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And now, do you think we ought to seem even seem to slight her kindness? Hugh was turning about, chafing impotently. 'Then you mean to go on here? he asked, with half-appealing, half-resentful eyes. Sibyl made a gesture of entreaty. 'What other life is there for me? What would you have me do?
The sweet, dangerous eyes said too much, but the smile was that of amusement. So they walked up the path together. Mr. Leverett greeted him in a friendly manner. "I thought I ought to come in and say good-bye. I'm going off on some business for father, and may not be back for several weeks." "That sounds as if you needed an apology for coming at all," she commented with half-resentful gayety.
But when he reached the place and wandered aimlessly about the streets, the vision faded into half-resentful realization that these things were no more forever.
Her half-resentful eyes, yet dewed with the tears which her discourse with Lady Tinemouth had occasioned, sought his averted face, while he looked at Miss Dundas with evident surprise and disgust. This pleased her; and the more so as he only bowed to her rival, shook the countess by the hand, and then turning, took his station beside herself on the sofa.
Colin took off his cap and the sun shone on and warmed his thick hair as he watched Dickon intently. Ben Weatherstaff scrambled up from his knees and bared his head too with a sort of puzzled half-resentful look on his old face as if he didn't know exactly why he was doing this remarkable thing.
He sent a half-resentful glance to where Robert Sans-Peur stood, calm and lofty, watching the departure. Whatever else threatened Alwin of England, he had none of this nonsense to endure. Over his shoulder, as he marched away, the Silver-Tongued made a sly face at his friend. The Norman caught the grimace, but no answering smile curved the bitter line of his lips.
The passengers turned an incurious, half-resentful stare upon him, and then repented. I think that more than one of us wanted to speak, but dared not. It was not so much the little chap's look.
It was vaguely reminiscent of the agony of loneliness which she had experienced as a small child on the rare occasions when her father had been busy and distrait, and had shown her by his manner that she was outside his thoughts. This was but a pale suggestion of that misery; nevertheless, there was a resemblance. It was a rather desolate, shut-out sensation, half-resentful.
He lacked entirely that incommunicative manner and half-resentful air I had so often encountered in the Mexican, and his country dialect whiled away the time as we followed the unfenced "road" around and slowly upward into hills less rugged than those about Guanajuato and thinly covered with coarse grass and small brush.
Even Lady Moreham's face relaxed, and her eyes followed them with a wistful expression, as she remarked, sotto voce, "How sweetly they look!" "Sweet, you mean," hinted Mrs. Poinsett at her elbow, with a deferential air, yet decided tone. The other turned with a quick, impatient sigh, and half-resentful manner, but in a moment moved closer and said humbly, "Thank you for the correction!
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