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"Not more than most things," | Ralph Denham | a pose, isn t it?"<|quote|>"Not more than most things,"</|quote|>he said. "Well," Mary remarked, | "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?"<|quote|>"Not more than most things,"</|quote|>he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal | up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?"<|quote|>"Not more than most things,"</|quote|>he said. "... | them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, ... | can t watch birds in it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys... | I ll get one to settle on my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His con... | gave a copper and almost always a handful of bread, he was not as blind to his surroundings as he thought himself. He thought that these winter days were spent in long hours before white papers radiant in electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carr... | bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "Tha... | Night And Day |
he said. | No speaker | "Not more than most things,"<|quote|>he said.</|quote|>"Well," Mary remarked, "I ve | a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things,"<|quote|>he said.</|quote|>"Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say | asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things,"<|quote|>he said.</|quote|>"Well," Mary remarked, "... | his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his... | it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she sai... | settle on my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was no... | always a handful of bread, he was not as blind to his surroundings as he thought himself. He thought that these winter days were spent in long hours before white papers radiant in electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture... | seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens... | Night And Day |
"Well," | Mary Datchet | than most things," he said.<|quote|>"Well,"</|quote|>Mary remarked, "I ve a | isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said.<|quote|>"Well,"</|quote|>Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to | cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said.<|quote|>"Well,"</|quote|>Mary remarked, "I ve a great d... | had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What ha... | street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "Lond... | my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addresse... | handful of bread, he was not as blind to his surroundings as he thought himself. He thought that these winter days were spent in long hours before white papers radiant in electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the S... | say that," he complained; "and it isn t nonsense. What s the point of having a garden if one can t watch birds in it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat... | Night And Day |
Mary remarked, | No speaker | most things," he said. "Well,"<|quote|>Mary remarked,</|quote|>"I ve a great deal | t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well,"<|quote|>Mary remarked,</|quote|>"I ve a great deal to say to you, but | turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well,"<|quote|>Mary remarked,</|quote|>"I ve a great deal to ... | been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have y... | does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a ... | arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed e... | of bread, he was not as blind to his surroundings as he thought himself. He thought that these winter days were spent in long hours before white papers radiant in electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, s... | and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him,... | Night And Day |
"I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." | Mary Datchet | he said. "Well," Mary remarked,<|quote|>"I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee."</|quote|>She rose, but hesitated, looking | "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked,<|quote|>"I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee."</|quote|>She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. | pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked,<|quote|>"I ve a great deal to say to you, but I mus... | "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing... | right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine plac... | felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to ... | he was not as blind to his surroundings as he thought himself. He thought that these winter days were spent in long hours before white papers radiant in electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scattered w... | opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s... | Night And Day |
She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. | No speaker | on we have a committee."<|quote|>She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely.</|quote|>"You don t look happy, | you, but I must go on we have a committee."<|quote|>She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely.</|quote|>"You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it | he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee."<|quote|>She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely.</|quote|>"You don t l... | shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely ... | at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures....... | curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him... | were spent in long hours before white papers radiant in electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scattered with omnibuses, and of the purple shapes of leaves pressed flat upon the gravel, as if his eyes ha... | snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops here" "Oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops! My dear Ralph, what nonsense!" "You always say that," he compl... | Night And Day |
"You don t look happy, Ralph," | Mary Datchet | down upon him rather gravely.<|quote|>"You don t look happy, Ralph,"</|quote|>she said. "Is it anything, | She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely.<|quote|>"You don t look happy, Ralph,"</|quote|>she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He | went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely.<|quote|>"You don t look happy, Ralph,"</|quote|>she said. "Is it anything, or is... | spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s ... | frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes, I think so, when... | him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his ex... | electric light; and in short passages through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scattered with omnibuses, and of the purple shapes of leaves pressed flat upon the gravel, as if his eyes had always been bent upon the ground. His brain worked inc... | this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes,... | Night And Day |
she said. | No speaker | don t look happy, Ralph,"<|quote|>she said.</|quote|>"Is it anything, or is | upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph,"<|quote|>she said.</|quote|>"Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not | of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph,"<|quote|>she said.</|quote|>"Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did ... | or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than... | seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes, I think so, when you come to know them," she ad... | succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bo... | through fog-dimmed streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scattered with omnibuses, and of the purple shapes of leaves pressed flat upon the gravel, as if his eyes had always been bent upon the ground. His brain worked incessantly, but his thought was attended... | entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of im... | Night And Day |
"Is it anything, or is it nothing?" | Mary Datchet | look happy, Ralph," she said.<|quote|>"Is it anything, or is it nothing?"</|quote|>He did not immediately answer | rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said.<|quote|>"Is it anything, or is it nothing?"</|quote|>He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and | pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said.<|quote|>"Is it anything, or is it nothing?"</|quote|>He did not i... | He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he... | looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes, I think so, when you come to know them," she added, as i... | he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop th... | streets. When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scattered with omnibuses, and of the purple shapes of leaves pressed flat upon the gravel, as if his eyes had always been bent upon the ground. His brain worked incessantly, but his thought was attended with so little joy... | concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops here" "Oughtn t to be a... | Night And Day |
He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. | No speaker | anything, or is it nothing?"<|quote|>He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her.</|quote|>"I ve been bothered," he | Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?"<|quote|>He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her.</|quote|>"I ve been bothered," he s... | most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?"<|quote|>He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and... | re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a gr... | breaking the soft gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes, I think so, when you come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "... | been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, an... | work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scattered with omnibuses, and of the purple shapes of leaves pressed flat upon the gravel, as if his eyes had always been bent upon the ground. His brain worked incessantly, but his thought was attended with so little joy that he did not willingly recall ... | s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops here" "Oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops! My dear Ralph, what nonsense!" "You always say that," he complained; "and it isn t nonsen... | Night And Day |
"I ve been bothered," | Ralph Denham | he could say to her.<|quote|>"I ve been bothered,"</|quote|>he said at length. "Partly | the sort of thing that he could say to her.<|quote|>"I ve been bothered,"</|quote|>he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by | it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her.<|quote|>"I ve been bothered,"</|quote|>he said at length. "Partly... | isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, ... | come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!"... | A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be all... | his thought was attended with so little joy that he did not willingly recall it; but drove ahead, now in this direction, now in that; and came home laden with dark books borrowed from a library. Mary Datchet, coming from the Strand at lunch-time, saw him one day taking his turn, closely buttoned in an overcoat, and so ... | succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bo... | Night And Day |
he said at length. | No speaker | her. "I ve been bothered,"<|quote|>he said at length.</|quote|>"Partly by work, and partly | that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered,"<|quote|>he said at length.</|quote|>"Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has | it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered,"<|quote|>he said at length.</|quote|>"Partly by work, and partl... | more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, a... | she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning... | its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops he... | with so little joy that he did not willingly recall it; but drove ahead, now in this direction, now in that; and came home laden with dark books borrowed from a library. Mary Datchet, coming from the Strand at lunch-time, saw him one day taking his turn, closely buttoned in an overcoat, and so lost in thought that he m... | she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning... | Night And Day |
"Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" | Ralph Denham | bothered," he said at length.<|quote|>"Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer"</|quote|>"Well, there s something to | to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length.<|quote|>"Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer"</|quote|>"Well, there s something to be said for that," said | not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length.<|quote|>"Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles... | he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towar... | his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his... | concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops here" "Oughtn t to be a... | that he did not willingly recall it; but drove ahead, now in this direction, now in that; and came home laden with dark books borrowed from a library. Mary Datchet, coming from the Strand at lunch-time, saw him one day taking his turn, closely buttoned in an overcoat, and so lost in thought that he might have been sitt... | gray-blue sky with their chimneys. "Ah, well," she said, "London s a fine place to live in. I believe I could sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes, I think so, when you come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I... | Night And Day |
"Well, there s something to be said for that," | Mary Datchet | to Canada as a farmer"<|quote|>"Well, there s something to be said for that,"</|quote|>said Mary; and they passed | He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer"<|quote|>"Well, there s something to be said for that,"</|quote|>said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly | what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer"<|quote|>"Well, there s something to be said for that,"</|quote|>said Mary; an... | but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of... | cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his ... | as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops here" "Oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops! My dear Ralph, what nonsense!" "You always say that," he complained; "and it isn t nonsense. What s the point of hav... | from a library. Mary Datchet, coming from the Strand at lunch-time, saw him one day taking his turn, closely buttoned in an overcoat, and so lost in thought that he might have been sitting in his own room. She was overcome by something very like awe by the sight of him; then she felt much inclined to laugh, although he... | Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirel... | Night And Day |
