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He knew it was a grotesquely senseless idea, but it clung to him, and he had nursed it unconsciously.
Both sisters were now aware of Cordula's kind intentions, and the warm pleasure she displayed when Els told her what the Council had determined, showed plainly enough that the motherless young countess, who had neither brother nor sister, clung to the daughters of her host like a third sister.
Suddenly a convulsive shuddering ran through her, and her breath came short and quick. "Theo, . . what's happening?" she panted. "Where are you? Hold me. Everything's . . slipping away." It cut him to the heart to unclasp the fingers that clung to him; though he was back again in a moment, holding weak brandy and water to her lips. "Drink it, Honor.
Others followed his example, while several, on the contrary, sided with old Horapollo who clung tightly to Paula, preferring to die himself rather than allow her to escape his hatred and vengeance.
His daughter, following them, clung fast to her father, and, though her heart bled and her brain grew numb between the gashes and the groans, she still cheered him with her passionate endearments; and, holding before his eyes a cross of gold that always hung on her bosom, inspired him to die like a brave man and a Christian.
Their light spirits and plastic nature made them adapt themselves to every fashion without difficulty and without regret; even under Tiberius or Domitian there was always something for a cultured Greek to do. Rhetoric was the inheritance of the dethroned Greek nation, and they clung to it with all the fondness of gratitude.
The Wyvern sisters did not keep a great establishment, as their means were not large, though they clung to the old house which had come down to them, and would have sacrificed much rather than sell it.
I have no right to keep you from your rest. I assure you I won't." "I'll come," she answered. What she saw in the man's face was that, because she had brought the boy, he actually clung to her. She had been clung to many times before, but never by a man who looked quite like this. There was more than you could see. He led her to a smaller room near by.
He carried the girl across the grass to the marble seat and rested her on it, the red stain on the green coat growing wider and wider as they moved. "Courage, Abbess, courage, lass," he whispered, fighting with his horror and his sorrow as he moaned to himself: "That any one should die for me!" The girl's arms clung closer about his neck and her lips moved faintly.
It was not only what Captain Aylmer had said about his mother that clung to her, doing much to quench her joy; but there had been a coldness in his tone to her throughout the evening which she recognized almost unconsciously, and which made her heart heavy in spite of the joy which she repeatedly told herself ought to be her own.
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