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..., half audible remarks—which was bad form, and dis- pleased Josephine, the hostess of the evening. When the curtain came down for the end of the act, ... ... forced into it. I want to be left alone—” “You aren’t very polite to your hostess of the evening,” she said, laughing a bit miserably. “Oh, we’re all... ...r- ished young man in a dinner-jacket, and he sat down to his soup, on his hostess’ left hand. The colonel sat on her right, 135 D. H. Lawrence and w... ...u-vents of the proper dinner, testified to the courtesy and charity of his hostess. Well, eating rapidly, he had more or less caught up by the time th... ...ime the sweets came. So he swallowed a glass of wine and looked round. His hostess with her pearls, and her diamond star in her grey hair, was speakin... ...he piano. I love the piano—and orchestra.” At that moment, the colonel and hostess-duties distracted her. But she came back in snatches. She was a wom... ...ts at table: a touch of obsequiousness: before the money! And the host and hostess accepted the deference, nay, expected it, as their due. Yet both Si... ...might be where the wretched Austrians are. Instead of which—how smooth his hostess’ sapphires! “Of course I myself prefer Moussorgsky,” said Aaron. “I... ...—what, Lady Franks!” boomed the Colonel. “I should think not,” replied his hostess. “When a man has honours conferred on him, it shows a poor spirit i...

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... it, said, “Thank you,” and then waited. “Is it not good?” said the little hostess. “It must be! You are the real tea people,” said Lucy: “but I was w... ...she could drink it without. “Where are your jewels?” then asked the little hostess. “I’m not old enough to have any.” “How old are you?” “Nine.” “Nine...

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...D OMED OMEDY Y Y Y Y CHARACTERS Popgun Maria Charles Pistolletta Postilion Hostess Chorus of ploughboys Cook Strephon Chloe SCENE—AN INN ENTER Hostess... ... Cook Strephon Chloe SCENE—AN INN ENTER Hostess, Charles, Maria, and Cook. Hostess to Maria) If the gentry in the Lion should want beds, shew them num... ...ew them number 9. 94 Love and Friendship Maria) Yes Mistress.— EXIT Maria Hostess to Cook) If their Honours in the Moon ask for the bill of fare, giv... ... ask for the bill of fare, give it them. Cook) I wull, I wull. EXIT Cook. Hostess to Charles) If their Ladyships in the Sun ring their Bell—answerit....

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... Than you to punish. HERMIONE: Not your gaoler, then, But your kind hostess. Come, I’ll question you Of my lord’s tricks and yours when you w... ...d to each one sip. You are retired, As if you were a feasted one and not The hostess of the meeting: pray you, bid These unknown friends to’s welcome;... ...XENES ] Sir, welcome: It is my father’s will I should take on me The hostess ship o’ the day. [To CAMILLO .] You’re welcome, sir. G...

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...en greater than ever; but it was now applied to the little, instead of to the great things of life—to the martial condition of the soldier—comprised u... ...n of Franche-Comte. D’Artagnan was assigned to it and made his preparations to depart. There were then great griefs, tears without end and solemn prom... ...monsieur.” “Monsieur has returned, then?” “Of course,” naively replied the servant. “If I had any money,” said D’Artagnan to himself, “I would go away... ...natural than the monologue—when the servant-maid, watching at the door, suddenly cried out: “Ah! see! here is madame returning with monsieur.” D’Artag... ...is old friend Porthos. “Is that monsieur?” said D’Artagnan to himself. “Oh! oh! he has grown a good deal, it seems to me.” And he sat 52 Twenty Years... ...entered, saw D’Artagnan and uttered a little cry, whereupon D’Artagnan, judging that he had been recognized, rose, ran to her and embraced her ten- de... ...ightest degree embarrassed in the role he was playing. And without waiting for her reply he threw himself into the arms of the Helvetian, who received... ...arms of the Helvetian, who received him with great coldness. “Who is that man?” he asked. The hostess replied only by gasps. “Who is that Swiss?” aske... ...ging.” The Swiss began to laugh boisterously. “I go out?” he said. “And why?” “Ah, very well!” said D’Artagnan; “I see that you under- stand French. C...