said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell... | No speaker | to be said for that,"<|quote|>said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware o... | farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that,"<|quote|>said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, sooth... | of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that,"<|quote|>said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round... | don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he ... | without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit ... | s your sixpence, Mary. But you ve only got it thanks to that brute of a boy. They oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops here" "Oughtn t to be allowed to bowl hoops! My dear Ralph, what nonsense!" "You always say that," he complained; "and it isn t nonsense. What s the point of having a garden if one can t watch birds in... | at lunch-time, saw him one day taking his turn, closely buttoned in an overcoat, and so lost in thought that he might have been sitting in his own room. She was overcome by something very like awe by the sight of him; then she felt much inclined to laugh, although her pulse beat faster. She passed him, and he never saw... | She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "That s what always happens just as I ve almost got him," he said. "Here s your sixpence, Mary. But you v... | Night And Day |
"What d you want to sit on a committee for?" | Ralph Denham | with her about her work.<|quote|>"What d you want to sit on a committee for?"</|quote|>he asked. "It s waste | rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work.<|quote|>"What d you want to sit on a committee for?"</|quote|>he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I | to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work.<|quote|>"What d you want to sit on a commit... | upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, ... | her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficul... | you come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asle... | Mary had much to say to Ralph; but she was not certain how far he wished for her company. However, after a turn or two, in which a few facts were communicated, he suggested sitting down, and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll save... | considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary;... | Night And Day |
he asked. | No speaker | sit on a committee for?"<|quote|>he asked.</|quote|>"It s waste of your | "What d you want to sit on a committee for?"<|quote|>he asked.</|quote|>"It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with | told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?"<|quote|>he asked.</|quote|>"It s waste of your ... | were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state... | by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chr... | disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sle... | not certain how far he wished for her company. However, after a turn or two, in which a few facts were communicated, he suggested sitting down, and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs ... | having a garden if one can t watch birds in it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking the soft gray-blue ... | Night And Day |
"It s waste of your time, Mary." | Ralph Denham | a committee for?" he asked.<|quote|>"It s waste of your time, Mary."</|quote|>"I agree with you that | you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked.<|quote|>"It s waste of your time, Mary."</|quote|>"I agree with you that a country walk would benefit | the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked.<|quote|>"It s waste of your time, Mary."</|quo... | of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when th... | and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in t... | been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have y... | how far he wished for her company. However, after a turn or two, in which a few facts were communicated, he suggested sitting down, and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. ... | did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to ... | Night And Day |
"I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," | Mary Datchet | waste of your time, Mary."<|quote|>"I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more,"</|quote|>she said. "Look here," she | for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary."<|quote|>"I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more,"</|quote|>she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t | they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary."<|quote|>"I agree with you that a country walk wou... | his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished... | been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forw... | don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Mopi... | However, after a turn or two, in which a few facts were communicated, he suggested sitting down, and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame,"... | with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, ... | Night And Day |
she said. | No speaker | would benefit the world more,"<|quote|>she said.</|quote|>"Look here," she added suddenly, | you that a country walk would benefit the world more,"<|quote|>she said.</|quote|>"Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come | her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more,"<|quote|>she said.</|quote|>"Look here," she added suddenl... | into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the r... | a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ral... | shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely ... | he suggested sitting down, and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The spa... | I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Mo... | Night And Day |
"Look here," | Mary Datchet | the world more," she said.<|quote|>"Look here,"</|quote|>she added suddenly, "why don | a country walk would benefit the world more," she said.<|quote|>"Look here,"</|quote|>she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us | him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said.<|quote|>"Look here,"</|quote|>she added suddenly, "why don ... | shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather unc... | "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more th... | cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his ... | sitting down, and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde... | What s the point of having a garden if one can t watch birds in it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking... | Night And Day |
she added suddenly, | No speaker | more," she said. "Look here,"<|quote|>she added suddenly,</|quote|>"why don t you come | walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here,"<|quote|>she added suddenly,</|quote|>"why don t you come to us at Christmas? It | his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here,"<|quote|>she added suddenly,</|quote|>"why don t you com... | his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form ... | s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was awa... | illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and fil... | and she took the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde Park aren t a... | t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? ... | Night And Day |
"why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." | Mary Datchet | "Look here," she added suddenly,<|quote|>"why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year."</|quote|>"Come to you at Disham?" | the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly,<|quote|>"why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year."</|quote|>"Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won | the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly,<|quote|>"why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s a... | was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulatin... | be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made... | pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, sh... | the seat beside him. The sparrows came fluttering about them, and Ralph produced from his pocket the half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde Park aren t as tame as thi... | "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did no... | Night And Day |
"Come to you at Disham?" | Ralph Denham | the best time of year."<|quote|>"Come to you at Disham?"</|quote|>Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won | at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year."<|quote|>"Come to you at Disham?"</|quote|>Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But | on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year."<|quote|>"Come to you at Disham?"</|quote|>Ralph repeated. "Yes. We w... | because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of you... | again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of so... | You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve ... | half of a roll saved from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde Park aren t as tame as this. If we keep perfectly still, I ll get one to settle on my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgo... | t to be allowed to bowl hoops! My dear Ralph, what nonsense!" "You always say that," he complained; "and it isn t nonsense. What s the point of having a garden if one can t watch birds in it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." M... | Night And Day |
Ralph repeated. | No speaker | "Come to you at Disham?"<|quote|>Ralph repeated.</|quote|>"Yes. We won t interfere | the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?"<|quote|>Ralph repeated.</|quote|>"Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can | asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?"<|quote|>Ralph repeated.</|quote|>"Yes. We won t interfere with you.... | her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree ... | a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melanch... | cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you... | from his luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde Park aren t as tame as this. If we keep perfectly still, I ll get one to settle on my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of an... | What s the point of having a garden if one can t watch birds in it? The street does all right for hoops. And if children can t be trusted in the streets, their mothers should keep them at home." Mary made no answer to this remark, but frowned. She leant back on the seat and looked about her at the great houses breaking... | Night And Day |
"Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," | Mary Datchet | you at Disham?" Ralph repeated.<|quote|>"Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later,"</|quote|>she said, rather hastily, and | time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated.<|quote|>"Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later,"</|quote|>she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the | s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated.<|quote|>"Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me... | truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you... | of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, whic... | and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go... | luncheon. He threw a few crumbs among them. "I ve never seen sparrows so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde Park aren t as tame as this. If we keep perfectly still, I ll get one to settle on my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good... | did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has... | Night And Day |
she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed. | No speaker | you can tell me later,"<|quote|>she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed.</|quote|>"I... | t interfere with you. But you can tell me later,"<|quote|>she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at ... | walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later,"<|quote|>she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the... | to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look he... | now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply i... | Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gra... | so tame," Mary observed, by way of saying something. "No," said Ralph. "The sparrows in Hyde Park aren t as tame as this. If we keep perfectly still, I ll get one to settle on my arm." Mary felt that she could have forgone this display of animal good temper, but seeing that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride ... | sit and watch people all day long. I like my fellow-creatures...." Ralph sighed impatiently. "Yes, I think so, when you come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you.... | Night And Day |
"If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," | Mary Datchet | was annoyed at being annoyed.<|quote|>"If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph,"</|quote|>she reasoned, "I d better | done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed.<|quote|>"If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph,"</|quote|>she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live | rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed.<|quote|>"If I can t face a walk in a field alone with... | benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russe... | sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But ... | we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he ... | that Ralph, for some curious reason, took a pride in the sparrows, she bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportun... | Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, there s something to be said for that," said Mary; and they passed the gate, and walked slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now ... | Night And Day |
she reasoned, | No speaker | a field alone with Ralph,"<|quote|>she reasoned,</|quote|>"I d better buy a | t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph,"<|quote|>she reasoned,</|quote|>"I d better buy a cat and live in a | had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed. "If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph,"<|quote|>she reasoned,</|quote|>"I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging a... | t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of t... | she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her abou... | gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been ... | bet him sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and hi... | asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal... | Night And Day |
"I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?" | Mary Datchet | alone with Ralph," she reasoned,<|quote|>"I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?"</|quote|>She shook her head. She | a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned,<|quote|>"I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?"</|quote|>She shook her head. She really did not know what | him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed. "If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned,<|quote|>"I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally ... | come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the cou... | helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her wo... | don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it nothing?" He did not immediately answer her, but rose, too, and walked with her towards the gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he ... | sixpence that he would not succeed. "Done!" he said; and his eye, which had been gloomy, showed a spark of light. His conversation was now addressed entirely to a bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expres... | capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and... | Night And Day |
