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He, indeed, had withdrawn his hand from hers and folded his arms with a sense of satisfied ambition. But paler and paler grew Martha by his side, till, like a corpse in its burial-clothes, she sank down at the feet of her early lover; for, after many trials firmly borne, her heart could endure the weight of its desolate agony no longer. Pleasant is a rainy winter's day within-doors.
'Well, in the first place, I believe I'm right in saying that all Peruvian mummies that have so far been discovered have been found in a sitting posture, with the legs drawn close up to the body by means of bindings and burial-clothes, so that the chin rested between the knees, while the arms were brought round the legs and folded over them.
"I did not say that." "You mean that I acted without dignity, and you are offended with me." "Now you are slightly nearer the truth," said Catherine, smiling. "Then I had better put my burial-clothes in my portmanteau and set off at once." "I don't see that. If I have to bear your criticism of my operetta, you should not mind my criticism of your impatience." "But I do mind it.
But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame! Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes. Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion. Strange fantasy!
Slowly and patiently she unwound those wrapped-up mummies, and disclosed the gems hidden in those burial-clothes; and returned to her father's court enriched with all those long-buried graces, now revived to their former youthful beauty, and with the added charm which wisdom and patience give. My task is not so difficult, as I seek virtues, not perishable stuffs.
He put his burial-clothes in his portmanteau; but never was there such grief seen, as when he came to bid his wife and children adieu.
From one lattice the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light through the other slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains and illuminating the face of a young man. But how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! And how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame! Yes, it was a corpse in its burial-clothes.
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