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"Well?" he responded non-committally, and his face and figure seemed incapable of moving a muscle. "I couldn't go 'way out to Illinois to the funeral even if I'd known in time," said Miss Lacey plaintively. "I couldn't think of affording it, and I wrote Sylvia so." "Then you have been in correspondence with her?" asked the lawyer, and his cold manner appeared to seize an advantage.
Let her own people, who are not many, come to us. Aunt will do everything, and do it handsomely." She slanted her palette and looked toward the skylight. Cope's own glance swept non-committally the green burlap walls. Both of them were seeing pictures of the wedding preparations. Hortense saw delivery-boys at the front door, with things that must be held to the light or draped over chairs.
There's one open here for you; first to teach me all you know about the insides of my car; second What's the matter? Gone to sleep?" He started. He had been thinking about Blenham and Bill Royce. As Terry continued to stare wonderingly at him he smiled. "If you don't mind," he said non-committally, "we'll forget about the job for a spell.
It even occurred to him that the manner of the man at the cigar counter the man he had just told to get him a ticket, had not been quite natural; had been a little exaggeratedly matter-of-fact. He always got his seats of that man, and the man always made some little encouraging remark, as, for example, that he'd heard it was a good show; or, more non-committally, that he hoped Mr.
The old mountaineer spoke with no resentment, but deep gravity. "We've been powerful oneasy erbout ye. Hev ye heered the news?" "What news?" The boy put the question non-committally. "Jesse Purvy was shot soon this morning." The boy vouchsafed no reply.
Brit answered her non-committally, apparently sunk already in his own musings. But his lips drew in to suppress a smile when he saw, from the corner of his eyes, that Lorraine was winding the alarm on the cheap kitchen clock, and that she set the hand carefully and took the clock with her to bed. Oppression is a growth that flourishes best in the soil of opportunity.
"Gilbert's wife," pronounced Grandmama, non-committally from her easy chair, and, said in that tone, it was quite sufficient comment. "Another cup of tea, please, Emily." Mrs. Hilary gave it to her, then began to read aloud the letter from Gilbert's wife. Gilbert's wife was one of the topics upon which she and Grandmama were in perfect accord, only that Mrs.
"All right," answered Tom non-committally. "Go ahead. It's a free country." He stood his motor-cycle up against a tree and went toward a group of persons who were surrounding the auctioneer. The time had arrived to start the sale. As Tom edged in closer he brushed against a man who looked at him sharply.
"You missed the best part of the fun," said Chet to Andy. "Those fellows thought a cyclone struck them when we tossed 'em into the car. They don't know yet whether they're going or coming back," and he laughed, his mates joining in. "Yes?" asked Andy, non-committally. "What's up?" asked Tom, curiously. "You don't act as though it had any flavor for you. What's the matter?"
"No peculiar sensation there, I suppose?" the doctor asked as he touched the muscles just in front of the ears. "No, certainly not." What was the man getting at? It was exceedingly tiresome. At last the inquisition ended; the doctor straightened his tall bulk and spoke, non-committally, but with raised eyebrows. "I must certainly disinfect it at once. That at least one can do."
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