She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. Was he concealing something from her? His manner had been odd; his deep absorption had impressed her; there was something in him that she had not fathomed, and the mystery of his natur... | No speaker | mean that he _would_ come?"<|quote|>She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. Was he concealing something from her? His manner had been odd; his deep absorption had impressed her; there was something in him that she had not fa... | t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?"<|quote|>She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. Was he concealing something from her? His manner had been odd; his deep absorption had impressed her; there was something in him t... | she was annoyed at being annoyed. "If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?"<|quote|>She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quit... | can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed. "If I can t face a walk... | gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth form of expostulating with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more... | gate. As usual, he did not speak to her without considering whether what he was about to say was the sort of thing that he could say to her. "I ve been bothered," he said at length. "Partly by work, and partly by family troubles. Charles has been behaving like a fool. He wants to go out to Canada as a farmer" "Well, th... | bald cock-sparrow, who seemed bolder than the rest; and Mary took the opportunity of looking at him. She was not satisfied; his face was worn, and his expression stern. A child came bowling its hoop through the concourse of birds, and Ralph threw his last crumbs of bread into the bushes with a snort of impatience. "Tha... | much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he merely shook his head, and filled his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pos... | Night And Day |
"Miss Markham has already arrived," | Mrs. Seal | water out of a tumbler.<|quote|>"Miss Markham has already arrived,"</|quote|>Mrs. Seal remarked, with due | very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler.<|quote|>"Miss Markham has already arrived,"</|quote|>Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her | time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler.<|quote|>"Miss Markham has already a... | would work harder at the Italian language; she thought she would take up the study of birds. But this program for a perfect life threatened to become so absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Squar... | than usually baffled. Was he concealing something from her? His manner had been odd; his deep absorption had impressed her; there was something in him that she had not fathomed, and the mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she ha... | with her about her work. "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Dis... | "Yes, I think so, when you come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, ... | sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But ... | Night And Day |
Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, | No speaker | "Miss Markham has already arrived,"<|quote|>Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity,</|quote|>"and this is her dog." | water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived,"<|quote|>Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity,</|quote|>"and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too," | Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived,"<|quote|>Mrs. Seal remarked, with du... | Italian language; she thought she would take up the study of birds. But this program for a perfect life threatened to become so absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, ... | concealing something from her? His manner had been odd; his deep absorption had impressed her; there was something in him that she had not fathomed, and the mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her ... | "What d you want to sit on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Ye... | you come to know them," she added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asle... | face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?" She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. ... | Night And Day |
"and this is her dog." | Mrs. Seal | Seal remarked, with due solemnity,<|quote|>"and this is her dog."</|quote|>"A very fine dog, too," | Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity,<|quote|>"and this is her dog."</|quote|>"A very fine dog, too," said Mary, patting him on | she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity,<|quote|>"and this is her dog."</|... | take up the study of birds. But this program for a perfect life threatened to become so absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs... | had been odd; his deep absorption had impressed her; there was something in him that she had not fathomed, and the mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her sex for doing from endowing her friend wit... | on a committee for?" he asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere wi... | added, as if his disagreement had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and... | however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was... | Night And Day |
"A very fine dog, too," | Mary Datchet | "and this is her dog."<|quote|>"A very fine dog, too,"</|quote|>said Mary, patting him on | Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog."<|quote|>"A very fine dog, too,"</|quote|>said Mary, patting him on the head. "Yes. A magnificent | ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog."<|quote|>"A very fine dog, too,"</|quot... | birds. But this program for a perfect life threatened to become so absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was co... | absorption had impressed her; there was something in him that she had not fathomed, and the mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her sex for doing from endowing her friend with a kind of heavenly fi... | asked. "It s waste of your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell... | had been spoken. "That s just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What ha... | live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?" She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. Was he concealing something from her? His manner had been odd; his deep absorption... | Night And Day |
said Mary, patting him on the head. | No speaker | "A very fine dog, too,"<|quote|>said Mary, patting him on the head.</|quote|>"Yes. A magnificent fellow," Mrs. | "and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too,"<|quote|>said Mary, patting him on the head.</|quote|>"Yes. A magnificent fellow," Mrs. Seal agreed. "A kind of | was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too,"<|quote|>said Mary, patting him on the hea... | a perfect life threatened to become so absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality... | was something in him that she had not fathomed, and the mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her sex for doing from endowing her friend with a kind of heavenly fire, and passing her life before it f... | your time, Mary." "I agree with you that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, ... | just when I don t like them," he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yo... | walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?" She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. Was he ... | Night And Day |
"Yes. A magnificent fellow," | Mrs. Seal | patting him on the head.<|quote|>"Yes. A magnificent fellow,"</|quote|>Mrs. Seal agreed. "A kind | fine dog, too," said Mary, patting him on the head.<|quote|>"Yes. A magnificent fellow,"</|quote|>Mrs. Seal agreed. "A kind of St. Bernard, she tells | sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too," said Mary, patting him on the head.<|quote|>"Yes. A magnificent fellow,"</|quote|>M... | absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the land... | not fathomed, and the mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her sex for doing from endowing her friend with a kind of heavenly fire, and passing her life before it for his sanction. Under this proces... | that a country walk would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off... | he replied. "Still, I don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despi... | slowly round the Fields again, discussing difficulties which, as a matter of fact, were more or less chronic in the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that... | Night And Day |
Mrs. Seal agreed. | No speaker | head. "Yes. A magnificent fellow,"<|quote|>Mrs. Seal agreed.</|quote|>"A kind of St. Bernard, | Mary, patting him on the head. "Yes. A magnificent fellow,"<|quote|>Mrs. Seal agreed.</|quote|>"A kind of St. Bernard, she tells me so like | on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too," said Mary, patting him on the head. "Yes. A magnificent fellow,"<|quote|>Mrs. Seal agreed.</|quote|>"A ... | soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the offic... | mystery of his nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her sex for doing from endowing her friend with a kind of heavenly fire, and passing her life before it for his sanction. Under this process, the committee rathe... | would benefit the world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of... | don t see why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usu... | of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wis... | Night And Day |
"A kind of St. Bernard, she tells me so like Kit to have a St. Bernard. And you guard your mistress well, don t you, Sailor? You see that wicked men don t break into her larder when she s out at _her_ work helping poor souls who have lost their way.... But we re late we must begin!" | Mrs. Seal | magnificent fellow," Mrs. Seal agreed.<|quote|>"A kind of St. Bernard, she tells me so like Kit to have a St. Bernard. And you guard your mistress well, don t you, Sailor? You see that wicked men don t break into her larder when she s out at _her_ work helping poor souls who have lost their way.... But we re late we mu... | on the head. "Yes. A magnificent fellow," Mrs. Seal agreed.<|quote|>"A kind of St. Bernard, she tells me so like Kit to have a St. Bernard. And you guard your mistress well, don t you, Sailor? You see that wicked men don t break into her larder when she s out at _her_ work helping poor souls who have lost their way....... | outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too," said Mary, patting him on the head. "Yes. A magnificent fellow," Mrs. Seal agreed.<|quote|>"A kind of St. Bernard, she... | out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very l... | nature laid more of a spell upon her than she liked. Moreover, she could not prevent herself from doing now what she had often blamed others of her sex for doing from endowing her friend with a kind of heavenly fire, and passing her life before it for his sanction. Under this process, the committee rather dwindled in i... | world more," she said. "Look here," she added suddenly, "why don t you come to us at Christmas? It s almost the best time of year." "Come to you at Disham?" Ralph repeated. "Yes. We won t interfere with you. But you can tell me later," she said, rather hastily, and then started off in the direction of Russell Square. S... | why you shouldn t cherish that illusion, if it pleases you." He spoke without much vehemence of agreement or disagreement. He seemed chilled. "Wake up, Ralph! You re half asleep!" Mary cried, turning and pinching his sleeve. "What have you been doing with yourself? Moping? Working? Despising the world, as usual?" As he... | the Denham family, and only now brought forward to appease Mary s sympathy, which, however, soothed Ralph more than he was aware of. She made him at least dwell upon problems which were real in the sense that they were capable of solution; and the true cause of his melancholy, which was not susceptible to such treatmen... | Night And Day |
and scattering the rest of the water indiscriminately over the floor, she hurried Mary into the committee-room. CHAPTER XIV Mr. Clacton was in his glory. The machinery which he had perfected and controlled was now about to turn out its bi-monthly product, a committee meeting; and his pride in the perfect structure of t... | No speaker | re late we must begin!"<|quote|>and scattering the rest of the water indiscriminately over the floor, she hurried Mary into the committee-room. CHAPTER XIV Mr. Clacton was in his glory. The machinery which he had perfected and controlled was now about to turn out its bi-monthly product, a committee meeting; and his pri... | lost their way.... But we re late we must begin!"<|quote|>and scattering the rest of the water indiscriminately over the floor, she hurried Mary into the committee-room. CHAPTER XIV Mr. Clacton was in his glory. The machinery which he had perfected and controlled was now about to turn out its bi-monthly product, a comm... | like Kit to have a St. Bernard. And you guard your mistress well, don t you, Sailor? You see that wicked men don t break into her larder when she s out at _her_ work helping poor souls who have lost their way.... But we re late we must begin!"<|quote|>and scattering the rest of the water indiscriminately over the floor... | drink water out of a tumbler. "Miss Markham has already arrived," Mrs. Seal remarked, with due solemnity, "and this is her dog." "A very fine dog, too," said Mary, patting him on the head. "Yes. A magnificent fellow," Mrs. Seal agreed. "A kind of St. Bernard, she tells me so like Kit to have a St. Bernard. And you guar... | the Suffrage shrank; she vowed she would work harder at the Italian language; she thought she would take up the study of birds. But this program for a perfect life threatened to become so absurd that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chest... | Square. She had invited him on the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed. "If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Eal... | his pipe, she went on: "It s a bit of a pose, isn t it?" "Not more than most things," he said. "Well," Mary remarked, "I ve a great deal to say to you, but I must go on we have a committee." She rose, but hesitated, looking down upon him rather gravely. "You don t look happy, Ralph," she said. "Is it anything, or is it... | the impulse of the moment, as a vision of the country came before her; and now she was annoyed with herself for having done so, and then she was annoyed at being annoyed. "If I can t face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won... | Night And Day |
