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It was covered with shame for what had happened to him, but his humiliation had no quality of pity in it. He must write to that girl, and write at once, and his sole hesitation was as to the form he should give his reply. He could not address her as Dear Miss Brown or as Dear Madam.
"Ask him to walk up," she said, after just one moment's hesitation. Adela heard the direction her aunt gave, through the cold shiver which was then obliterating rather than engrossing her attention, and concluded that they had sent for Mr. Armstrong. But Mrs. Cathcart, turning towards her, said "Adela, my love, Dr. Wade had just called; and I have asked him to step up stairs."
"Think of him jumping up from a sound sleep and throwing himself into the thick of the fray, without one second's hesitation." "Y-e-s," she agreed, but there was no enthusiasm in her tone. Then she turned warmly upon me. "I 'm thinking, though, that you 've been gifted with mighty little sense, Knowles Swift, to have acted so recklessly.
Denham, and the new field of labour appeared to him inviting, so that he accepted the proposition with little hesitation, and made preparations to leave England, quitting for ever, as he thought, the art of printing, which he had thoroughly learned.
Then he turned again to the old man, and, with a good deal of stammering and hesitation, and many long pauses for consideration, said something else, to which the ancient again replied; whereupon Phil made a further attempt, with the result that ultimately the two had quite a long conversation together, although it must be confessed that the elder man did most of the talking.
Scudder set down the candle, and shut the door, and, after a moment's hesitation, said, "My daughter, I have some news to tell you, which I want you to prepare your mind for. Keep yourself quite quiet" "Oh, mother!" said Mary, stretching out her hands towards her, "I know it. James has come home." "How did you hear?" said her mother, with astonishment. "I have seen him, mother." Mrs.
Then, having found a shallower pool of water, she stepped in with some hesitation, for the cold plunge of her feet took her breath away, and began to fish on her own account. She was dextrous and artful, with the light hand and the hunter's instinct which are indispensable. At almost every dip she brought up some prawns, beguiled and surprised by her ingeniously gentle pursuit.
I told her that my plan would probably end in death for both of us, and that I dared not press it that at a word from her it should be abandoned; still that there was just a possibility of our escaping together to some part of the world where there would be no bar to our getting married, and that I could see no other hope. She made no resistance, not a sign or hint of doubt or hesitation.
It is necessary always to be thoroughly familiar with the story and to understand its exact point. No matter how deliberately or with what difficulty you approach that part of your speech where the fun is to be introduced yet, when that point is reached there must be no hesitation.
On a sudden, Tu-Kila-Kila turned sharply round, and, darting a rapid glance toward a row he had already passed several minutes before, he exclaimed, with an air of unexpected inspiration, "Tu-Kila-Kila has chosen. He takes Maloa." The man upon whose shoulder the god laid his heavy hand as he spoke stood forth from the crowd without a moment's hesitation.
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