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Yet 'bemused, perhaps, is the word that Herbert Minks would have chosen for one of his poems, to describe a state of mind he, however, had never experienced himself. And he would have chosen it instinctively for onomatopoeic reasons because it hums and drones and murmurs dreamily. 'Puzzled' was too sharp a word.
For a moment that made Marcia breathless. She was staggered by his innocence, not his assertion of Cornificia's bemused by the man's ability to believe what he chose to believe, as if Cornificia had not been the very first who plotted to make him Caesar.
Ryan released the spell, and Medart collapsed, unconscious. Looking at Kelly, Ryan said, "Will you care for him, lady? I named him clan-guest when he waived immunity to convince us of his honesty." "Yes, Chief." Kelly looked down at her patient with a bemused expression. "His ideas are revolting . . . but there's a certain fascination to them at the same time, and the man himself is intriguing."
And, indeed, many very clever people might have found themselves sinking in some such unexpected quicksand and be not one whit less bemused than the miserable chauffeur.
Such is the case with Dr. Wilson's chief foes. Their eyes are upon honour, as upon some new and superlatively sweet enchantment, and, bemused to starboard, they view the scene to port with somewhat extravagant biliousness.
Tell me of these," she went on quickly, indicating my companions with a sweep of her slender hand, "for they do not speak Arabic, I think. Or stay, I will tell you of them and you shall say if I do so rightly. This one," and she nodded towards Robertson, "is a man bemused.
Often he checked his steed, and looked behind him, for he was filled with amazement, and all bemused concerning this adventure. In his heart he doubted that it was but a dream. He was altogether astonished, and knew not what to do. He feared that pavilion and Maiden alike were from the realm of faery. Launfal returned to his lodging, and was greeted by servitors, clad no longer in ragged raiment.
It was to make this clear to him, to clinch the bargain, to show that she was willing to barter her milkmaid beauty and strong common sense for his position and possible money, that she had come to see him. Not being bemused with love, Bell Mosk was thoroughly practical, and so spoke very much to the point. Never was there so prosaic an interview.
For awhile it seemed as if his bemused brain failed to grasp the meaning of that which had happened. Then he turned swiftly. He reached the counter and drained the bottle of the last dregs of the spirit it contained. Then, reaching under the counter, he possessed himself of the gun that was always lying there, and made for the door and flung it open.
He paused, and then in a softer voice, humbly almost, "It is my prayer," he added, "that hereafter in a happy future these last few weeks shall come to seem no more than an evil dream to you." To that prayer she offered no response. She sat bemused, her brow wrinkled. "I would it might be done without fighting," she said presently, and sighed wearily. "You need have no fear," he assured her.
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