"I fancy, ladies and gentlemen, that we are ready to commence." | Mr. Clacton | was scattered about the room:<|quote|>"I fancy, ladies and gentlemen, that we are ready to commence."</|quote|>So speaking, he took his | observed to the assembly which was scattered about the room:<|quote|>"I fancy, ladies and gentlemen, that we are ready to commence."</|quote|>So speaking, he took his seat at the head of | blotting-paper in relation to the ink-pots, and now stood in front of the fire engaged in conversation with Miss Markham. But his eye was on the door, and when Mary and Mrs. Seal entered, he gave a little laugh and observed to the assembly which was scattered about the room:<|quote|>"I fancy, ladies and gentlemen, that... | his orders the table had been decorated beforehand with six sheets of blotting-paper, with six pens, six ink-pots, a tumbler and a jug of water, a bell, and, in deference to the taste of the lady members, a vase of hardy chrysanthemums. He had already surreptitiously straightened the sheets of blotting-paper in relatio... | about to turn out its bi-monthly product, a committee meeting; and his pride in the perfect structure of these assemblies was great. He loved the jargon of committee-rooms; he loved the way in which the door kept opening as the clock struck the hour, in obedience to a few strokes of his pen on a piece of paper; and whe... | that she very soon caught herself out in the evil habit, and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing out... | susceptible to such treatment, sank rather more deeply into the shades of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate obj... | face a walk in a field alone with Ralph," she reasoned, "I d better buy a cat and live in a lodging at Ealing, like Sally Seal and he won t come. Or did he mean that he _would_ come?" She shook her head. She really did not know what he had meant. She never felt quite certain; but now she was more than usually baffled. ... | Night And Day |
So speaking, he took his seat at the head of the table, and arranging one bundle of papers upon his right and another upon his left, called upon Miss Datchet to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mary obeyed. A keen observer might have wondered why it was necessary for the secretary to knit her brows so closely ... | No speaker | we are ready to commence."<|quote|>So speaking, he took his seat at the head of the table, and arranging one bundle of papers upon his right and another upon his left, called upon Miss Datchet to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mary obeyed. A keen observer might have wondered why it was necessary for the secr... | fancy, ladies and gentlemen, that we are ready to commence."<|quote|>So speaking, he took his seat at the head of the table, and arranging one bundle of papers upon his right and another upon his left, called upon Miss Datchet to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mary obeyed. A keen observer might have wondered... | of the fire engaged in conversation with Miss Markham. But his eye was on the door, and when Mary and Mrs. Seal entered, he gave a little laugh and observed to the assembly which was scattered about the room: "I fancy, ladies and gentlemen, that we are ready to commence."<|quote|>So speaking, he took his seat at the he... | of blotting-paper, with six pens, six ink-pots, a tumbler and a jug of water, a bell, and, in deference to the taste of the lady members, a vase of hardy chrysanthemums. He had already surreptitiously straightened the sheets of blotting-paper in relation to the ink-pots, and now stood in front of the fire engaged in co... | his pride in the perfect structure of these assemblies was great. He loved the jargon of committee-rooms; he loved the way in which the door kept opening as the clock struck the hour, in obedience to a few strokes of his pen on a piece of paper; and when it had opened sufficiently often, he loved to issue from his inne... | and was rehearsing her speech to the committee by the time the chestnut-colored bricks of Russell Square came in sight. Indeed, she never noticed them. She ran upstairs as usual, and was completely awakened to reality by the sight of Mrs. Seal, on the landing outside the office, inducing a very large dog to drink water... | of his mind. Mary was attentive; she was helpful. Ralph could not help feeling grateful to her, the more so, perhaps, because he had not told her the truth about his state; and when they reached the gate again he wished to make some affectionate objection to her leaving him. But his affection took the rather uncouth fo... | friend with a kind of heavenly fire, and passing her life before it for his sanction. Under this process, the committee rather dwindled in importance; the Suffrage shrank; she vowed she would work harder at the Italian language; she thought she would take up the study of birds. But this program for a perfect life threa... | Night And Day |
"My friends think all this kind of thing useless." | Mary Datchet | expressed herself with unusual bitterness:<|quote|>"My friends think all this kind of thing useless."</|quote|>She felt that she was | few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness:<|quote|>"My friends think all this kind of thing useless."</|quote|>She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph | most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness:<|quote|>"My friends think all... | anxious to bring the others round to her point of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses... | said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by some trick of the brain, she found herself becoming interested in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain articles were to be written; certain editors approached. What line was it advisable to take?... | blotting-paper, which, she could not deny, was really a bald-headed cock-sparrow. She looked again at Mr. Clacton; yes, he was bald, and so are cock-sparrows. Never was a secretary tormented by so many unsuitable suggestions, and they all came, alas! with something ludicrously grotesque about them, which might, at any ... | gentlemen, that we are ready to commence." So speaking, he took his seat at the head of the table, and arranging one bundle of papers upon his right and another upon his left, called upon Miss Datchet to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mary obeyed. A keen observer might have wondered why it was necessary for ... | one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by some trick of the brain, she found herself becoming interested in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain artic... | Night And Day |
She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. | No speaker | this kind of thing useless."<|quote|>She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself.</|quote|>"Oh, they re that sort, | bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless."<|quote|>She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself.</|quote|>"Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, | interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless."<|quote|>She felt that she... | of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among ... | all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by some trick of the brain, she found herself becoming interested in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain articles were to be written; certain editors approached. What line was it advisable to take? She found herself strongly disapproving of what Mr. ... | bald-headed cock-sparrow. She looked again at Mr. Clacton; yes, he was bald, and so are cock-sparrows. Never was a secretary tormented by so many unsuitable suggestions, and they all came, alas! with something ludicrously grotesque about them, which might, at any moment, provoke her to such flippancy as would shock her... | he took his seat at the head of the table, and arranging one bundle of papers upon his right and another upon his left, called upon Miss Datchet to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mary obeyed. A keen observer might have wondered why it was necessary for the secretary to knit her brows so closely over the tole... | presence of Ralph Denham, who threatened to have it all his own way. Mary tried half a dozen methods of ousting him. She raised her voice, she articulated distinctly, she looked firmly at Mr. Clacton s bald head, she began to write a note. To her annoyance, her pencil drew a little round figure on the blotting-paper, w... | Night And Day |
said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; she felt convinced of its right and its wrong; and the... | No speaker | re that sort, are they?"<|quote|>said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; she felt convinced of... | to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?"<|quote|>said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly ... | Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?"<|quote|>said Miss Markham, with a lit... | emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when ... | in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain articles were to be written; certain editors approached. What line was it advisable to take? She found herself strongly disapproving of what Mr. Clacton was saying. She committed herself to the opinion that now was the time to strike hard. Directly she had sai... | a secretary tormented by so many unsuitable suggestions, and they all came, alas! with something ludicrously grotesque about them, which might, at any moment, provoke her to such flippancy as would shock her colleagues for ever. The thought of what she might say made her bite her lips, as if her lips would protect her.... | right and another upon his left, called upon Miss Datchet to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mary obeyed. A keen observer might have wondered why it was necessary for the secretary to knit her brows so closely over the tolerably matter-of-fact statement before her. Could there be any doubt in her mind that it... | when the committee was over. Meanwhile, she was behaving scandalously; she was looking out of the window, and thinking of the color of the sky, and of the decorations on the Imperial Hotel, when she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself t... | Night And Day |
"What do I matter compared with the cause?" | Mary Datchet | begged her to descend. But<|quote|>"What do I matter compared with the cause?"</|quote|>she said, and so on. | platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But<|quote|>"What do I matter compared with the cause?"</|quote|>she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however | to deal a heavy blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But<|quote|>"What do I matter... | legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; she felt convinced of its right and its wrong; and the feeling that she was fit to deal a heavy blow against her enemies wa... | ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends ... | and thinking of the color of the sky, and of the decorations on the Imperial Hotel, when she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he... | perfect sense and propriety of these statements be disturbing her? No one could have guessed, from the look of her, that she was disturbed at all. A pleasanter and saner woman than Mary Datchet was never seen within a committee-room. She seemed a compound of the autumn leaves and the winter sunshine; less poetically sp... | she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without ... | Night And Day |
she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, | No speaker | matter compared with the cause?"<|quote|>she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded,</|quote|>"Action! everywhere! at once!" as | descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?"<|quote|>she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded,</|quote|>"Action! everywhere! at once!" as became h... | warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?"<|quote|>she said, and ... | been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; she felt convinced of its right and its wrong; and the feeling that she was fit to deal a heavy blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one o... | in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends thin... | and of the decorations on the Imperial Hotel, when she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested... | disturbing her? No one could have guessed, from the look of her, that she was disturbed at all. A pleasanter and saner woman than Mary Datchet was never seen within a committee-room. She seemed a compound of the autumn leaves and the winter sunshine; less poetically speaking, she showed both gentleness and strength, an... | Directly she had said this, she felt that she had turned upon Ralph s ghost; and she became more and more in earnest, and anxious to bring the others round to her point of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loom... | Night And Day |
"Action! everywhere! at once!" | Mrs. Seal | than once when she demanded,<|quote|>"Action! everywhere! at once!"</|quote|>as became her father s | Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded,<|quote|>"Action! everywhere! at once!"</|quote|>as became her father s daughter. The other members of | vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?" she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded,<|quote|>"Action! everywhere! at once!"... | the feeling that she was fit to deal a heavy blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. ... | her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions ... | one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by some trick of the brain, she found herself becoming interested in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain artic... | of the autumn leaves and the winter sunshine; less poetically speaking, she showed both gentleness and strength, an indefinable promise of soft maternity blending with her evident fitness for honest labor. Nevertheless, she had great difficulty in reducing her mind to obedience; and her reading lacked conviction, as if... | many unsuitable suggestions, and they all came, alas! with something ludicrously grotesque about them, which might, at any moment, provoke her to such flippancy as would shock her colleagues for ever. The thought of what she might say made her bite her lips, as if her lips would protect her. But all these suggestions w... | Night And Day |
as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she fe... | No speaker | demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!"<|quote|>as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them ... | more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!"<|quote|>as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling t... | descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?" she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!"<|quote|>as became her father... | was fit to deal a heavy blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter... | names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Ma... | another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by some trick of the brain, she found herself becoming interested in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain articles were to be writt... | and the winter sunshine; less poetically speaking, she showed both gentleness and strength, an indefinable promise of soft maternity blending with her evident fitness for honest labor. Nevertheless, she had great difficulty in reducing her mind to obedience; and her reading lacked conviction, as if, as was indeed the c... | have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious eff... | Night And Day |
"If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." | Mary Datchet | the little figures and thought,<|quote|>"If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you."</|quote|>Then Mrs. Seal came and | lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought,<|quote|>"If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you."</|quote|>Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t | stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought,<|quote|>"If I liked I could make you ... | some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were al... | point she felt a slight degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appoi... | of its right and its wrong; and the feeling that she was fit to deal a heavy blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralp... | if her lips would protect her. But all these suggestions were but flotsam and jetsam cast to the surface by a more profound disturbance, which, as she could not consider it at present, manifested its existence by these grotesque nods and beckonings. Consider it, she must, when the committee was over. Meanwhile, she was... | of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing usel... | Night And Day |
Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. | No speaker | what I liked with you."<|quote|>Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her.</|quote|>"Oughtn t you to put | double file; I could do what I liked with you."<|quote|>Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her.</|quote|>"Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" | farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you."<|quote|>Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her.</|quote|>"Oughtn t you to... | excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance... | the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angl... | of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?" she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept... | manifested its existence by these grotesque nods and beckonings. Consider it, she must, when the committee was over. Meanwhile, she was behaving scandalously; she was looking out of the window, and thinking of the color of the sky, and of the decorations on the Imperial Hotel, when she ought to have been shepherding he... | her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against ea... | Night And Day |
"Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" | Mary Datchet | came and stood by her.<|quote|>"Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?"</|quote|>Mary asked, in rather a | with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her.<|quote|>"Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?"</|quote|>Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling | arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her.<|quote|>"Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?"</|quote|... | cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and ... | for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of w... | frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?" she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, an... | beckonings. Consider it, she must, when the committee was over. Meanwhile, she was behaving scandalously; she was looking out of the window, and thinking of the color of the sky, and of the decorations on the Imperial Hotel, when she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in ... | partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she felt that no work can equal in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of contempt... | Night And Day |
Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. | No speaker | something round your shoulders, Sally?"<|quote|>Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion.</|quote|>"Well, did you enjoy yourself?" | "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?"<|quote|>Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion.</|quote|>"Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little | I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?"<|quote|>Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of... | by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or... | keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotte... | upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause?" she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Act... | Meanwhile, she was behaving scandalously; she was looking out of the window, and thinking of the color of the sky, and of the decorations on the Imperial Hotel, when she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one p... | the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water... | Night And Day |
"Well, did you enjoy yourself?" | Mary Datchet | no attention to the suggestion.<|quote|>"Well, did you enjoy yourself?"</|quote|>Mary asked, with a little | woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion.<|quote|>"Well, did you enjoy yourself?"</|quote|>Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a | liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion.<|quote|>"Well, did you enjoy y... | pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to... | of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help... | however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impr... | she ought to have been shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without ... | and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; she felt convinced of its right and its wrong; and the feeling that she was fit to deal a heav... | Night And Day |
Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, | No speaker | "Well, did you enjoy yourself?"<|quote|>Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by,</|quote|>"Ah, if only one could | no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?"<|quote|>Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by,</|quote|>"Ah, if only one could get every one of those | Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?"<|quote|>Mary asked, with ... | In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoul... | at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and sauce... | she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side... | shepherding her colleagues, and pinning them down to the matter in hand. She could not bring herself to attach more weight to one project than to another. Ralph had said she could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by so... | their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was... | Night And Day |
"Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." | Mrs. Seal | Row, and at the passers-by,<|quote|>"Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...."</|quote|>Mary knew herself to be | upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by,<|quote|>"Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...."</|quote|>Mary knew herself to be very much wiser th... | the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by,<|quote|>"... | you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid n... | Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying acros... | daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she felt that no work can equ... | could not stop to consider what he had said, but he had somehow divested the proceedings of all reality. And then, without conscious effort, by some trick of the brain, she found herself becoming interested in some scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain articles were to be written; certain editors approach... | place; she felt convinced of its right and its wrong; and the feeling that she was fit to deal a heavy blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a... | Night And Day |
Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. | No speaker | could _make_ them see it...."<|quote|>Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwind... | some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...."<|quote|>Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she cou... | looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...."<|quote|>Mary knew herself to be very much... | in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon ... | looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop s... | feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she felt that no work can equal in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The... | scheme for organizing a newspaper campaign. Certain articles were to be written; certain editors approached. What line was it advisable to take? She found herself strongly disapproving of what Mr. Clacton was saying. She committed herself to the opinion that now was the time to strike hard. Directly she had said this, ... | other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she felt that no work can equal in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of c... | Night And Day |
"Let s have our tea," | Mary Datchet | could direct everybody dwindled away.<|quote|>"Let s have our tea,"</|quote|>she said, turning back from | her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away.<|quote|>"Let s have our tea,"</|quote|>she said, turning back from the window and pulling down | herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away.<|quote|>"Let s have our tea,"</|quote|... | too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal... | make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiast... | degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other commi... | she felt that she had turned upon Ralph s ghost; and she became more and more in earnest, and anxious to bring the others round to her point of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists,... | who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy peop... | Night And Day |
she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. | No speaker | "Let s have our tea,"<|quote|>she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind.</|quote|>"It was a good meeting | could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea,"<|quote|>she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind.</|quote|>"It was a good meeting didn t you think so, | wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea,"<|quote|>she said, turning back from the ... | Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said any... | or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little... | people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all bu... | turned upon Ralph s ghost; and she became more and more in earnest, and anxious to bring the others round to her point of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors... | importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, s... | Night And Day |
"It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" | Mary Datchet | and pulling down the blind.<|quote|>"It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?"</|quote|>she let fall, casually, as | turning back from the window and pulling down the blind.<|quote|>"It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?"</|quote|>she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the | it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind.<|quote|>"It was a good meeting didn t... | every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatica... | in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggesti... | their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was... | earnest, and anxious to bring the others round to her point of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of al... | Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fr... | Night And Day |
she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? | No speaker | t you think so, Sally?"<|quote|>she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient?</|quote|>"But we go at such | was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?"<|quote|>she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient?</|quote|>"But we go at such a snail s pace," said | all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?"<|quote|>she let fall, casually, as she sat down at t... | understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it.... | Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, wit... | the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angl... | of view. Once more, she knew exactly and indisputably what is right and what is wrong. As if emerging from a mist, the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among ... | "What do I matter compared with the cause?" she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The othe... | Night And Day |
"But we go at such a snail s pace," | Mrs. Seal | Mary had been extraordinarily efficient?<|quote|>"But we go at such a snail s pace,"</|quote|>said Sally, shaking her head | Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient?<|quote|>"But we go at such a snail s pace,"</|quote|>said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst | "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient?<|quote|>"But we go at such a snail s pace,"</|quo... | herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turnin... | a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Sq... | other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began p... | the old foes of the public good loomed ahead of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her... | in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases... | Night And Day |
said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. | No speaker | such a snail s pace,"<|quote|>said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated.</|quote|>"You can afford to laugh," | efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace,"<|quote|>said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated.</|quote|>"You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake | from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace,"<|quote|>said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this ... | and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the bl... | pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, ... | Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room... | of her capitalists, newspaper proprietors, anti-suffragists, and, in some ways most pernicious of all, the masses who take no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of her... | the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water... | Night And Day |
"You can afford to laugh," | Mrs. Seal | all her arrogance was dissipated.<|quote|>"You can afford to laugh,"</|quote|>said Sally, with another shake | Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated.<|quote|>"You can afford to laugh,"</|quote|>said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I | Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated.<|quote|>"You can afford to laugh,... | of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the ta... | you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! Bu... | blotting-paper were lying at different angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Se... | no interest one way or another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was ... | their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. Seal, and Mr. Clacton were left alone; the room was hot and untidy, the pieces of pink blotting-paper... | Night And Day |
said Sally, with another shake of her head, | No speaker | "You can afford to laugh,"<|quote|>said Sally, with another shake of her head,</|quote|>"but I can t. I | all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh,"<|quote|>said Sally, with another shake of her head,</|quote|>"but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare | as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh,"<|quote|>said Sally, with another shake... | to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal ... | with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some ... | angles upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung... | another among whom, for the time being, she certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to R... | with a sense of power; and she felt that no work can equal in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their pape... | Night And Day |
