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At the bottom of the stairs, she hesitated whether to go up or no. At last, she mounted softly. It must be in the front room that the bereaved girl was lying the girl who, but a year ago, had debated with such naive self-importance whether or not it was her duty to take a lover. Gyp summoned courage to tap gently.
Even at a distance, edging his way to the familiar, loved stall, Lichonin heard the sounds of music. Having made his way through the crowd, which in a solid ring surrounded one of the stalls, he saw a naive and endearing sight, which may be seen only in the blessed south of Russia.
He did not make any speeches there were lawyers and other experts for that but he helped to manage things; distributing notices and posting placards and bringing out the crowds; and when the show was on he attended to the fireworks and the beer. Thus in the course of the campaign he handled many hundreds of dollars of the Hebrew brewer's money, administering it with naive and touching fidelity.
Ours is that of Richard's Norman Knights, haughty, brutal stupid, and perfectly self-confident; theirs, of the poor, wondering, kneeling, simple chieftains. They are on their knees still before English fashion these simple, wild people; and indeed it is hard not to grin at some of their NAIVE exhibitions.
Indeed, there is blood and pain and danger enough about the college duel to entitle it to a considerable degree of respect. All the customs, all the laws, all the details, pertaining to the student duel are quaint and naive. The grave, precise, and courtly ceremony with which the thing is conducted, invests it with a sort of antique charm.
It is easy to ridicule the literary and economic and historical societies, and the naive courage with which young women in them attack the gravest problems, and to say that they are only a passing fashion, like decorative art and a mode of dress.
Many such naive and explicit records as that on the drawing which Raphael sent him are to be found in the flyleaves of books and on the margins of prints and drawings, his possessions.
It was the most casual remark, but Dora answered it with the naive frankness that was her peculiar charm. "I am giving out my invitations for a sugaring-off," she said. "A sugaring-off!" repeated Miss Egerton gaily. "Now I haven't the faintest idea what that is but it sounds very festive." Dora looked at her questioningly and then at Eleanor.
Sweetwater shook his head with a look as naive in its way as the old detective's question. "I cannot say, sir. Indeed, I had not the courage to ask. She is here " "Here!" Mr. Gryce took one hurried step toward the door, then came gravely back. "I can restrain myself," he said. "If she is here, she will not go till I have seen her.
'The best of these Schleswig waters, he went on, is that a boat of this size can go almost anywhere. There's no navigation required. Why 'At this moment a faint scraping was felt, rather than heard, beneath us. 'Aren't we aground? I asked. with great calmness. 'Oh, she'll blow over, he replied, wincing a little. She 'blew over', but the episode caused a little naive vexation in Davies.
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