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With far less ability than his friend, Ardworth had more force and steadiness in his nature, and was wholly free from that morbid delicacy of temperament to which susceptible and shy persons owe much of their errors and misfortunes.
Even this very proper and fatherly advice did not have an immediate effect upon the shy and vacillating young girl, for not until a year later did she become the wife of persistent Grove Hirst. Downing begins with anxious overtures to Endicott in regard to "matching his sonne" to an orphan maid living in Endicott's family, a maid who it is needless to state had a very pretty fortune.
Love had come to her the love which Patrick Lovell had called the one altogether good and perfect gift and with it came a tremulous unrest, a shy sweetness of desire that crept through all her veins like the burning of a swift flame. She felt no fear or shame of love.
Now and then one would shy out of the ranks, and rear a moment apart from the rest, but would return again, and fall in with his companions. It was a rare sight to see them as they came on; and the ground thundered under their hoofs as though a squadron of cavalry was charging over it. When within less than half a mile of the party, they seemed to notice the latter for the first time.
A horror took hold of her so oppressive that she thought she must cry out aloud. With a shy glance she looked at her husband. God grant that he hear nothing. She was ashamed before him. She desired to call out, to sing, laugh, only to drown the noise of that whispering which assailed her ear like the wave of a fiery sea. But no, he heard nothing. His sightless eyes stared at the ceiling.
But in faltering, stammering tones, which everyone was too excited to notice, he managed to say something about "Merry Christmas" and "good children" and then proceeded to open the magic sack. "Miss Kitty McGinnis!" he called, in deep, gruff tones. Kitty took the box he offered with shy embarrassment, slowly drew back the lid and gave a cry of amazement and delight.
As a matter of fact, he had been watching Eddie's shy, uncertain evolutions for half an hour or more, and he chuckled inwardly. Something told the General that he was going to lose Martha. At last Eddie approached him. He came with the swift impetuosity of a man who has decided and is afraid to risk a reaction.
It will not be the first time that I have hidden in the hay to overhear a soldier's tales or the stories that peasants tell among themselves. We must be careful to keep out of sight though, as these folk turn shy and put on company manners as soon as they see a stranger." "Eh! my dear sir," said Genestas, "have I not often pretended to be asleep so as to hear my troopers talking out on bivouac?
She also was shy; the touch of imperfect nature was mutually discernible and discerned; and the two were kin from the meeting of their hands. Morna began her apology, nevertheless; but Rachel cut it very short. "My dear Mrs.
The energies which were to have been bestowed on the creation of better surroundings for English labourers were suddenly transferred to the creation of an Irish Parliament, and in wide areas of rural population the labourers sank back again into hopelessness and inactivity. Once bit, twice shy.
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