"but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." | Mrs. Seal | another shake of her head,<|quote|>"but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do."</|quote|>"Oh, no, you won t | to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head,<|quote|>"but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do."</|quote|>"Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said | Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head,<|quote|>"but I can t. I m fifty... | her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraord... | deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them ... | half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out... | certainly discerned the features of Ralph Denham. Indeed, when Miss Markham asked her to suggest the names of a few friends of hers, she expressed herself with unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are th... | no work can equal in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of making other people do what you want them to do. Indeed, when she had won her point she felt a slight degree of contempt for the people who had yielded to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in t... | Night And Day |
"Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," | Mary Datchet | it if we ever do."<|quote|>"Oh, no, you won t be in your grave,"</|quote|>said Mary, kindly. "It ll | by the time we get it if we ever do."<|quote|>"Oh, no, you won t be in your grave,"</|quote|>said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," | Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do."<|quote|>"Oh, no, you won t be in your grave,"</|quote|>said Mary, kindly. "It ll... | "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was d... | every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatica... | to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavemen... | unusual bitterness: "My friends think all this kind of thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-ro... | upon the table, and the tumbler was half full of water, which some one had poured out and forgotten to drink. Mrs. Seal began preparing the tea, while Mr. Clacton retired to his room to file the fresh accumulation of documents. Mary was too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the... | Night And Day |
said Mary, kindly. | No speaker | t be in your grave,"<|quote|>said Mary, kindly.</|quote|>"It ll be such a | do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave,"<|quote|>said Mary, kindly.</|quote|>"It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, | dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave,"<|quote|>said Mary, kindly.</|quote|>"It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss ... | so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," sa... | make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said a... | too much excited even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful ... | thing useless." She felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew t... | woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those... | Night And Day |
"It ll be such a great day," | Mrs. Seal | your grave," said Mary, kindly.<|quote|>"It ll be such a great day,"</|quote|>said Mrs. Seal, with a | you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly.<|quote|>"It ll be such a great day,"</|quote|>said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A | afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly.<|quote|>"It ll be such a great day,"</|quote|>said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A grea... | let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with a... | for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this oc... | even to help Mrs. Seal with the cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary l... | felt that she was really saying that to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this worl... | asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too... | Night And Day |
said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. | No speaker | be such a great day,"<|quote|>said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks.</|quote|>"A great day, not only | said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day,"<|quote|>said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks.</|quote|>"A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. | shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day,"<|quote|>said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks.</|quote|>"A great day, not only for us, but for civilizatio... | at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can... | the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she c... | cups and saucers. She flung up the window and stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and ... | to Ralph himself. "Oh, they re that sort, are they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; s... | stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. S... | Night And Day |
"A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you know. We do want the people after us to have a better time of it and so many don t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?" | Mrs. Seal | a toss of her locks.<|quote|>"A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you know. We do want the people after us to have a better time of it and so many don t see it. I wonder how it is that the... | day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks.<|quote|>"A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you know. We do want the people after us to have a better time of it and so many don t see it. ... | m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks.<|quote|>"A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these... | Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in ... | them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought of all that there was to be said against it. On this occasion her arrogant feeling that she could direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have... | stood by it, looking out. The street lamps were already lit; and through the mist in the square one could see little figures hurrying across the road and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in th... | they?" said Miss Markham, with a little laugh; and with renewed vigor their legions charged the foe. Mary s spirits had been low when she entered the committee-room; but now they were considerably improved. She knew the ways of this world; it was a shapely, orderly place; she felt convinced of its right and its wrong; ... | of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary ... | Night And Day |
She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. | No speaker | they don t see it?"<|quote|>She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of ... | wonder how it is that they don t see it?"<|quote|>She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs... | about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you know. We do want the people after us to have a better time of it and so many don t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?"<|quote|>She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences ... | it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you ... | and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing,... | walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "Oughtn t you to put something round your shoulders, Sally?" Mary asked, in rather a condescending tone of voice, feeling a sort of pity for the enthusiastic ineffective little woman. But Mrs. Seal paid no at... | blow against her enemies warmed her heart and kindled her eye. In one of those flights of fancy, not characteristic of her but tiresomely frequent this afternoon, she envisaged herself battered with rotten eggs upon a platform, from which Ralph vainly begged her to descend. But "What do I matter compared with the cause... | direct everybody dwindled away. "Let s have our tea," she said, turning back from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at suc... | Night And Day |
"You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," | Mary Datchet | of nothing but her vision.<|quote|>"You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day,"</|quote|>she said, rising and trying | herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision.<|quote|>"You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day,"</|quote|>she said, rising and trying to take a plate of | and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision.<|quote|>"You mustn t wear yo... | one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you know. We do want the people after us to have a better time of it and so many don t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart... | this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a g... | But Mrs. Seal paid no attention to the suggestion. "Well, did you enjoy yourself?" Mary asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people... | she said, and so on. Much to her credit, however teased by foolish fancies, she kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rat... | that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall b... | Night And Day |
she said, rising and trying to take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands. | No speaker | to see the great day,"<|quote|>she said, rising and trying to take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands.</|quote|>"My dear child, what else | out, Sally, if you want to see the great day,"<|quote|>she said, rising and trying to take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands.</|quote|>"My dear child, what else is my old body good | usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day,"<|quote|>she said, rising and try... | do want the people after us to have a better time of it and so many don t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity wi... | laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A great day, not only for us, but... | asked, with a little laugh. Mrs. Seal drew a deep breath, restrained herself, and then burst out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the trut... | kept the surface of her brain moderate and vigilant, and subdued Mrs. Seal very tactfully more than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side wit... | and along the pavement, on the farther side. In her absurd mood of lustful arrogance, Mary looked at the little figures and thought, "If I liked I could make you go in there or stop short; I could make you walk in single file or in double file; I could do what I liked with you." Then Mrs. Seal came and stood by her. "O... | Night And Day |
"My dear child, what else is my old body good for?" | Mrs. Seal | from Mrs. Seal s hands.<|quote|>"My dear child, what else is my old body good for?"</|quote|>she exclaimed, clinging more tightly | take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands.<|quote|>"My dear child, what else is my old body good for?"</|quote|>she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate | something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," she said, rising and trying to take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands.<|quote|>"My dear child, what else is my old bod... | don t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about hers... | and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of... | out, looking out, too, upon Russell Square and Southampton Row, and at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wi... | than once when she demanded, "Action! everywhere! at once!" as became her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she contr... | out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said ... | Night And Day |
she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits. | No speaker | my old body good for?"<|quote|>she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits.</|quote|>"Shouldn t I be proud | dear child, what else is my old body good for?"<|quote|>she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits.</|quote|>"Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have | Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," she said, rising and trying to take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands. "My dear child, what else is my old body good for?"<|quote|>she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate ... | don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but h... | the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great marc... | at the passers-by, "Ah, if only one could get every one of those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was... | her father s daughter. The other members of the committee, who were all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she felt that no... | dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by the time we get it if we ever do." "Oh, no, you won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A ... | Night And Day |
"Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have to the cause? for I m not an intelligence like you. There were domestic circumstances I d like to tell you one of these days so I say foolish things. I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton doesn t. It s a great mistake, to lose one s head. But my heart s in the ... | Mrs. Seal | to her plate of biscuits.<|quote|>"Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have to the cause? for I m not an intelligence like you. There were domestic circumstances I d like to tell you one of these days so I say foolish things. I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton doesn t. It s a great mistake, to lose ... | clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits.<|quote|>"Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have to the cause? for I m not an intelligence like you. There were domestic circumstances I d like to tell you one of these days so I say foolish things. I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton doesn... | yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," she said, rising and trying to take a plate of biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands. "My dear child, what else is my old body good for?" she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits.<|quote|>"Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have t... | cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you ... | won t be in your grave," said Mary, kindly. "It ll be such a great day," said Mrs. Seal, with a toss of her locks. "A great day, not only for us, but for civilization. That s what I feel, you know, about these meetings. Each one of them is a step onwards in the great march humanity, you know. We do want the people afte... | those people into this room, and make them understand for five minutes! But they _must_ see the truth some day.... If only one could _make_ them see it...." Mary knew herself to be very much wiser than Mrs. Seal, and when Mrs. Seal said anything, even if it was what Mary herself was feeling, she automatically thought o... | all rather elderly people, were a good deal impressed by Mary, and inclined to side with her and against each other, partly, perhaps, because of her youth. The feeling that she controlled them all filled Mary with a sense of power; and she felt that no work can equal in importance, or be so exciting as, the work of mak... | extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary burst out laughing, and all her arrogance was dissipated. "You can afford to laugh," said Sally, with another shake of her head, "but I can t. I m fifty-five, and I dare say I shall be in my grave by th... | Night And Day |
