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His kindly, screwed-up eyes, his kindly, bearded lips, even his limbs seemed smiling; and not for the world would we have jarred with words that rapt, smiling man, enjoying the sacred hour of him who has just proved himself. In silence we watched, in silence left him smiling, knowing somehow that we should remember him all our days.
He paused awhile, looking at Benita with his queer, dreamy eyes; then said suddenly: "Say, Lady, do you remember nothing of that matter?" Now Benita grew vexed, for the whole thing was uncanny and jarred upon her. "How can I remember," she asked, "who was born not five and twenty years ago?" "I do not know," he answered.
Now that he was awake, and could feel his self- inflicted pain, he marvelled at his rashness and foolishness, as perhaps numerous mangled warriors have done for a time, when the battle-field was cool, and they were weak, and the uproar of their jarred nerves has beset them, lying uncherished. By degrees he grew aware of a little consolatory touch, like the point of a needle, in his consciousness.
But he too, in spite of his physical courage, now and then showed a supine carelessness and tried to avoid, instead of boldly grappling with, things that jarred. They set out to go shooting, but Featherstone stopped to talk to everybody they met, and showed keen interest in such matters as the turnip crop and the price of sheep. It was clear that he was liked and respected.
Peggy knew what he wished; she would have time to get accustomed to the idea, and within the next month he would certainly find his opportunity. To Peggy, jarred and wounded with the strain of acting a double part, what a relief it was to see Arthur's beloved face again, and to discover at the first glimpse that Rosalind's engagement had had no power to shadow the radiance of his smile.
The beauty of the countenance was Hebe-like, joyous, and radiant; and yet one could not look at the girl without a sentiment of deep mournfulness. She was surrounded by a group of young men, and the ring of her laugh jarred upon Graham's ear. He pressed Frederic's arm, and directing his attention to the girl, asked who she was. "Who? Don't you know? That is Julie Caumartin.
The wagon jarred dreadfully, and seated at the extreme end, on a wooden trunk traversed by narrow slats, Ginnie and I were jolted until we lost our breath, all down Arkansas Lane, when we changed for the front part. I shall never forget the heat of that day.
Shrieks and howls of anguish issued from the fiery mass, but above all was heard the startling clangor of a bell. "Halloo! who's this?" cried a voice that evidently issued from a set of powerful human lungs. The miser felt himself roughly shaken by the shoulder, and awoke. "What's the noise? fire?" he asked; for the bell he had heard in his dream now jarred upon his waking senses.
'You find it hard to get along in the world, said she; 'I shall be very glad to help you. The man started, and stared a moment. Was it because this remark jarred upon the expression which he was able faintly to discern in her eyes? The next, he put his hand to his cap. 'Madame is very kind. What will you do? Madame Bernier returned his gaze. 'I will trust you. 'Ah! 'And reward you. 'Ah?
A harsh, rasping sound has often given me a pang more severe than neuralgia, while even an uncultivated voice or an instrument out of tune has jarred on my sensitive nerves for hours. My musical friends all hated me in their hearts, for my peculiarity made me a merciless critic; and the most serious youthful quarrel between Margaret and myself arose from the same cause.
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