howl but there the Venus lies, for anybody to gloat over that wants to and there she has a right to lie, for she is a work of art, and Art has its privileges. I saw young girls stealing furtive glances at her; I saw young men gaze long and absorbedly at her; I saw aged, infirm men hang upon her charms with a pathetic interest.
She had become a wholly different personality from the tragic-eyed girl who less than ten minutes ago had somberly announced that she was making her last stand in life. Again, as often before, Laurie felt overwhelmed by the rush of conflicting emotions she aroused. "Shall we have this big bowl of roses in the center, or the four little bowls at the corners?" she asked absorbedly.
Everythin' that had anythin' about it that I liked I'd put down in the book. Then I'd just show how many 'joys' I had." "Yes, yes!" cried Pollyanna, absorbedly, as the boy paused for breath. "Well, I didn't expect to get many, but do you know? I got a lot. There was somethin' about 'most everythin' that I liked a LITTLE, so in it had to go.
Barr-Smith, who listened absorbedly to the conversation of Mrs. Hinckley, filling every pause with a husky "Quite so!" On the other sat Josie Trescott, who was smiling upon a very tall and spare old man who wore a beautiful white mustache and imperial. I had never met him, but I knew him for General Lattimore.
"D' you know what day it is?" said Selina presently, in a low voice, looking far away before her. Harold did not appear to know, nor yet to care. He had laid open his mole-run for a yard or so, and was still grubbing at it absorbedly. "It's Trafalgar Day," went on Selina, trancedly; "Trafalgar Day and nobody cares!" Something in her tone told Harold that he was not behaving quite becomingly.
They put down the puppies and gazed at it in amazement, stroking its fur and talking inaudibly. Soames looked swiftly at Zani. Her pencil had ceased to make strokes upon the paper. She had the expression of someone watching absorbedly, though her eyes were on the paper before her. Gail stirred, and Soames made a gesture to her. Puzzled, she came to his side.
He giggled to himself tipsily. 'Do you remember, came the quick voice of the Russian, 'the letters he used to send. "Desire is holy-" 'Oh yes! cried Halliday. 'Oh, how perfectly splendid. Why, I've got one in my pocket. I'm sure I have. He took out various papers from his pocket book. 'I'm sure I've HIC! OH DEAR! got one. Gerald and Gudrun were watching absorbedly.
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