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The room was profoundly silent, the whole house was still: nothing about him gave a hint of what was going on, darkly and dumbly, in the room he had flown from, and with the covering of his eyes oblivion and reassurance seemed to fall on him. But they fell for a moment only; then his lids opened again to the monstrous vision.
At this moment, wherever she was, he knew he was safely shut away in her thoughts, and the knowledge made every other fact dwindle away to a shadow. He and she loved each other, and their love arched over them open and ample as the day: in all its sunlit spaces there was no cranny for a fear to lurk. In a few minutes he would be in her presence and would read his reassurance in her eyes.
Swear youse'll keep mum an' see me through!" "Yes, Nan" Rhoda Gray's eyes smiled reassurance "I swear it. But you will be all right again in the morning." "Will I? You think so, do you? Well, I can only say that I wish I did!" Rhoda Gray leaned sharply forward, staring in amazement at the figure on the bed.
But she had not positively deceived her husband in the reassurance she had given him by her collectedness and by the precise directions she had issued for his comforts, indicating a mind so much more at ease.
Doubtfully, wondering that she betrayed so little surprise, he pursued as one committed to a forlorn hope: "It's vitally essential that I leave this hotel without it becoming known. If I may count on you to say nothing " She gave him reassurance with a small gesture. "But how?" she breathed in the least of whispers. "The concierge !" "Leave that to me I know another way. I only need a chance "
'Thank you, she whispered, taking his head in her hands and kissing him with all her heart and soul, as she felt his strong arms engulf her and his lips caress her with spoken and unspoken words of affection and reassurance. And soon, very naturally, both drifted off into a sleep no longer bitter, at glorious, indifferent peace with themselves and with their world.
Vértessy's eyes interrogated the doctor as if he hoped for some comforting reassurance from him. The doctor beckoned him aside. "She is suffering tortures," he whispered, "but she would hide it from you." "She may hide it in her voice, but I can tell it is so from her breathing. Is the danger great?" The doctor shrugged his shoulders. "Pretty much as usual.
He was in a state of nervous tension that was almost unendurable, and the little noises of the night outside, a wind-stirred rustle of leaves, a bird's flutter among the branches, the sound of a cracking twig, made him start violently and catch his breath. Then at his utmost need came reassurance and something like ease of mind.
The Colonel's sudden entrance and the startling character of the news, had brought every man to his feet. Richard laid down his violin, read the telegram quietly, and handed it back. "Well, suppose they do come, Clayton?" His voice was so sustained, and his manner so temperate, that a certain calming reassurance was felt. "Suppose they DO come!
Sure enough, Mr Pamphlett, as the cannonade shook the plate-glass windows of his bank, had started up in some alarm, and was sallying forth to seek reassurance. For again the inner sheet of the newspaper, with its reports of the mobilisation of armies and of embassies taking flight from various European capitals, had engaged all his attention, and he had missed the advertisement columns.
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