"It's quite enough for you to give me this nice treat in the country," resumed the girl, calmly.

"I mean," he resumed, hastily, "I don't understand why I never saw you before.

Then, after a thoughtful silence, she resumed abruptly; "What's to prevent Aunt Jane leaving you her property, even if you are rich, and don't need it?

The child continued to spend much of her time with her mother, but she gradually resumed her former childish occupations.

The negotiation, repeatedly suspended by accidental circumstances, was, however, by mutual agreement and express assent, considered as pending and to be speedily resumed.

"It's best not to speak to Black Rifle, because he'll follow his own notions anyway, and as for Daganoweda and his Mohawks I think they're likely to resume their march northward against the French border.

Perceiving, however, that the company was disposed to listen, and having, by this time, recovered the lost ground, in the way of food, he cheerfully resumed his theme.

He followed them with his eyes, full of envy and bitterness at heart, and when they had buried themselves behind the young underwood, when he no longer heard the sound of steps, or fresh bursts of laughter, he rose and sadly resumed his way to the village.

And she tranquilly resumed her copying of the hollyhocks.

To make use of the privilege you granted me to tell you plainly my thought, believe me, Countess, that the only way for you to preserve your peace of mind is to resume openly your position as a reasonable woman.

and with a clouded countenance she silently resumed her self-imposed task.

"Just one more word, Andy," resumed Graham earnestly.

After a pause she resumed bravely: "So Mr. Farll was one of these artists?

"You're perfectly right," resumed Porphyrius cheerily, whilst looking at the young man with a kindliness which immediately awoke the latter's distrust.

On 16th May 1803 the war, which had been interrupted by the unstable Peace of Amiens, was definitely resumed.

Which way does the conversation tend?" "To one end only," he resumed sullenly, desperately.

My leave-of-absence ended, I resumed my travels eagerly; for I wished to cool my brain by daily contact with the more prosaic minds of men of business.

" Then he gaily resumed his chatter, although Angus was safe in the stable; but Grandpa knew what he knew, and Angus's woman might be listening at the back door.

Macaulay was not much moved by the fall of the ministry to which he belonged, and gladly resumed his literary labors,the first fruits of his leisure being an essay on Warren Hastings, a companion piece to the one on Clive.

"Well, then, I will first tell you the arrangement I propose, with your permission, to make, and then I shall answer all your questions, respecting my own case," resumed Marston, gloomily.

When he came back along the trench five minutes later he found Bunthrop feverishly busy re-piling sandbags and strengthening the parapet, ducking hastily and crouching low when a shell roared past overhead, but hurriedly resuming work the instant it had passed.

While these thoughts were passing through my mind, I noticed the branches almost imperceptibly resume their natural position and the eyes disappear from view.

How did Sir Arthur Inglewood come on his track?" "Surely, you don't mean?" "Point number four," he resumed imperturbably, "Mrs. Kershaw was never requested to produce a specimen of her husband's handwriting.

" He leaves her, in order that he may enjoy the idea of the side saddle with shafts, and she promptly resumes her old attitude which she feels is elegant, and when Clifton wanders up beside Abdallah, she sweetly asks Nell, "Is this your first lesson?

At the motion of his hand the rioters resumed their seats, the more readily because their violent exertions had wearied them, youthful though they were.