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He handed the reins over to Margaret and sprang down, running across a little bridge, and soon gathered a great handful. "Oh, thank you," and her eyes shone. "What a funny little bridge." "That's Kissing Bridge." "Who do you have to kiss?" asked the little girl mirthfully. "Well, a long while ago, in Van Twiller's time, I guess," with a twinkle in his eye, "there wasn't any bridge.
A picture, now, has to be studied; it ain't like the real article," he apologized. "Anyway, if I hadn't kept lookin' at your picture, mebbe things would have been different. But I got it, an' I looked at it a lot. That shows that it was all fixed for you an' me." She looked mirthfully at him.
He laughed, lolling a to and fro head, walking on, followed by Stephen: and mirthfully he told the shadows, souls of men: O, the night in the Camden hall when the daughters of Erin had to lift their skirts to step over you as you lay in your mulberrycoloured, multicoloured, multitudinous vomit! The most innocent son of Erin, Stephen said, for whom they ever lifted them.
A number of girls and children, probably mostly slaves, mirthfully peeped at us from under the tasteful mat blinds. Really the upper class of Malay houses show some very good work.
But," and I touched her delicate dress, "you will wear something warmer than this?" "I have a long sable cloak that will do," she replied, brightly. "We are not going far?" "No, not far." "We shall return in time for supper, of course?" I bent my head. "Naturally!" Her eyes danced mirthfully. "How romantic it seems! A moonlight stroll with you will be charming!
No doubt Kenelm held his own at the banquet, and did his best to increase the general gayety, for whenever he spoke the children listened eagerly, and when he had done they laughed mirthfully. "The fair face I promised you," whispered Mrs. Braefield, "is not here yet. I have a little note from the young lady to say that Mrs.
For the rest her spirits were more generally light and joyous than I should have premised from her mother's previous description. She would enter mirthfully into the mirth of young companions round her: she had evidently quick perception of the sunny sides of life; an infantine gratitude for kindness; an infantine joy in the trifles that amuse only those who delight in tastes pure and simple.
"You're not so good a business man as I gave you credit for being," the Colonel retorted mirthfully "Two hundred and fifty dollars! Oh, Lord! Poundstone, you're funny. Upon my word, you're a scream." And the Colonel gave himself up to a sincerely hearty laugh. "You call it a retainer," he continued presently, "but a grand jury might call it something else.
He flung himself into a chair. He screened his eyes as if before some physical abomination. The girl kneeled close to him, touching him. "My dear, my dear! then slay for me this other Perion of the Forest." And Perion laughed, not very mirthfully.
I won't break faith with you, if you insist, but I'd give a lot if you'd let me off let me pay back what you advanced and cry quits.... When you outlined this scheme I was down and three times out willing to take a chance at anything, no matter how contemptible. Now... well, it's different." "Good heavens! You don't mean you'd be willing to live here?" Nat smiled, but not mirthfully.
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