Then came a gentle tap at the door, and, at the usual bidding, one entered, closely masked like him who had departed, as was so much the usage of that city in the age of which we write.

First, Dave landed a light tap on the already suffering nose.

It would be still more amusing, next time the subject of her will was recurred to, to give his arm a little tap with her fan, and say, "Oh, that is all settled, months ago."

In this manner I fancied I could distinguish the precise moment when he fairly disengaged the lidalso, that I could determine when he removed it altogether, and when he deposited it upon the lower berth in his room; this latter point I knew, for example, by certain slight taps which the lid made in striking against the wooden edges of the berth, as he endeavored to lay it down very gentlythere being no room for it on the floor.

Thus a smart tap on the tongue may excite the sensation of taste.

There was always the sharp tap, tap of the drill, the noise of the sledge falling heavily on the huge lumps of coal, sometimes a sudden rush of air against one's face, followed by a dull report and crash that told of the firing of a blast, and now and then a miner's laborer would come running a loaded car down to the heading or go pushing an empty one back up the chamber.

The baker's wife went up to him, and gave him a friendly tap on the shoulder, "What are you thinking about?" said she.

His mother was superstitious afore 'im, and always knew when 'er friends died by hearing three loud taps on the wall.

He was aroused from gloomy musings by a discreet tap announcing the return of the scouting party.

" "So you are, and a very charming one," rejoined he, giving her a playful tap on the cheek as he spoke.

He had heard Mr. Van Torp say that he would give five thousand dollars to have Madame sing at his wedding.' Margaret did not shake her head this time, nor try to speak, but Alphonsine heard the little impatient tap of her slipper on the wooden floor.

And, in the midst of it all, stood Anthea, a desolate figure, Bellew thought, who, upon his entrance, bent her head to draw on her driving gloves, for she was waiting for the dog-cart which was to bear her, and Small Porges to Cranbrook, far away from the hollow tap of the auctioneer's hammer.

CHAPTER XIII OBED LEARNS SOMETHING "There's something brooding," Obed whispered the first thing; and then continued by saying: "What are those queer little taps, Max?

There was a strong smell of paraffin oil in the room; and from somewhere at the far end came a faint tap, tapping sound, which might be the light knocking of a window-blind or the rap of a signalling finger.

At length the trembling finger achieves the furtive tap, and the door was opened by a woman, whose figure could only be seen by him in coming between him and the obscure light that came in by the half-sunk window in front; nor could she, even if she had had the power of vision, see more of him, for the lobby was still darker.

Di had been caring for her canary and she carried her bird-bath and went to the well, and Lulu divined that Di had deliberately disregarded the handy kitchen taps.

The sounds of pursuit died away in the distance, and he had already dropped into a walk when the hurried tap of the wooden leg sounded from one corner and a chorus of hurried voices from the other.

In one of the dwellings of the Claverias you could hear the incessant tap, tap, of a hammer; it was that of a shoemaker whom Gabriel had seen through the window-panes, bending over his bench.

I shall shun people who love me," and with that she struck the horse a lively tap and soon was far ahead of her tongue-tied wooer.

It was the measured tap!

There it hung again, already a mile away, as if poised and considering, then with increasing speed it moved on and on, like a line of brilliant light; little metallic taps sounded across the water; it met the horizon, rose above it, darkened, again flashed suddenly. . . .

It was like the table of some hideous orgy left uncleared, and one turned away disgusted from its broken fragments and muddy heel-taps.

A low, nervous tap at the door caused Hilda to stir in the bed.

As it happened, the quartet had the lack of intuition to play a great deal of Haydn that autumn, and to Sylvia the cheerful, obvious tap-tap-tap of the hearty old master seemed to typify the bald, unsubtle obtuseness of the home attitude towards life.

Still those plain taps continued to sound in regular rotation, first coming from the outside, and then closer.