He was singularly reticent upon this point, and feeling that perhaps the recollection of all he had suffered might be painful to him, the two men did not press him to unburden himself.

CHAPTER III Ailsa and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Craig, had been unusually reticent over their embroidery that early afternoon, seated together in the front room, which was now flooded with sunshinean attractive, intimate room, restful and pretty in spite of the unlovely Victorian walnut furniture.

" This, coming from one who was habitually reticent about his religious experiences, may be held as proving that there was no want of rigour in the process, no withholding of any part of the structure from the strain.

He was marvellously reticent about his father.

" "But isn't it partly that people are unduly reticent about money?"

He is so incorrigibly reticent.

Yet with indulgent politeness he remained blandly reticent.

The surgeon was ominously reticent, the nurse cheerfully ghoulish.

Jamais!" There was nothing to do but agree, and I was glad that I had been discreetly reticent about my companion in talking with the friend who was to gain us entrance to the Avernus beyond the steel door.

"Pressed still further with questions, Emma at last stated that latterly Mrs. Hazeldene had been to the theatre several times with Mr. Errington, and that on those nights the master looked very gloomy, and was very cross. "Recalled, the young widower was strangely reticent.

Now, in Dr. Nevius's book, this evidence rests almost entirely on the written reports of native Christian teachers, for the Chinese were strictly reticent when questioned by Europeans.

For what are fine manners but this: to carry your soul on your lip, in your eye, in the palm of your hand, and yet to stand not naked, but clothed upon by your individual quality,visible, yet inscrutable,given to the hearts of others, yet contained in your own bosom,nobly and humanly open, yet duly reticent and secured from invasion?

Besides, I was astonished, for I had been told that he was exceedingly reticent and avoided conversation with any one; in fact, they were afraid to introduce me to him, so I had to look him up alone.