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It was that of a young clergyman, with a very pretty girl on his arm, whom her dress pronounced to be a bride. Love was in their eyes, joy in their voice, and affluence in their gait and bearing. Charles had a faintish feeling come over him; somewhat such as might beset a man on hearing a call for pork-chops when he was sea-sick.
How is it, sir? Poorly, to be sure will be comfortable presently faintish still? Soon put all to rights." "Tray! Tray! Where's my dog, Mrs. Boxer?" "Lord, sir, what do you want with your dog now? He is in the back-yard." "And what business has my dog in the back-yard?" almost screamed the sufferer, in accents that denoted no diminution of vigour.
I was sitting alone, at my usual post beside the window, when the chaise rattled up to the door; for an instant I started to my legs; a vague sense of something like hope shot through me, the whole might be a dream, and he The next moment I became cold and sick, a faintish giddiness obscured my sight, and though I felt his grasp as he took my hand, I saw him not.
Stand by, Ted; he may be a bit faintish. Rob shut his eyes, clinched his hands, and sat like a hero. Ted knelt beside him, white as a sheet, and as weak as a girl; for the pangs of remorse were rending him, and his heart failed at the thought of all this pain because of his wilfulness.
"Theer's summat noice about that theer young chap," Janner remarked with the slowness of a man who was rather mystified by the fascination under whose influence he found himself "sum-mat as goes wi' th' grain loike." "Ay," answered his wife, "so theer is; an' its natur' too. Coom along in, lad," to Seth, "an ha' summat to eat: yo' look faintish."
She bade me tell you her thought." "Ay, like enough," said Margaret gloomily; "like enough. My poor babe!" The old man in a faintish voice asked her for a morsel to eat: he had come fasting. The poor thing pitied him with the surface of her agitated mind, and cooked a meal for him, trembling, and scarce knowing what she was about.
She knew that never again could she have the careless freedom of heart which she owned but yesterday. She was afraid. She felt tears coming into her eyes. She stopped suddenly, and put her hand to her side and gasped as if for breath. 'What is the matter? Ericson asked. 'Are you unwell? 'No, no! she said hastily. 'I felt just a little faintish for a moment but it's nothing.
All he did was to ask for another brandy-and-soda; and when he'd took it he allowed he'd skip having his bath and get at his eating right away saying he was feeling faintish, and maybe what he needed was food.
Then, seeing that Wakem had ridden off, and that no further violence was possible, she slackened her hold and burst into hysteric sobs, while poor Mrs. Tulliver stood by in silence, quivering with fear. But Maggie became conscious that as she was slackening her hold her father was beginning to grasp her and lean on her. The surprise checked her sobs. "I feel ill faintish," he said.
Withdrawing the key, he replaced the box exactly as he had found it, and finally, after consideration, dropped the key in beside it. He wiped sweat from his forehead. He felt faintish, and perhaps conscience was whispering for the last time. But without lingering, taking his bag, he turned away from the table and stood gazing at the clock. The flashing pendulum exasperated him with its suggestion.
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