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Seraphina still leaned her head on her other hand, and I noted, through the soft shadow of falling hair, the heightened colour on her cheek and the augmented brilliance of her eye. "'How I wish she had been an English girl," Mrs. Williams sighed regretfully, and leaned forward to look into Seraphina's half-averted face. "My dear, did you quite, quite understand what I have been saying to you?"
The wedded lovers had taste and pride in equal proportions, and a parade of their satisfaction in one another for the edification or amusement of indifferent spectators would have been revolting to both, but the ray that sped from half-averted eyes, from time to time, and was returned by a kindling glance, also shot sidelong beneath dropped lashes, said more to each other than would a quarto volume of stereotyped protestations and caresses, such as Tom Barksdale dealt out profusely to his beauteous Imogene.
What you say? You pay me " The eyes of Tomaso's brother dwelt calculatingly upon Johnny's half-averted face. "You pay me fifty dollar when I show you I don't lie. I help you drag him back home, you " "Nothing doing." Johnny pulled himself from his dreams to bargain for his heart's desire because he knew Mexicans. "I ain't sure I want the thing, anyway.
I say, looking across to Mrs. Steele, who is rolling the tiny treasure about in her palm. "At least," he says, "it is within the reach of a strong arm, and if a jewel begged is not generously given, it can be snatched out of a capricious hand, if only for safer keeping " and the Peruvian's deep eyes look into my half-averted face.
Suddenly a quick start on Helen's part interrupted the merry flow of conversation. She sat bolt upright with half-averted face. "Cousin, what is the matter?" asked Will, quickly. Helen remained motionless. "My dear," said Mr. Sheppard sharply. "I heard a footstep," she whispered, pointing with trembling finger toward the impenetrable blackness beyond the camp-fire.
Then, as they fell, Tarzan saw a faint wave of crimson creep swiftly over the now half-averted face. He smiled to himself at the result of his very uncivilized and ungallant action, for he had not lowered his own eyes when they met those of the young woman. She was very young, and equally good to look upon.
But the expression of the half-averted face, the abstracted intentness of the gaze, and the profound stillness of the attitude, were so sad and mournful, that Montreal's purposed greeting of gallantry and gladness died upon his lips. He approached in silence, and laid his hand upon her shoulder. Adeline turned, and taking the hand in hers, pressed it to her heart, and smiled away all her sadness.
The exception was a fine male unicorn, which, with bristling mane and half-averted body, stood motionless save for a quick angry stamping of his fore-feet upon the ground, watching the unavailing struggles of his hapless companion.
On the edge of sleep it seemed to glimmer, like the clear column of the fountain, like the new moon, alluring, half-averted, the bright face of danger. When Claude and David rejoined their Battalion on the 20th of September, the end of the war looked as far away as ever.
Wing is silent a moment. His eyes are wistfully searching the elder's half-averted face. "Jim, you told me awhile ago of your sister's approaching marriage. Are you not going on?" "Yes. It will be early in October. She's blissfully happy is Puss, and he's a very substantial, solid sort of a fellow. I'm well content, at last, that her future is assured." "And you are a free agent, practically.
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