The gardens were comparatively quiet now, and only an occasional grunt or squeal came up to me.

" #6# A Brave Nurse It was strangely quiet in the village of Chief Okurike.

The whole place was wonderfully quiet; indeed, save for the continuous murmur of the water, at the top end, no sound, of any description, broke the silence.

Last night my sleep was remarkably quiet.

" When the two friends entered the reading-room, it presented an unusually quiet and orderly appearance.

Then he realised that the theatre was intensely quiet, and that he would have to explain that the last item of his programme was even more of a fiasco than the rest.

May I trouble you to hold him a minute?" Stafford held the lamb, which was tolerably quiet now; and she slowly took off her gauntlets, produced a little leather wallet from the saddlethe horse coming at her call as if he were a dogtook out a serviceable pair of tweezers, and, with professional neatness, extracted an extremely ugly thorn.

July 18.For three days after the last sortie the enemy were singularly quiet, quarrelling amongst themselves, as it was reported, and disputing as to what portion of their army was to lead the next sortie.

The difficulty of what he had to say blocked speech for so long that Stoddard, in a curiously quiet voice, finally prompted him.

You ain't, though, and you'd better keep yourself mighty quiet."

The house was peculiarly quiet, but she knew that Marcos, if he had been abroad, had now returned; for Perro was lying on the terrace in the sunlight watching the library window.

Rollo became gradually quiet and composed, and walked along with Lucy.

A child should never be nursed, merely to quiet it; for if this be done, it will soon learn to cry, whenever it feels the slightest uneasiness, not only from hunger, but from other causes; merely to be gratified with nursing.

" The other considered; this customer's manner was ominously quiet and easy; he didn't like it.

The West was now outwardly quiet, and between Egypt and any hope of succor from the eastern caliphate stood the ravaging armies of the Karmatis.

All was deadly quiet.

There was a heavenly quiet in the air in the early summer morning, only the creaking of a spar, the scream of a seagull now and then.

May 19.-House delightfully quiet.

The prince, whose views were extended to a wider space, could not speedily quiet his emotions.

The life led by Darwin when at Downe was exceedingly quiet and regular, for he always went to bed at an early hour, and rising at six was enabled to get in a walk and breakfast before commencing work at eight o'clock.

"We never used to be so awfully quiet.

" "It's beautifully quiet and cool.

He may remember with the utmost nicety how they were leaning over the rail of the vessel looking out towards the westward, she fallen mightily quiet as though occupied with very serious thoughts.

"Perhaps two minutes passed, full of what seemed like an almost unearthly quiet.

It is an eery business to be out on the hills at such a season, for they are deathly quiet except for the lashing of the storm.