... down there was silence for a moment or two, then he said: I'm sorry I've offended you, Miss Nell. Perhaps it was beastly bad taste. I see it ...
... her, but just a vision of her imagination, called up by the intensity of her thoughts of him. The color came and went in her face, leaving it, at ...
... for her there might be a dance or two at the hotels at which they would stay or he might take her to one of the big state balls for which there ...
... off suddenly, and with something like dismay in her voice, as she pointed downward. Dick leaned over, and saw Nell, sitting on an old oak bench ...
... But why-how-What have you been doing? demanded Mrs. Lorton and Nell could have laughed. Nothing very bad, mamma, she said. But ...
... with a sudden fierceness. Everything she says is right. I-I admit it. I am to blame. Why, that's what she said! exclaimed the mystified ...
... Mr. Gresham do. Whom would you like me to tell you about? I think I know everybody here. One moment! Mr. Gresham is going to tell the story of his ...
... took out the note, and after a moment of hesitation read it. He saw her face flush hotly, then grow white, and her hand go out to the pedestal as ...
... she liked Dick. He had always been her favorite. To the last she did not think she was going to die, and-and-the evening before she went we-she laughed, ...
... gallery, the gallery which artists came from all corners of the world to visit. Portraits of the earls of Angleford, she said, waving a black-clad, ...
... is young and thoughtless. She is not the latter, at any rate, he said, but coldly enough. Your daughter displayed extraordinary presence ...
... I have spoken to you-asked you-once or twice but-but you did not seem to hear me. It is my fault. I ought to have insisted upon your going. ...
... his stick, caught his breath. The man was Falconer, and the girl was-Nell! They were pacing up and down the path slowly, she with her eyes ...
... Lord Turfleigh. Hard lines on him, eh, Angleford? Yes, said Drake gravely. Then, as I understand it, said Lord Wolfer, your life, ...
... you congratulate me, Lord Angleford? he said. Yes, an old friend, said Drake, his throat dry and hot. I wish you every happiness, my dear ...
... Lady Luce. The countess stared at him. Who? she said, with surprise. Why, who else should it be but Luce? His brows came together, ...
... by the splendor of the appointments or the rank of the guests. Dick would have found it possible to be merry at a Quakers' meeting, and Miss Angel, ...
... come down together, and remain while the family occupy The Cottage. There, too, the dowager countess is always a regular visitor indeed, Nell ...
... Fair play's a jewel. You can't expect to have all the innings your side, Miss Nell. You've treated me-well, like a prince and you won't refuse ...
... his friends, with the badinage, the scandal of the women, the jests and the doubtful stories of the men? He scarcely knew he thought that he was sorrowing ...