That stroking caress of his was a thing indescribable; one before which the black shadows left by the hours of night seemed literally to dissolve and vanish.

Feeling that the caress was an assurance that she was not in disgrace, as she had feared, she ran up-stairs, so light-hearted that she sang on the way.

The boy shrunk as if the caress had been a touch of fire.

The caress was not a feigned tenderness.

Mr. Woods was aware of a light step, a swishing, sibilant, delightful rustlingthe caress of sound is the rustling of a well-groomed woman's skirtsand of an afterthought of violets, of a mere reminiscence of orris, all of which came toward him through the dimness of the hall.