The Blue Belles of England, 第 3 巻Saunders & Otley, 1842 |
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acquaintance agreeable anec answer Appleby beautiful believe Captain Markham Caroline consent cousin Daniel O'Connell daughter dear Penelope dearest declared delightful door drawing-room engaged exclaimed eyes fancy favour feelings felt Fitz Fitzos Fitzosborne Gardener Stewart gentleman girl going greatly hand happy Hartley Hartley's hear heard heart Heaven Henry Mortimer honour hope idea Ilfracombe impossible John Markham kind knew Lady Ridley Lady Stephens lady's Laurel Hill letter listened London look lover Mabel mamma manner Margaretta marriage married Marsh master and commander ment mind Miss Ridley Morley morning mother ness never old lady osborne party passed Pene perceive perfectly perhaps pleasure poet possible post-captain reason remember replied Constance returned Ridley's round seemed side smile sort speak spirit spoke stance sure tell thing thought tion turned uttered walk wife William Weston wish woman words young ladies
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122 ページ - Nor peace nor ease the heart can know, Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too.
32 ページ - Ere many more words had been bandied among the little party now assembled before the ottoman of Mrs. Morley, who by some means or other had the art of ever making a sort of throne of the seat she selected...
28 ページ - Mr. Fitzosborne had mentioned Constance Ridley to her as a young person in whom he thought she would find it difficult to trace the minauderies of which she was wont to complain in most of the young females of her acquaintance, and that unerring tact which prevents most feminine ears from hearing a young man name a young woman, without detecting the nature of the sentiment she has inspired, through all the varieties of admiration, esteem, love, distrust, contempt, and dislike, had taught her to believe,...
10 ページ - That is very kindly said, Mr. Fitzosborne," replied Constance, whose embarrassment was by no means lessened by the -1 f 20 THE BLUE BELLES pause which had enabled her to reflect a little upon the strange appearance which her conduct was likely to have in the eyes of her companion. " I am very much obliged to you for it ; but yet...
9 ページ - ... and manner through every scene in which he had met her. His judgment, deliberate as it generally was, had already gone far towards deciding that she was — in short, that whatever she said deserved to be listened to with attention, and therefore, with the very greatest attention he did listen for what she might say next, and when he found that she remained silent, he made an effort to continue the conversation himself by saying, " I feel disposed to give him my esteem even without knowing him,...
21 ページ - Let me offer myself as a nuncio," said Fitzosborne, remarking the heightened colour of Constance. " We were just going where I think we shall find the gentleman in question. I hope, young ladies, you have not forgotten your promises respecting Mrs. Morley. Shall we seek her now ?" Glad to escape further importunity from Mrs. Hartley to do what she felt would be very particularly disagreeable to her, Constance readily expressed her acquiescence, and the quartette set off" again in the same order...
26 ページ - ... else could he account for the look of misery that had taken possession of her features, upon hearing the question of Mrs. Morley, or the answer of Penelope ? There was, however, in the nature of Fitzosborne, no mixture of the weakness which leads to premature judgment, or the receiving probabilities for facts. He became silent, but not abstracted, and watched every indication of feeling in the fair face of Constance, with an intensity of interest which was legible to the eye of Mrs. Morley, although...
4 ページ - Her voice was deep and thrilling, and gave to everything she said an effect which the words alone, perhaps, would hardly convey. " For Heaven's sake — for mercy's sake, tell me !" reiterated Mr. Mortimer. " How dare I do it ? Know I not that ere the iron hand of time has swung another hour away behind it, Mrs. Gardener Stewart will have it ?" Mr. Mortimer approached his lips very close to her ear and whispered something which produced a slight smile. She shook her head as much as her strange position...
39 ページ - No," replied Constance, very gently, but very distinctly too. So Mrs. Hartley's soiree was obliged to fade and die away, without the eclat of Mr. Mortimer's reading. Nevertheless it was voted by very nearly everybody to have been a most delightful evening ; and on the whole, Mrs. Hartley retired to rest extremely well contented with her soiree, herself, Mr.
11 ページ - I do, indeed, Mr. Fitzosborne," said she, with a smile that seemed to thank him for having helped her forward to this decisive point of their discourse. " Then you are quite right in bidding me make myself acquainted with his professional character, and I will not fail to do so. Have you known Mr. Markham long, Miss Ridley ?" he added. " As long as I have known myself, Mr. Fitzosborne...