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She went into his study, and at first could not see him; but he was there a heap of black clothes lay on the hearthrug, and Miss Thornton running up, saw that it was her brother, speechless, senseless, clasping a letter in his hand. She saw that the worst was come, and nerved herself for work, like a valiant soul as she was.
He was a famous judge of upholstery, and the softest chair or sofa, hearthrug or divan, was instantly appropriated. This sometimes made the local dignitaries sit up a little. They might be accustomed to the dignity of one of her Majesty's Judges, but the impudence of her Majesty's "Jack" for so he deemed himself on circuit was a little beyond their aldermanic natures.
"That I was listening to the voice of something idiotic." "Ah! That's the devil of it, you know, to a man like me. I could fight against brain but this!" He sprang up again, poked the fire violently, then stood on the hearthrug with his back to it, and his hands thrust into the high pockets of his trousers. "That's the voice of the thing that's got into my house," he said. "Pleasant, isn't it?"
Conyngham broke in upon these meditations with a laugh. 'I have it! he cried. 'It's as simple as the alphabet. This paper says it was a barrister a man from London a malcontent, a felon, a coward. Dammy, Geoff that's me! He leapt to his feet. 'Get out of the way, Tim! he cried to the dog, pushing the animal aside and standing on the hearthrug. 'Listen to this, he went on.
When the butler brought in the tea-tray, Bridget asked him to move a small table on to the hearthrug, and as soon as he left the room again she began to talk while pouring out the tea. "How often," she cried, "I have wondered whether I should ever see you again during this earthly pilgrimage. Sugar?" she asked. "You remember our dear old house and the delightful garden!
"One day I sat down and watched Bacchus seated on the hearthrug, with his moony eyes looking into space so thoughtfully and patiently that I apologized for comparing you to him. If I were to call him a spiteful cat he would only not believe me." "Because he is a cat," said Jane, with the giggle which was seldom far behind her tears. "No; but because he is not spiteful.
He found it here; in the good food, the generous liquor, the twinkle on the glass and decanter, the ill-executed but solid portraits on the walls, the hearthrug soft beneath his sole, the April combination of sunshine slanting through the window and a brisk but not oppressive coal fire on the hearth. He smoked.
The front of this was open, but screened partly by two curtains that seemed to hang from a rod within. The rest of the little extra room was entirely empty except for the piano that stood closed in the corner. There were two persons standing rather disconsolately on the vacant hearthrug Mrs. Stapleton and the clergyman whom Laurie had met on his last visit here. Mr.
It was warm under the blanket and the hearthrug, and Jane snuggled up close to her sister; and Anthea cuddled Jane closely and kindly, and in a sort of dream they heard the rise of a wave of mewing as Robert opened the door of the nursery. They heard the booted search for baskets in the back kitchen.
In releasing the lady, the cord had been slipped off her, but the knots with which it had been secured still remained. These details only struck our attention afterwards, for our thoughts were entirely absorbed by the terrible object which lay upon the tigerskin hearthrug in front of the fire. It was the body of a tall, well-made man, about forty years of age.
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