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...as a guest. Her acquaintance with the place presented her in a manner as a hostess, and Strether had a rueful glance for the lady in the glass cage. I... ... instantly superseded. When in a quarter of an hour he came down, what his hostess saw, what she might have taken in with a vision kindly adjusted, wa... ... him, might have been whisked under his nose. But after a full look at his hostess he knew none the less what most concerned him. The circle in which ... ...wn used by this time to thinking of him- self as brazen. She occupied, his hostess, in the Rue de Bellechasse, the first floor of an old house to whic... ...cherished charming. While his eyes turned after a little from those of his hostess and Chad freely talked—not in the least about him, but about other ... ... at this moment in my pocket: a ‘Come back by the first ship.’” Strether’s hostess, it might have been made out, just escaped changing colour. Reflexi... ...implication of the weight it had gained with him during the absence of his hostess; and just for that reason a single gesture from her could pass for ... ...ings— that he had remained deeply dissociated from the over- ture to their hostess that we have recorded on Madame de Vionnet’s side. He had, conspicu... ... her initi- ated state; and she had immediately added that, after all, her hostess couldn’t be in need with the good offices of Mr. Strether so close ...

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... recognised that as a source of anxiety, not to say of expense, his future mother-in law would have weighted them more by accompanying their steps tha... ...nitely established her own. Its principal feature was that it was to be the same as that of Mrs. Jordan and Lord Rye; which was indeed very much what ...

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...ram, in half an hour, to the Occidental, and some- times he forgot it. His hostess asked him a great many questions about himself, but on this subject... ...it perhaps once in five years.” “The time is coming round, then,” said his hostess. “Before I have known you six months I shall see you in a fine fury... ... exclaimed Tristram. “You say all this to the right person,” said Newman’s hostess. “I happen to number among my friends the love- liest woman in the ... ...stram kissed her. Newman expressed his thanks, and she took her leave. Her hostess went with her to the door, and left Newman alone a moment. Presentl... ...ors were numerous and extremely loquacious, and they exacted much of their hostess’s attention. She found time, however, to bestow a little of it on N... ...ined at Mrs. Tristram’s; and it was only a tenderly perverse theory of his hostess of the Avenue d’Iena that he was faithless to his early friend- shi... ... them. He ought, obviously, to have answered that the content- ment of his hostess was quite natural—she had a great deal; but the idea did not occur ... ...ame de Bellegarde had received him before, and here he found his venerable hostess, surrounded by her entire family. The room was lighted only by the ... ...intre, Newman was requested by the servant to wait a few mo- ments, as his hostess was not at liberty. He walked about the room a while, taking up her...

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...hom you wouldn’t like half as well, or admire half as much, as the beaming hostess of the Blue Dragon. As this fair matron sat beside the fire, she gl... ...cy. We never travel with- out them.’ 33 Charles Dickens ‘Oh!’ thought the hostess, ‘then we are in the habit of travelling, and of travelling togethe... ...ng the young lady’s eyes immediately afterwards, and being a very hon- est hostess, she was rather confused. ‘The gentleman—your grandpapa’—she resume... .... He—he is not my grandfather.’ ‘Father, I should have said,’ returned the hostess, sensible of hav- ing made an awkward mistake. ‘Nor my father’ said... ...ill upon the road, has been so very bad up- stairs, sir,’ said the tearful hostess. ‘A gentleman taken ill upon the road, has been so very bad up- sta... ...same time I am bound to say, and I do say with all my heart,’ observed the hostess, earnestly, ‘that her looks and manner almost disarm suspicion.’ ‘Y... ...Mr Pecksniff, ‘enter if you please.’ They went in on tiptoe; or rather the hostess took that precaution for Mr Pecksniff always walked softly. The old... ...is looks very artful!’ As he finished this whisper, he advanced before the hostess; and at the same time the young lady , hearing footsteps, rose. Mr ... ... in his own chamber, and saw no person but his young companion, saving the hostess of the Blue Dragon, who was, at certain times, admitted to his pres...

