His soft hat was pulled over his eyes; he stroked softly his little moustache; I caught the white puff of his cigarette.

Muriel, standing behind her chair, tenderly stroked back the wealth of chestnut hair from her white brow.

" I stroked the chin thoughtfully.

" Mock took her hand and stroked it affectionately.

He stroked her dark, abundant hair fondly.

" Charteris touched the colonel's head, stroking his hair ever so lightly once or twice.

Caressingly I stroke Rough hark of the friendly oak.

" She put her hands up, and gently, timidly, lovingly stroked my cheek.

The soldierly inspector who sat in judgment on Morse at Fort Macleod heard the evidence and stroked an iron-gray mustache reflectively.

She stood quiet and silent, and at last began timidly stroking my hair.

" "Of course I have a moustache," said Peter, gravely stroking it.

" He stood up, stroking his beard nervously, his eyes wandering about the room; he did not, or he could not, look at his wife.

'At first their fingers wander over their golden harps, or they stroke idly their violins.

Then, with her brush waving above her, she came gambolling back to him so playfully that he stroked her indulgently, though he was first vexed, and then rather puzzled that his wife should amuse herself with such pranks.

Gently, slowly, one hand freed itself, stroked the silky soft plumage; stroked it intimately, almost lovinglyas an animal mother caresses its young.

They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins.

" The traveller grunted and, returning to the settle opposite the old man, fell to lazily stroking a cat which had strolled in attracted by the warmth of the small fire which smouldered in the grate.

1045 "O wretched lossuntimely stroke!

His talk, like his books, is full of pictures, his critical strokes masterly; allow for his point of view, and his survey is admirable.

But she merely stroked his hair, without speaking.

Milly stroked her cat thoughtfully, then she said, "If Uncle Edward had died, what would have happened to me?

"M'yes," said Badger, stroking his chin perplexedly.

" His voice grew lower and he laid his hand on her head and stroked her hair soothingly, pityingly.

Finally, the service is practically the only stroke in the game of Squash Tennis which permits you the luxury of time prior to hitting.

Her eyes looked so hurt that he stroked her hand reassuringly, as he would have stroked Worth's had he hurt him.