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Updated: June 26, 2025
No longer were they languidly promenading, or lolling in the cushioned chairs; but all seemed running to and fro in the wildest excitement, which the grandest duke among them seemed to share equally with the terrified white sylphs. Everybody appeared to be talking together, and paying no attention whatever to the sentiments of their neighbors.
First came the Brownes, eager-faced, bright-eyed, alert young people, far better looking than their new enemies could conscientiously admit under the circumstances; then the lawyer from the States; then a pert young lady in a pink shirt waist and a sailor hat; then two giggling, utterly un-English maids and all of them lolling in luxurious ease. The red jacket was conspicuously absent.
The third taste grossness and heaviness and chagrin dropped from my heart; all the complexion of Providence altered in a flash, and a stupid irresistible joy, unreasoning, uncontrollable took possession of my fibre. I sank upon a mossy bank and, lolling my head, beamed idiotically on the lolling Martians all about me. How long I was like that I cannot say.
Even the presence of a rival team failed to arouse them from their lethargy. One might have thought that death had overtaken them upon the trail were it not for their panting sides and lolling tongues. "He's not hurt!" exclaimed the driver, "see the dogs! He's been running running until he dropped in his tracks!" The assurance brought but little comfort to Rod.
Let your rest on the one rest-day consist, not in lolling idly and carelessly, but in turning your faculties in some other direction; because the truest rest is to be found, not in luxurious ease, but in using the fresh vigour of your life in other compartments of the brain than those which have been worn by the demands of the six days.
Jimmie Dale folded the copied sheets neatly, tucked them in his pocket, lighted a cigarette, and was lolling lazily in his chair as Jason announced: "Mr. Carruthers, sir, and another gentleman to see you." "Show them up, Jason," instructed Jimmie Dale. Jimmie Dale rose from his chair as they came in. Jason, well-trained servant, closed the door behind them.
However, of all things let me advise you never to dance with him; I did once myself, and I declare I was quite distressed to death the whole time, for he was taken with such a fit of absence he knew nothing he was about, sometimes skipping and jumping with all the violence in the world, just as if he only danced for exercise, and sometimes standing quite still, or lolling against the wainscoat and gaping, and taking no more notice of me than if he had never seen me in his life!"
Had yours been as good, you could not have lain indolently lolling upon couches while you were eating. They would have made you sit up and mind your business. Then you had a strange custom of hearing things read to you while you were at supper. This demonstrates that you were not so well entertained as we are with our meat. When I was at table, I neither heard, nor saw, nor spoke; I only tasted.
Big forced roses, great lolling, sickly-scented lilies, and orchids oh dear! how tired I am of orchids! Every evening a bouquet of orchids for five weeks Sundays NOT excepted, shall I ever forget the detestable 'rare specimens'!"
"I don't understand this at all! Anyhow, I am stirring myself!" "Not enough!" And he continued his gymnastics. This had gone on for three hours when once more he grasped the tube. "What! twelve degrees! Oh, good-night! I'm off to bed!" A dog came in, half mastiff, half hound, mangy, with yellowish hair and lolling tongue. What were they to do? There was no bell, and their housekeeper was deaf.
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