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She was still the same modest, self-effacing, helpful roommate, but in Honora's eyes she had changed Honora could no longer separate her image from the vision of Silverdale. And, if the naked truth must be told, it was due to Silverdale that Susan owes the honour of her first mention in those descriptive letters from Sutcliffe, which Aunt Mary has kept to this day.
He had the spare, wiry figure, tall and lightly built, square in the shoulders, and thin in the flank; he had the clear weather-beaten complexion, the clean, nervous, capable hand, and the self-effacing manner, which we associate with myriads of well-born, machine-trained, perfectly groomed, expensively educated, uneducated Englishmen. Our public schools turn them out by the thousand.
Green Valley folks have never quite gotten over wondering about Mary Langely. When Tom Langely was alive Mary was a self-effacing, oddly silent woman. People said she and Tom were a queer pair. Tom had great ambitions in almost every direction. He even made brave beginnings. But that was all. Then one day, in the midst of all manner of ambitious enterprises, he grew tired of living and died.
The men in the ranks taught me whatever I know about playing the game. I learnt from their example. In acknowledging this, I own up to the new equality, based on heroic values, which this war has established. The only man who counts "out there" is the man who is sufficiently self-effacing to show courage. The chaps who haven't done it are the exceptions.
He remained patient, undemonstrative, self-effacing, and respectful before her, his angular arm slightly but not obtrusively advanced, the offer of protection being in the act rather than in any spoken word, and requiring no response. "Like as not, ma'am," he said, cheerfully looking everywhere but in her burning face.
These are the middle-aged, unmarried aunts and cousins staunch, reliable who are sent for to take care of the children while mother runs over to Europe for a holiday. And some are fifth wheels like myself neither old nor self-effacing, neither middle-aged nor useful, but simply expensive to keep painted, and very hungry for the road.
He had few intimates, but to these he was all that friendship means, kindly, tender, loyal, generous, self-effacing. And Fitzgerald loved him best of all men. It did not matter that there were periods when they became separated for months at a time. They would some day turn up together in the same place. "Why, hello, Arthur!" "Glad to see you, Jack!" and that was all that was necessary.
The rays of the sun setting far down the Pass shone through the walls and filled the tent with a soft radiance. Into this radiance she came, her face pale as of one who has come through conflict, and serene as of one who has conquered, pale and strong and alight, not with the radiance of the setting sun, but with light of a soul that has made the ancient sacrifice of self-effacing love.
Tang turned to his neighbor, Johan Stotz, the Queen's Engineer. "What's he going for?" Stotz shrugged. Weeks was a self-effacing man so much so that even in the cramped quarters of the spacer very little about him as an individual impressed his mates a fact which was slowly dawning on them all now.
"Ruth..." he said. Her face, marked with tears, not untouched by suffering, startled him. "Are you ill?" he said. "Just just tired" she said. "Shall I go?... Shall I come again to-morrow?" "No." She was aware of his concern, of the self-effacing thoughtfulness of his offer. He was a good boy, decent and kind.
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