 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1872 - 1046 Seiten
...within him to which he did not venture to give the smallest expression. When Emmy had finished, he released her from his arms and made her sit by him....child ! you should have let me into your confidence before. Try now to be calm and to take some rest.' He brought a pillow out of the bedroom, helped her... | |
 | Christine Müller - 1873 - 212 Seiten
...slowly and with hesitation, but faster and calmer as her confession proceeded. She told him of her Jove for Bruno, of her secret engagement, of their separation...and to take some rest." He brought a pillow out of me bedroom, helped her to take a comfortable, resting position, drew the curtains so as to temper the... | |
 | George Alfred Henty - 1899 - 434 Seiten
...mentioned to me that he was next to the General and caught him as he fell from his chair." Dr. Leeds got up and walked up and down the room two or three minutes. " I think that now things have come to the present pass you ought to know what was the opinion... | |
 | Francis Durham Grierson - 1926 - 328 Seiten
...great arm-chair in which her slim figure was almost lost. Tossing his hat and gloves into a corner, he walked up and down the room two or three times in silence. Then, his hands thrust into his jacket pockets, he stood squarely before her. "Listen," he said, choosing... | |
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Bruno's marriage, and of the finding of the letters on her wedding-day. .... He did not interrupt her. He let her tell him all, but his countenance was pale and rigid, and he held his teeth fast set, as if a struggle was going on within him, to which... 