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...(if there is such a word,) for a gathering had been made, while our pretty hostesses were dancing, in order to compare our beauty. There we lay quite ...

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...lf with looking about me. Perhaps the most striking figure was that of the hostess, with her stately figure, and face, not only full of intellect, but... ...ng the stairs on our return home, when we heard a voice de- manding of the hostess whether this were the lodging of Captain de Bellaise. I feared that... ... good things on the buffet, till they had done their devoir by me as their hostess. Eustace and Nan were on the watch and soon were caring for them, a... ...received as if he were simply a guest. While he was being presented to the hostess on coming down to supper, there was a low cry, then a confusion amo... ...ected air of the President Matthieu de Mole, who was making his how to the hostess. Presently, in the violet robes of a Bishop, for which he looked mu... ... I did not feel bound to do the same, as indeed I stood in the position of hostess: so I remained, with Gaspard leaning on my lap, while my brother an... ...rdy was by no means decided, he had been reduced to sad straits. His Dutch hostess was not courteous, and complained very much that all the English ca... ...he last moment that he forbade me. It is better so.’ I thought of what his hostess had told me, but I decided for the present to keep my own counsel. ... ...sion and vehemence quite unlike one so gentle, and which our good host and hostess withstood till she hinted that she feared it might be more than a s...

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...h, by-the-bye, I hold to be the best small inn in all Switzerland, and its hostess to be, or to have been, certainly the prettiest landlady,—and on th...

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...e of them, taking upon himself to be spokes man, assured their hospitable hostess that any hour of the day was dinner time with them, whenever they c... ...o another, to communicate their satisfaction in hoarse whispers. “Our good hostess has made kings of us all,” said one. “Ha! do you smell the feast? I... ...e the servants supplied the two and twenty guests with food and drink, the hostess and her four maidens went from one throne to another, exhorting the... ...them, they might have guessed that this was the opinion of their beautiful hostess and her maid ens. It brings a blush into my face to reckon up, in ... ...a stupid and helpless aspect as made them ridiculous to behold. When their hostess saw this, she laughed aloud; so did her four damsels; so did the tw...

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...ire, we read in Memoirs of a Preceding Age, where the vulgarly tyran- nous hostess of a great house of reception shuffled the guests and played them l...

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... that chain will I bestow— Be it for nothing but to spite my wife— Upon mine hostess there: good sir, make haste. Since mine own doors refuse to ente...

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...anged, nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say Welcome! SPEED: Come on, you madcap, I ll to the alehouse wi...

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... Verses were called forth by the character, and domestic situation, of our Hostess. Age! twine thy brows with fresh spring flowers! And call a tra...

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...asily guessed. Mr. Mangler did nothing but say how charming he thought his hostess of the Sunday, and what a tremendously jolly visit he had had. He d...

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... was looking. It must have been bad for the furni- ture, but I suppose the hostess took her revenge on the furniture of her friends when, in turn, she... ...roups that seemed absorbed in their own affairs. Miss Waterford was a good hostess, and seeing my embarrassment came up to me. “I want you to talk to ... ... span of his life. It was the kind of party which makes you wonder why the hostess has troubled to bid her guests, and why the guests have troubled to... ...always been perfect. At last Mr. Van Busche Taylor rose to go. Holding his hostess’ hand, he made her a graceful, though perhaps too elaborate, speech...

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..., and should have been pretty considerably at my ease, if my condescending hostess had not taken such manifest pains to make me so; and, as for the ma... ... and arranged my toilet with due consideration for the feelings of my lady hostess, she conducted me herself to the room I was to occupy when I chose ... ...n to weary of my thoughts, and to wish I knew where to find the library my hostess had spoken of; and to wonder whether I was to remain there doing no... ... was thinking of ringing for a candle, and betaking myself to bed, when my hostess appeared, with many apologies for having neglected me so long, and ...