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Updated: June 28, 2025
A perturbing silence had succeeded the noisy summons on the oak, and Mungo, with a bold aspect well essayed, but in no accord with the tremour of his knees and the pallor of his countenance, stood, in dragging pantaloons and the gaudy Kilmarnock cap cocked upon his bald head, at the stair-foot with a flambeau in his hand. He seemed hugely relieved to have the company of Count Victor.
And how did you manage it? You dropp'd a curtain at the stair-foot I thought you had no other way for it Here's a crown for your trouble. Then reach me my breeches off the chair, said my father to Susannah.
Pincornet's Minuet from Ariadne, but reflected that the door would also keep out the doctor's descending voice and final dicta delivered at the stair-foot. Uncle Edward was as curious as a woman, and the door remained ajar. He tried to read, but the words conveyed no meaning to his mind, which became more and more frowningly intent upon the fact of Jacqueline's weeping.
'Come your ways in noo, responded his host, 'and I'll get ye a drop whisky. 'Aweel, murmured the listener with pricked ears, who sat beside gong and tea-tray at the stair-foot, 'I'm thinkin if the Meenister's Macchiavelli, the elder's Machiavelli-er.
They got to the third floor, but with difficulty; the smoke began to blind them and choke them, and fiery showers fell on them, and drove them back smarting and choking. Garrett sank down gasping at the stair-foot.
Olivia had come down to the corridor; aloft Annapla had renewed her lamentations; the four of them stood clustered in the narrow passage at the stair-foot.
With our pack-ropes we hauled the various articles first into the little room at the stair-foot, and then toilsomely carried them to the heights above.
Josie had brought some flowers for the vases, and was just putting the last touches when she saw several umbrellas bobbing down the hill. 'They are coming, Aunty! I see uncle hurrying across the field to receive them, she called at the stair-foot. 'Keep an eye on them, and let me know when they enter the avenue.
The two old companions had locked their brooms into a three-cornered closet at the stair-foot and were crossing the mill yard together. They were so much slower than the rest that they could only see the very last of the crowd of mill people disappearing along the streets and into the boarding-house doors.
But she would not let herself be sorry then, and stifled the voice by saying, half aloud, as she went along: "I don't care. It's too bad of mother. I wish she wouldn't." Wealthy met her at the stair-foot. "How long you've been!" she said, taking the tray from her. "I can't be any quicker when I have to keep going for more things," said Eyebright.
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