" For some reason I could not fathom, her good nature had returned.

" One flower which, for some reason or other, is still held in special honour by them, is the common stichwort of our country hedges, and which the Devonshire peasant hesitates to pluck lest he should be pixy-led.

For some reason the boss intended to take up the lost battle of Jack Hood.

Cards, under the laws of Texas, are taboo, but for some reason Sabota managed to get by and games were allowed in his place.

"Undoubtedly you will say, as every one said to themselves that day after the night porter and Mrs. Higgins had been heard, that there was a very ugly and very black finger which pointed unpleasantly at Mr. Timothy Beddingfield, especially as that gentleman, for some reason which still required an explanation, was not there to put matters right for himself.

This cold, formal, and politic nobleman took but little interest in his ward, leaving him to the mismanagement of his mother, who, with her boy, at the age of ten, now removed to Newstead, the seat of his ancestors,the government, meanwhile, for some reason which is not explained, having conferred on her a pension of £300 a year.

And so, day by day, he continued to comfort her solitude until (for some reason which I could never understand and cannot approve)

The crowd was jolly and perhaps a little cynical; picture-postcard hawkers made most of the noise, and for some reason or other a forlorn peasant took this opportunity to offer for sale two equally forlorn hedgehogs.

There was something in his physiognomy which very much attracted nay notice; and, for some reason or another, I thought that I seemed to be an object of his attention.

For some reason this flight of hers had brought back his hope.

She seems to be a nice kind of person, but for some reason wants to make a mystery of herself.

For some reason I can't guess you've already done more for me than I can ever hope to repay.

" Although his father had been a Westminster boy, Charles was, for some reason or other, sent to Rugby.

For some reason, the reporting desk was given the lowest priority.

It may be that Laura loves him, but for some reason known only to herself, she bullies him a great deal.

She was only afraid the community might raise difficulties about the certificate, which, for some reason unknown to me, seemed to be necessary for the new profession.

He saw that he was at the mercy of these men, who utterly without scruple wished for some reason to hold him.

He seemed to feel, that, for some reason, I was under suspicion, and that it was a man's business to defend me.

Then I thought to clinch the matter by a telepagram, but for some reason or other I failed to consult the forces I control as to the wisdom of doing so.

Now, Augustus is anxious to settle with them, for some reason which I do not clearly understand.

For some reason which I have not yet discovered, but it may have been distrust, he had not informed his confederate as to the whereabouts of the object of their entrance.

" The action seemed to loosen her speech; but she had to nerve herself to say what she intended; for some reason or other, she could not remain as angry as she wished.

For some reason, or no reason, this is rather a usual prelude, signifying nothing.]

"It makes no difference how he got the information; we knew you were coming here this afternoon, and jumped at the conclusion that you were going to meet Hobart for some reason.

He glided nearer, but for some reason inexplicable to herself, Anne stepped back.