 ... She brusquely dismissed from her mind the thought that his delay was in some measure intentional, that he entertained the objectionable notion that some sort of tact was required of him here ; Bob would not humiliate her by being so absurd. A silence...  A doctor in corduroy, by Max Baring - Pàgina 34per Charles Messent - 1905Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Marietta Holley - 1887 - 340 pàgines
...honor and with good button-holes. " Well," she sez, the first thing after she had unrolled the alpacky, and held it up to the light to see if it was firm — sez she : " I s'pose you are goin' to have it made with a long train, and low neck and short... | |
 | Marietta Holley - 1887 - 602 pàgines
...honor and with good button-holes. " Wall," she sez, the first thing after she had unrolled the alpacky, and held it up to the light to see if it was firm — sez she : " I s'pose you are goin' to have it made with a long train, and low neck and short... | |
 | Richard Marsh - 1905 - 318 pàgines
...got out of the sheets. " Well," said Dick, when he had turned the cheque 73 over and over and over, and held it up to the light to see if it was a forgery, " some rum things do happen, and those who deserve least get most." " I always have thought,"... | |
 | Patrick Hamilton - 2008 - 524 pàgines
...would not humiliate her by being so absurd. A silence followed. She picked up another glass, wiped it, and held it up to the light to see if it was clean. She thus avoided looking at Mr. Eccles, but she had the knowledge that Mr. Eccles was looking at her.... | |
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