They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, when pulled, would completely change the pageant exhibited... | No speaker | t think her looking well."<|quote|>They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, when pulled, would comp... | big dog, for I didn t think her looking well."<|quote|>They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, whe... | things. I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton doesn t. It s a great mistake, to lose one s head. But my heart s in the right place. And I m so glad Kit has a big dog, for I didn t think her looking well."<|quote|>They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rathe... | exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits. "Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have to the cause? for I m not an intelligence like you. There were domestic circumstances I d like to tell you one of these days so I say foolish things. I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton do... | t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her v... | from the window and pulling down the blind. "It was a good meeting didn t you think so, Sally?" she let fall, casually, as she sat down at the table. Surely Mrs. Seal must realize that Mary had been extraordinarily efficient? "But we go at such a snail s pace," said Sally, shaking her head impatiently. At this Mary bur... | to her. The committee now rose, gathered together their papers, shook them straight, placed them in their attache-cases, snapped the locks firmly together, and hurried away, having, for the most part, to catch trains, in order to keep other appointments with other committees, for they were all busy people. Mary, Mrs. S... | t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself,... | Night And Day |
"We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," | Katharine Hilbery | not now exercise her self-control.<|quote|>"We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up,"</|quote|>Katharine explained, standing and looking | personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control.<|quote|>"We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up,"</|quote|>Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and | and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control.<|quote|>"We were pass... | reins of all the troublesome emotions which the sight of Ralph would certainly arouse. She composed herself unnecessarily, however, for she had to admit, not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, an... | the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there ca... | and faded distinctly by the time she crossed the main road; then a belated organ-grinder in Holborn set her thoughts dancing incongruously; and by the time she was crossing the great misty square of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of huma... | time of it and so many don t see it. I wonder how it is that they don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had b... | and, no doubt, Ralph wouldn t come at Christmas, and she would take long walks into the heart of the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. S... | Night And Day |
Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. | No speaker | window, so we came up,"<|quote|>Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded.</|quote|>"We have been to see | saw a light in your window, so we came up,"<|quote|>Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded.</|quote|>"We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, | they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up,"<|quote|>Katharine explained,... | She composed herself unnecessarily, however, for she had to admit, not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. Sh... | she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph h... | organ-grinder in Holborn set her thoughts dancing incongruously; and by the time she was crossing the great misty square of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a su... | is that they don t see it?" She was carrying plates and cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of ... | was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had walked that morning, ... | Night And Day |
"We have been to see some pictures," | William Rodney | and distinguished and rather absent-minded.<|quote|>"We have been to see some pictures,"</|quote|>said William. "Oh, dear," he | standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded.<|quote|>"We have been to see some pictures,"</|quote|>said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this | the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded.<... | but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, s... | full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment befor... | she was crossing the great misty square of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All... | cups from the cupboard as she spoke, so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, ... | on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly... | Night And Day |
said William. | No speaker | been to see some pictures,"<|quote|>said William.</|quote|>"Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking | and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures,"<|quote|>said William.</|quote|>"Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds | she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures,"<|quote|>sa... | impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that ... | one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to fee... | of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where t... | so that her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great d... | the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, when pulled, would completely change the pageant exhibited daily to those who read the newspapers. Although their views were very diffe... | Night And Day |
"Oh, dear," | William Rodney | see some pictures," said William.<|quote|>"Oh, dear,"</|quote|>he exclaimed, looking about him, | absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William.<|quote|>"Oh, dear,"</|quote|>he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of | instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William.<|quot... | that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a... | love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her han... | s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had wal... | her sentences were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," she... | again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had walked that morning, and the sparrows silent... | Night And Day |
he exclaimed, looking about him, | No speaker | pictures," said William. "Oh, dear,"<|quote|>he exclaimed, looking about him,</|quote|>"this room reminds me of | have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear,"<|quote|>he exclaimed, looking about him,</|quote|>"this room reminds me of one of the worst hours | Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear,"<|quote|>... | were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personali... | the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her hands secur... | Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had walked th... | were more than usually broken apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," she said, rising ... | she was crossing the great misty square of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All... | Night And Day |
"this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." | William Rodney | he exclaimed, looking about him,<|quote|>"this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get thro... | pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him,<|quote|>"this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet jus... | moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him,<|quote|>"... | She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not no... | She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her hands secure upon the reins of al... | depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had walked that morning, and the sparr... | apart. Mary could not help looking at the odd little priestess of humanity with something like admiration. While she had been thinking about herself, Mrs. Seal had thought of nothing but her vision. "You mustn t wear yourself out, Sally, if you want to see the great day," she said, rising and trying to take a plate of ... | on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly... | Night And Day |
Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words w... | No speaker | to get through, I remember."<|quote|>Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, an... | made it possible for me to get through, I remember."<|quote|>Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one youn... | worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember."<|quote|>Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, ... | "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence... | reins of all the troublesome emotions which the sight of Ralph would certainly arouse. She composed herself unnecessarily, however, for she had to admit, not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, an... | bare trees. But the lights in her own building soon cheered her; all these different states of mind were submerged in the deep flood of desires, thoughts, perceptions, antagonisms, which washed perpetually at the base of her being, to rise into prominence in turn when the conditions of the upper world were favorable. S... | biscuits from Mrs. Seal s hands. "My dear child, what else is my old body good for?" she exclaimed, clinging more tightly than before to her plate of biscuits. "Shouldn t I be proud to give everything I have to the cause? for I m not an intelligence like you. There were domestic circumstances I d like to tell you one o... | mind were submerged in the deep flood of desires, thoughts, perceptions, antagonisms, which washed perpetually at the base of her being, to rise into prominence in turn when the conditions of the upper world were favorable. She put off the hour of clear thought until Christmas, saying to herself, as she lit her fire, t... | Night And Day |
"We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," | Katharine Hilbery | formed words which remained unspoken.<|quote|>"We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery,"</|quote|>said Katharine, apparently paying no | other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken.<|quote|>"We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery,"</|quote|>said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting | and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken.<|quote|>"We have been seein... | paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitali... | nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Kath... | clear thought until Christmas, saying to herself, as she lit her fire, that it is impossible to think anything out in London; and, no doubt, Ralph wouldn t come at Christmas, and she would take long walks into the heart of the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought... | you one of these days so I say foolish things. I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton doesn t. It s a great mistake, to lose one s head. But my heart s in the right place. And I m so glad Kit has a big dog, for I didn t think her looking well." They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had bee... | no doubt, Ralph wouldn t come at Christmas, and she would take long walks into the heart of the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She ha... | Night And Day |
said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. | No speaker | masters at the Grafton Gallery,"<|quote|>said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others.</|quote|>"Would you believe it, Miss | "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery,"<|quote|>said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others.</|quote|>"Would you be... | pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery,"<|quote|>said Katharine, ap... | Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made... | heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall... | her fire, that it is impossible to think anything out in London; and, no doubt, Ralph wouldn t come at Christmas, and she would take long walks into the heart of the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of comp... | I lose my head, you know. You don t. Mr. Clacton doesn t. It s a great mistake, to lose one s head. But my heart s in the right place. And I m so glad Kit has a big dog, for I didn t think her looking well." They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimatel... | she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph h... | Night And Day |
"Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," | William Rodney | still further from the others.<|quote|>"Would you believe it, Miss Datchet,"</|quote|>William continued, "Katharine doesn t | face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others.<|quote|>"Would you believe it, Miss Datchet,"</|quote|>William continued, "Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t | unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others.<|quote|>"Would you b... | gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seein... | your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sa... | the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she... | big dog, for I didn t think her looking well." They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, when pulled... | that it is impossible to think anything out in London; and, no doubt, Ralph wouldn t come at Christmas, and she would take long walks into the heart of the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; li... | Night And Day |
William continued, | No speaker | you believe it, Miss Datchet,"<|quote|>William continued,</|quote|>"Katharine doesn t like Titian. | further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet,"<|quote|>William continued,</|quote|>"Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, | masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet,"<|quote|>William c... | with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery,... | Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Kat... | she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph h... | think her looking well." They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, when pulled, would completely cha... | she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph h... | Night And Day |
"Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire" | William Rodney | it, Miss Datchet," William continued,<|quote|>"Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire"</|quote|>Had they been ... | the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," William continued,<|quote|>"Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devo... | the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," William continued,<|quote|>"... | His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Kath... | standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst.... | drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to vi... | looking well." They had their tea, and went over many of the points that had been raised in the committee rather more intimately than had been possible then; and they all felt an agreeable sense of being in some way behind the scenes; of having their hands upon strings which, when pulled, would completely change the pa... | feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat there for five minutes or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Acc... | Night And Day |
Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expressi... | No speaker | nature. I come from Devonshire"<|quote|>Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fir... | example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire"<|quote|>Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash fr... | Miss Datchet," William continued, "Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire"<|quote|>Had they been quarreling, M... | seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," Willia... | all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant... | came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her hands secure upon the reins of all the troublesome emotions which the sight of Ralph would certainly arouse. She composed herself... | hands upon strings which, when pulled, would completely change the pageant exhibited daily to those who read the newspapers. Although their views were very different, this sense united them and made them almost cordial in their manners to each other. Mary, however, left the tea-party rather early, desiring both to be a... | of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gl... | Night And Day |
"Perhaps, Mary," | Katharine Hilbery | solicitude, at the irritable man.<|quote|>"Perhaps, Mary,"</|quote|>she said tentatively, "you wouldn | with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man.<|quote|>"Perhaps, Mary,"</|quote|>she said tentatively, "you wouldn t mind giving us some | that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man.<|quote|>"Perhaps, M... | doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire" Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or wer... | although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to ... | to admit, not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the fi... | Queen s Hall. She fully intended to use her loneliness to think out her position with regard to Ralph; but although she walked back to the Strand with this end in view, she found her mind uncomfortably full of different trains of thought. She started one and then another. They seemed even to take their color from the s... | Ralph wouldn t come at Christmas, and she would take long walks into the heart of the country, and decide this question and all the others that puzzled her. Meanwhile, she thought, drawing her feet up on to the fender, life was full of complexity; life was a thing one must love to the last fiber of it. She had sat ther... | Night And Day |
she said tentatively, | No speaker | the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary,"<|quote|>she said tentatively,</|quote|>"you wouldn t mind giving | odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary,"<|quote|>she said tentatively,</|quote|>"you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did | sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary,"<|quote|>she sai... | like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire" Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they e... | made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and... | not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disapp... | Hall. She fully intended to use her loneliness to think out her position with regard to Ralph; but although she walked back to the Strand with this end in view, she found her mind uncomfortably full of different trains of thought. She started one and then another. They seemed even to take their color from the street sh... | her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her hands secure upon the reins of all the troublesome emotions which the sight of Ralph would certainly arouse. She composed herself unnecessarily, however, for she had to admit, not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first imp... | Night And Day |
"you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did try to get some, but the shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William." | Katharine Hilbery | "Perhaps, Mary," she said tentatively,<|quote|>"you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did try to get some, but the shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William."</|quote|>She spoke with a kind | solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary," she said tentatively,<|quote|>"you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did try to get some, but the shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William."</|quote|>She s... | her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary," she said tentatively,<|quote|>"y... | doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire" Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Kath... | The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, apparently paying no attention to William, and accepting a cig... | Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She felt herself shabby and slovenly beside them, and did not know how she should entertain them, nor could she guess why they had come. She had heard nothing of their engagement. But after the first disappointment, she w... | intended to use her loneliness to think out her position with regard to Ralph; but although she walked back to the Strand with this end in view, she found her mind uncomfortably full of different trains of thought. She started one and then another. They seemed even to take their color from the street she happened to be... | dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her hands secure upon the reins of all the troublesome emotions which the sight of Ralph would certainly arouse. She ... | Night And Day |
She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry. | No speaker | whatever you may say, William."<|quote|>She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry.</|quote|>"What in the world are | any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William."<|quote|>She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry.</|quote|>"What in the world are they after?" she asked of | Mary," she said tentatively, "you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did try to get some, but the shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William."<|quote|>She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordi... | reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary," she sai... | no attention to William, and accepting a cigarette which Mary offered her. She leant back in her chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," William continued, "Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she do... | engagement. But after the first disappointment, she was pleased, for she felt instantly that Katharine was a personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and ... | even to take their color from the street she happened to be in. Thus the vision of humanity appeared to be in some way connected with Bloomsbury, and faded distinctly by the time she crossed the main road; then a belated organ-grinder in Holborn set her thoughts dancing incongruously; and by the time she was crossing t... | she wanted to feel her hands secure upon the reins of all the troublesome emotions which the sight of Ralph would certainly arouse. She composed herself unnecessarily, however, for she had to admit, not Ralph, but Katharine and William Rodney. Her first impression was that they were both extremely well dressed. She fel... | Night And Day |
"What in the world are they after?" | Mary Datchet | make preparations in the pantry.<|quote|>"What in the world are they after?"</|quote|>she asked of her own | gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry.<|quote|>"What in the world are they after?"</|quote|>she asked of her own reflection in the little looking-glass | some, but the shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William." She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry.<|quote|>"What in the world are they after?"<... | was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary," she said tentatively, "you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did try to get some, but the shop was s... | chair, and the smoke which hung about her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," William continued, "Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days witho... | personality, and, moreover, she need not now exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking ab... | humanity appeared to be in some way connected with Bloomsbury, and faded distinctly by the time she crossed the main road; then a belated organ-grinder in Holborn set her thoughts dancing incongruously; and by the time she was crossing the great misty square of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, an... | was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather prominent eyes passed from one young woman to the other, and his lips perpetually formed words which remained unspoken. "We have been seeing old masters at the Grafton Gallery," said Katharine, appare... | Night And Day |
she asked of her own reflection in the little looking-glass which hung there. She was not left to doubt much longer, for, on coming back into the sitting-room with the tea-things, Katharine informed her, apparently having been instructed so to do by William, of their engagement. | No speaker | the world are they after?"<|quote|>she asked of her own reflection in the little looking-glass which hung there. She was not left to doubt much longer, for, on coming back into the sitting-room with the tea-things, Katharine informed her, apparently having been instructed so to do by William, of their engagement.</|quo... | in the pantry. "What in the world are they after?"<|quote|>she asked of her own reflection in the little looking-glass which hung there. She was not left to doubt much longer, for, on coming back into the sitting-room with the tea-things, Katharine informed her, apparently having been instructed so to do by William, of... | and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William." She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry. "What in the world are they after?"<|quote|>she asked of her own reflection in ... | her veil of smoke, knocked the ash from her cigarette into the fireplace, and looked, with an odd expression of solicitude, at the irritable man. "Perhaps, Mary," she said tentatively, "you wouldn t mind giving us some tea? We did try to get some, but the shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playin... | her face seemed to withdraw her still further from the others. "Would you believe it, Miss Datchet," William continued, "Katharine doesn t like Titian. She doesn t like apricots, she doesn t like peaches, she doesn t like green peas. She likes the Elgin marbles, and gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of... | exercise her self-control. "We were passing and saw a light in your window, so we came up," Katharine explained, standing and looking very tall and distinguished and rather absent-minded. "We have been to see some pictures," said William. "Oh, dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of one of the ... | connected with Bloomsbury, and faded distinctly by the time she crossed the main road; then a belated organ-grinder in Holborn set her thoughts dancing incongruously; and by the time she was crossing the great misty square of Lincoln s Inn Fields, she was cold and depressed again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark r... | Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his light yellow gloves, and began slapping his knees with them. His vitality was pleasant, Mary thought, although he made her laugh. The very look of him was inclined to make her laugh. His rather pr... | Night And Day |
"William," | Katharine Hilbery | by William, of their engagement.<|quote|>"William,"</|quote|>she said, "thinks that perhaps | been instructed so to do by William, of their engagement.<|quote|>"William,"</|quote|>she said, "thinks that perhaps you don t know. We | world are they after?" she asked of her own reflection in the little looking-glass which hung there. She was not left to doubt much longer, for, on coming back into the sitting-room with the tea-things, Katharine informed her, apparently having been instructed so to do by William, of their engagement.<|quote|>"William,... | shop was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William." She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry. "What in the world are they after?" she asked of her own r... | gray days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire" Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from he... | room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his... | again, and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had walked that morning, and the sparrows silent... | or so, and her thoughts had had time to grow dim, when there came a ring at her bell. Her eye brightened; she felt immediately convinced that Ralph had come to visit her. Accordingly, she waited a moment before opening the door; she wanted to feel her hands secure upon the reins of all the troublesome emotions which th... | Night And Day |
she said, | No speaker | William, of their engagement. "William,"<|quote|>she said,</|quote|>"thinks that perhaps you don | instructed so to do by William, of their engagement. "William,"<|quote|>she said,</|quote|>"thinks that perhaps you don t know. We are going | are they after?" she asked of her own reflection in the little looking-glass which hung there. She was not left to doubt much longer, for, on coming back into the sitting-room with the tea-things, Katharine informed her, apparently having been instructed so to do by William, of their engagement. "William,"<|quote|>she ... | was so crowded, and in the next one there was a band playing; and most of the pictures, at any rate, were very dull, whatever you may say, William." She spoke with a kind of guarded gentleness. Mary, accordingly, retired to make preparations in the pantry. "What in the world are they after?" she asked of her own reflec... | days without any sun. She s a typical example of the cold northern nature. I come from Devonshire" Had they been quarreling, Mary wondered, and had they, for that reason, sought refuge in her room, or were they engaged, or had Katharine just refused him? She was completely baffled. Katharine now reappeared from her vei... | reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get through, I remember." Sitting down, he drew off his ligh... | and horribly clear-sighted. The dark removed the stimulus of human companionship, and a tear actually slid down her cheek, accompanying a sudden conviction within her that she loved Ralph, and that he didn t love her. All dark and empty now was the path where they had walked that morning, and the sparrows silent in the... | dear," he exclaimed, looking about him, "this room reminds me of one of the worst hours in my existence when I read a paper, and you all sat round and jeered at me. Katharine was the worst. I could feel her gloating over every mistake I made. Miss Datchet was kind. Miss Datchet just made it possible for me to get throu... | Night And Day |
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