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That young man has succeeded in ruining himself in this community and that is all he has succeeded in." John said nothing. At his new boarding-place, Darius Holt's, he answered no questions concerning his plans, and was silent and non-communicative. He kept to himself and made no effort to regain his lost popularity or to excuse his action.
And she had lighted the fire in the living-room and all the wax candles, though it was still warm outdoors and they had to open the street windows and endure the thunder of the traffic. Milly, although she had received all Ernestine's efforts graciously, had been wearied by the noise, the fierce song of New York, and had been serious and non-communicative since her arrival.
She turned her shoulder but not before he caught a slight disdainful twitch of her rosy, non-communicative mouth. "Ah, ah, my lady, not quick enough!" thought he; and, with the most innocent air in the world, he launched forth in a tirade against the man then in custody, as though his guilt were an accepted fact and nothing but the formalities of the law stood between him and his final doom.
Mostyn was discreetly non-communicative, and as they drove along the conversation drifted to other topics. Suddenly Saunders broke into a laugh. "You know, Mostyn, you are doing your very best to force me to talk about business. You have edged up to it several times." Mostyn frowned.
But Steve was non-communicative. He was wondering how much of Eric Sawyer's charge the fellows who had heard it were believing. Finally, "No swimming to-day?" asked Tom. Steve shook his head. "No," he answered. "Tell the fellows, will you? I'm I'm too tired. I'm sorry." "It's pretty late, anyway," murmured Harry. Together the three crossed the room toward the door.
GARMENTS. Those, who keep their coats buttoned up, fancy high-necked and closed dresses, etc., are equally non-communicative, but those who like open, free, flowing garments, are equally open-hearted and communicative.
Her strange father was non-communicative and silent as the grave. Charles felt an interest in these people. It was a strange interest, one he could not understand himself, and like all good boys, when he wanted wisdom and information, he went to his mother. "Mother, do you ever talk with Cora?" he asked one day. "Yes." "Do you ever talk with her about England?"
I guess old George soaked him pretty well on the deal, says I. "After indulging himself in a lot more non-communicative information and two-thirds of my dinner, the deputy rides away. "That night I mentions the matter to Ogden.
"And plenty to do myself meantime." I hopped out on my side. Worth sat in the roadster, not hurrying himself to follow up Cummings' suggestion the big boy, non-communicative, incurious, the question of fortune lost or won seeming not to trouble him at all. I skirted the machine and came round to him, demanding, "With whom do you suppose Cummings' engagement was?"
Bannister was unknown to his patient when he paid his first visit, and was professionally non-communicative, but he told him afterwards, when their acquaintance had ripened to such an extent that the names Quincy and Jack took the place of more formal designations, that it had always seemed a wonder to him that he had survived.
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